Open Policy Discussion
California State GovernmentMulti member congressional districts
Dear Readers, I am writing to express my opposition to the multi-member Congressional district proposal, which I believe would be inefficient. Instead, I propose that we significantly...
Rank Choice Voting/3 Votes
I like both ideas. More engagement will be the result because many who might not think their vote matters could believe their vote matters more.
prefere tila votiing
We tried this in our HOA. On our ballot for Board of Directors were 2 men and 1 woman. The women got together and gave 3 votes )first choice, second choice, and third choice) to the woman....
Shutdown
IF Mandated by State NOT Federal the following NO pay for Assembly or Senate Reduce hours CUT more waste, fraud in State Govt Automate more Reduce positions Merge positions Downsize CUT...
Drivers Tests
One should be able to select local DMV for drivers test for lisc anyplace in CA Cant take test in area I dont know & took 2 & failed both times in areas I was unfamiliar with Take...
Naturist Zones in wilderness state parks
Contact AANR, CFI.com for info for estd Naturist Zones in State Wilderness parks Open summer, fall, spring, closed in Winter but used in winter For the Sans swimsuit marketplace Said zones...
Expand Vision Drive Test sites in DMV
Offer Online sign up for VDT Use driver ed schools for VDT to outsource Denote Vision Drive Tests on DMV website Denote offices offering VDT
Get with the times
We, the older folks, are now consumed and outraged by the daily barage of news created by Trump. Anything we do will require energy, will be inspirational and will engage our our outrage....
California Constitution
The California Constitution is vague and ambiguous leading to in inefficient government. Solution is new clear and concise constitution (using many great ideas within the Common Sense...
Driverf test behind wheel
Go to DMV take driving test mount sensor in car & monitor daily driving to pass test Driver ed schools do driving test & submit data to DMV Clean driving record over 70 NO driving...
Driver testing behind wheel
Visit DMV have driver test Use sensor in car to monitor daily driving to pass Test Use Driver Ed schools for driver testing local Use simulation for driving test? Clean driving record NO...
DMV 2 Print out Lisc Extenstions
Added to prior post on DMV: Print our drivers Lisc extenstions from home printer Temporary Extenstions Benefits: NO DMV visits at home or office anytime Keep driving till get Lisc or pass...
Support Proportional Representation and Multiparty Democracy in California
Hi Tom & Team, Our nonprofit and coalition of alternative parties in California, ProRep Coalition, would love to have a conversation with you and your team about our work towards a...
DMV
Outsource driver examiners to driver ed schools If have Clean record NO drivers test Hire driver examiners for over 70 + age drivers Have driving school local submit drivers exam from DMV...
Change allocation of Senators
The Federal government allocates 2 senators per state regardless of population so that the high population states do not weigh supreme over the rest of the country. California allocates...
One-party State Undermines Democracy
When California became a one-party state, it began drifting away from transparent democracy. A recent Dan Walters column titled "California was a model for transparency. No Longer."...
Redistricting
And let me ask what are you doing to prevent Our country becomes a Venezuela?. Igladd you are not an official party and I hope you never will.if you think what republicans are doing to...
Let’s Manage our State!
We should be trying to improve our government system not tear it down. And $200M?! Not sure where that figure comes from but if that’s the cost it’s worse than just wrong. It’s...
Redistricting
I can't believe Republican's, it's ok to redistrict TX, which takes away voting rights of African American's and other Indigenous voter's to get 5 more Republican seats. And Gavin Newsom,...
Gerrymandering is a violation of trust
the current proposed ballot measure to change the voting districts for California citizens is a direct violation of the oath our legislators take to provide good governance. districts...
Don’t stoop to Texas
I worked to pass the 2008 initiative that adopted the Redistricting Commission. It has been a major step to getting partisan parties out of elections in CA. To abandon it, even for three...
Goes against my principles, but…
I am all for fair district boundaries. In my opinion, In today's availability of computers and programs, even the current Ca boundaries are un-necessarily convoluted. The districts should...
Newsom doesn’t speak for ME
Gavin Newsom is not my representative he's the representative of people who don't live here and don't deserve the free handouts the people who paid for those free handouts deserve the free...
Endorse the Proportional Representation Coalition
CA has an active coalition (www.prorepcoalition.org) to introduce a new system of voting that is fair to ALL parties in CA; it is called Proportional Representation. Now is the time for...
Gerrymandering – The lesser evil
In normal times I would oppose Newsom's redistricting proposal. However, if people don't fight Trump, we won't have to worry about elections in the future since we won't have any....
Redistricting
I don't like the idea of redistricting at this point in the census cycle. I also don't like that we have a federal govt. determined to trash our Constitution and looking more and more...
Line-Item Veto
Until other reforms are made, the Governor should exercise the line-item veto to cut expenditures down to the level of realistic revenue. Instead, Governors are often co-opted into the...
Continuing Appropriations
When the state budget deadline is reached, but no new budget has been agreed upon, the previous year's budget should continue. This creates a continuing appropriation,...
Budget Tied to Revenue
Under existing law, every year the Legislature and the Governor set a budget based on what they expect revenue to be. Instead, they should set the budget on the lower of: 1) what they...
30 Days to Balance Budget
If the state experiences a revenue shortfall or expenditure rise greater than 2% in any given quarter, as measured by any one of the following (Finance Director, Legislative Analyst,...
Unfunded State Liabilities
The state has more than $64 billion in unfunded pensions, and $22 billion in state employee retiree healthcare obligations above what it can pay. Those numbers are from 2016; they have...
No-Bid Contracts
On June 20, 2017, the Sacramento Bee commented on a State Auditor’s report that had just been released. “The report estimates that the state spent $44 billion on noncompetitive...
Jobs in the Public Sector
The best job is a permanent job, created in the private sector in a growing California economy. Thus, we should do everything we can to foster an environment in California that will cause...
Misleading Ballot Initiatives
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...
Politically Directed Lawsuits
The California State Senate hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to provide legal advice on suing the federal government. The Attorney General of California announces a new challenge...
Ethical Campaign Finance
All expenditures intended to influence a California campaign should have their sources identified. At every election, mysterious committees send out hit-pieces on candidates, without...