Governor Celebrates Victory of Proposition 11

This article, from today's San Francisco Chronicle, reports that the battle for Proposition 11 is finally over, with the redistricting reform initiative passing. The Governor is happy and the Democrats are unhappy.

New Poll Finds Proposition 8 Trailing And Slim Margins of Support for Propositions 4 and 11

A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California (here) finds Proposition 8 (banning same-sex marriage) losing and slim majorities in favor of Propositions 4 (requiring parental consent for teenage abortions) and Proposition 11 (which would turn over legislative redistricting to a commission). The poll also shows that a majority of Californian favor reform of the budget process, which 49% supporting decreasing the two-thirds vote requirement to 55% and 60% supporting limits on state spending.

Governor To Use Budget Crisis To Push For Proposition 11

According to today's Sacramento Bee (here), the Governor plans to use the recently concluded budget crisis in campaigning for Proposition 11. Whether this will be any more successful than his prior attempts to amend the California Constitution remains to be seen.