In any given election year, we may be asked to dust off our hats, , reacquaint ourselves with decades of , or analyze funding. We may have to weigh the moral pros and cons of , or and 鈥� and again 鈥� oversee all things .
This November, voters will decide the fate of 10 thorny policy proposals, including crime, health care, rent control and taxes. This year, there were .
Five measures were withdrawn by their proponents in deals with lawmakers, and another was kicked off the ballot by the state鈥檚 highest court. And Gov. Gavin Newsom .
But on the final day possible, legislators added two bond issues, one for climate action and another school construction. The 2024 ballot will be more crowded than only , the fewest in more than a century.
What are all these propositions really about? How did they make their way to the ballot in the first place? And how did Californians first fall in love with direct democracy?
Here is California鈥檚 passion for propositions, explained.
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