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Governing California: The Initiative Process

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We continue our special election-year “Governing California” series with a look at California’s initiative process. If you could take back one initiative that voters have passed — maybe even one you voted for — which would it be? We look back on the history of direct democracy in California, and discuss the successes and unintended consequences of our robust initiative process.

Guests:

Bruno Kaufmann, president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe, a transnational think tank dedicated to research and education on the procedures and practices of modern direct democracy

Joe Mathews, senior fellow at the New America Foundation and contributing writer at the LA Times and the Daily Beast

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Irvine's School of Law

John Matsusaka, president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute and chair in American Enterprise in the Marshall School of Business at USC

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