Rough and Tumble links to a large number of California newspaper stories on the initiative process in California, including this report in the San Jose Mercury News, which begins: “No one uses California’s initiative process quite like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who swept into office through the recall election and promptly embarked on a perpetual ballot box campaign. Born nearly a century ago as a populist tool to break the railroad industry’s grip on the Legislature, initiatives have morphed into a billion-dollar industry over the last decade.” The site also links to two reports in the Contra Costa Times on California’s initiative industry.