California crackup : how reform broke the Golden State and how we can fix it /

Is California beyond repair? A sizable number of Golden State citizens have concluded that it is. Incessant budget crises plus a government paralyzed by partisan gridlock have led to demands for reform, even a constitutional convention. But what, exactly, is wrong and how can we fix it? In Californi...

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Main Author: Mathews, Joe, 1973-
Other Authors: Paul, Mark, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
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505 0 |a Out of luck -- Building and breaking California -- Crisis without exit -- History and the constitution -- Empowering and shackling Sacramento -- From teachers to janitors : direct democracy demotes the legislature -- The California fix -- Budgeting without shackles -- The architecture of political frustration -- Remaking elections and the legislature -- Government from the bottom up -- A more direct democracy -- Good rules to match its mountains. 
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