Around the country, lawmakers are seeking to undermine or nullify voter-approved ballot measures. California's voters took ...

California lawmakers are grappling with Gov. Gavin Newsom's bold proposal to scrap the state's independent redistricting ...

California lawmaker announces ballot initiative campaign after voter ID bill fails. April 9, 2025. Voters approve school repair measure and Proposition 36, reversing course on criminal justice reform.

California voters will decide 10 propositions in November. Here’s what you need to know about them, how they got on the ballot and how direct democracy works in the state.

California business interests increasingly use ballot measures to block or delay laws imposing new regulations. Progressive groups want to make such actions more difficult.

Assemblymember Evan Low speaks with fellow lawmaker Phillip Chen at the Capitol on March 27, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters. By Ben Christopher. By 2014, California voters were ...

Recent elections have seen a spate of initiatives (to write new laws) and referenda (to block legislative laws) sponsored by business interests to overturn the Capitol’s decrees. Proponents have ...

California Ballot Measures: What You Need To Know. After months of signature gathering, fundraising and legislative wrangling, we have a not-so-short list of ballot measures that you can vote on ...