Austin American-Statesman: Austin City Council Member Don Zimmerman has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Steve Adler that challenges the May 7 electoral defeat of Proposition 1 and attacks the city’s “Swiss-cheese regulation” of ride-hailing companies. The suit filed late… Continue reading

Brown v. Superior Court: Here we consider the scope of Elections Code provisions enacted in 2014, which created a new process by which a proposed initiative measure is submitted for public comment. (Elec. Code, § 9002.)1 After the comment… Continue reading

David Ettinger: On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in Brown v. Superior Court, which was argued — with just six days’ notice — on the early-May calendar. Brown is a high-profile case.  It concerns… Continue reading

Bob Egelko for the SF Chronicle: Prosecutors, law enforcement groups and victims’-rights advocates turned in 593,000 signatures for the initiative, which would attempt to fix a system plagued by delays and high costs by tightening legal deadlines and requiring more… Continue reading

Hello ballot fatigue.

[Bumping to the top. The event will be livestreamed.] Looking forward to participating in this KPCC Air Tak event May 12: As we look to the November ballot, this is expected to be a record year for citizen initiatives… Continue reading

Articles: Craig M. Burnett & Mathew D. McCubbins, Marriage on the Ballot: An Analysis of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums in North Carolina, Minnesota, and Washington During the 2012 Elections, 19 Chap. L. Rev. 1 (2015). Matt Childers & Mike Binder,… Continue reading

Thad Kousser has written this oped for the San Diego Union-Tribune: The deal to phase in a $15 minimum wage that Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and union leaders cut recently is huge news for many reasons — California becomes the… Continue reading

I’ll be participating in this live event for KPCC April 19 at 7 pm, to be broadcast as part of Larry Mantle’s AirTalk. Use the link if you want to RSVP for the live event.

At the lectern: The Supreme Court had just yesterday finished its review of one controversial ballot proposition, when another one landed on its docket today.  Governor Jerry Brown is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a superior court order,… Continue reading

John Myers for the LAT: In a state where direct democracy is considered a birthright, activists have often bypassed legislators and asked voters to write laws at the ballot box. But one year after the enactment of what was hailed… Continue reading