Today, on the centennial of California’s initiative and referendum, we are relaunching the One Voter website. Among the new information that we’ve added are; * A new blog covering our research of California’s political history and commentaries on current political trends * Links to some of the most interesting legislative committee reports in California’s history […]
Centennial of Initiative, Referendum, Recall, and Suffrage
Today (October 10th) marks the centennial of California’s Initiative, Referendum, Recall, and Suffrage. In a special election on this day in 1911, voters approved several ballot measures that forever changed California. A name that you’ve probably never heard before is that of William C. Clark. Clark served only two terms in the Assembly (1911 and […]
Record Setting Legislative Turnover
Based on the current numbers, it appears that California may have more new legislators in 2013 than it has seen in nearly a century. There are 120 inumbent state legislators, of whom 29 will be terming out this year; 7 State Senators; Alquist, Calderon, Dutton, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Simitian 22 Assemblymembers; Beall, Calderon, Cedillo, Cook, […]
