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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5/13/2021
The Trouble With the Gavin Newsom Recall
by Ron Brownstein
California's Recall law can allow a relatively small number of petitioners to initiate a recall of an elected official, and for that official to be removed even if he or she gets more votes than any alternative candidate. This isn't what the Progressive Era architects of the law intended, says San Jose State historian Glen Gendzel.
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10/11/2020
Corporate Money Turns Democracy Upside Down in California Initiative Process
by James Thornton Harris
Intended as a tool to circumvent the power of big business in the state legislature, California's ballot initiative process has become yet another channel for the political influence of big money.
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9/6/2020
Will California Voters End a 24-Year Ban on Affirmative Action?
by James Thornton Harris
Voters in November may reverse California's constitutional ban on affirmative action, which was passed by ballot measure in 1996. The state's electorate has changed considerably in a quarter century and passage seems likely.
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SOURCE: New York Times
8/21/2020
A Detailed Look at the Downside of California’s Ban on Affirmative Action
Ending racial preferences in a state university system harmed Black and Hispanic students while doing little to lift whites and Asian-Americans, a study asserts.
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