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Be prepared for an inundation of 2010 state ballot initiatives to reform California’s constitution, budget process, elections, and governance.

The Editor reviews articles under the Sunroom Desk paperweight and asks, will health care reform legislation make our system better or worse?

Sunroom Desk Paperweight addition – another LA Times editorial, written by a Washington Post columnist, on abolishing Proposition 13 and the two-thirds majority requirement.

Under Sunroom Desk’s Paperweight are several articles targeting Proposition 13 and the two-thirds majority requirement for California. The negative attention these cherished limits are getting lately should be a warning to the clear majority of Californians who oppose state tax increases

Democrats’ state budget proposal up for vote tomorrow, as Assembly member Noreen Evans’ blog continues to receive comments from angry taxpayers.

Various bloggers and editorials consider the defeat of the budget initiatives, the California budget problem, the two-thirds majority rule, and implications for future political negotiations.