Another 2010 Initiatives Forum Next Week in Pasadena with Speakers Hiltzik and Stern 1

Another chance to learn about state political reform initiatives to be put before voters next year. I didn’t get a chance to hear the lunch hour speaker Thursday –

LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik discussed 2010 state ballot initiatives following a morning presentation (summarized in the previous post) for Pasadena’s League of Women Voters. He will speak again on the subject with Center for Governmental Studies President Robert Stern at a Tuesday, November 10 ACLU forum in Pasadena.

Stern is co-author of the state’s Political Reform Act of 1974, former Staff to the California Legislature’s Assembly Elections Committee, and former General Counsel to California’s Fair Political Practices Commission.

Among the questions Hiltzik and Stern will address: Is California really ungovernable? Is reducing California’s super majority vote requirement (to increase taxes and adopt budgets) political infeasible? Will convening a constitutional convention simply open Pandora’s box? Stern will also cover pros and cons of various reforms likely to be on the 2010 ballot.

The forum will be held at 7 p.m., November 10, at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, Ross Chapel, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena. Pasadena Weekly also has details.