Misleading Ballot Initiatives

By Tom Campbell

The state water bond initiative in 2014 was supposed to allocate $2.7 billion to water storage. As of 2018, no water-storage projects had been approved although many wetlands restoration and endangered species habit projects had been identified. This is illustrative of a serious problem in accountability. Voters approve initiatives under one set of assumptions, then find those who administer the bonds have different priorities.

The above are statements on several public policy issues drafted by Tom Campbell, former US Congressman, former California State Senator, former Director of Finance for California, and currently Interim Chairman of the Common Sense Party. They are meant to initiate consideration of several important issues; they are not the official views of the Common Sense Party. Please feel free to submit your own thoughts on these issues on the Open Policy Discussion Page.