Legislation waits for Governor’s yay or nay
by Brian Leubitz
During that long legislative session, the legislature sent on a number of notable bills to consider. However, none will get the attention of SB202, which will push initiatives put on the ballot by signature back where they should have been in the first place: the general election.
When the idea came up a few weeks ago, CalBuzz did a nice look at the history of initiative timing. Long story short, signature based initiatives were always on either a special election called by the governor or the general election. The constitution did not envision a raft of them on various primary elections.
Of course, what Jerry Brown will do with this measure is never an easy question. You would think that he would support this measure, but there are several measures that looked set for approval that met Brown’s veto stamp. But, if it does go through, the two measures that have already qualified will stay on the June ballot. However, I’m sure the measures in question, a term limits reform that switches all terms to 12 years and the tobacco tax for cancer, would rather be on a November ballot.
The other big news was that the Amazon deal was also approved by the Legislature. The deal was hammered out a few days ago and remains basically unchanged since then.
In other legislation, Jerry will also see legislation on:
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