Humboldt Republican Women: Jerry Brown has signed legislation raising the fee to file an initiative from $200 to $2000. The reason for the change is that they hope to make the process too expensive for regular citizens so that only lobbyists and special interests can afford to file proposals.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Jerry Brown has signed legislation raising the fee to file an initiative from $200 to $2000. The reason for the change is that they hope to make the process too expensive for regular citizens so that only lobbyists and special interests can afford to file proposals.

Ballot initiative fee hiked to $2k to make process harder for regular citizens to access http://t.co/7nxA0MkTtL #CAPolitics #AntiDemocracy
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Jerry Brown has signed legislation raising the fee to file an initiative from $200 to $2000. The reason for the change is that they hope to make the process too expensive for regular citizens so that only lobbyists and special interests can afford to file proposals.