The Sacramento Bee offers this interesting report. In my Columbia Law Review article, “Parties Take the Initiative (and Vice Versa),” I reported that there was virtually no spending by political parties to oppose an earlier, similar measure, Prop. 198. I surmised then that the parties decided they were likely to win in court, and did not need to fight the measure at the ballot box. But given the Washington State Grange case, I don’t think that can be the calculation this time around. So what is it? Are the parties putting their efforts elsewhere? Democrats may spend their efforts on the Prop-11 related measures. Inquiring minds want to know.