Another state prop heads for the ballot -- that's 12 and counting

Plenty of homework ahead for state voters as a veteran's bond is expected to become the 12th statewide proposition on the Nov. 4th ballot. Robert Greene has the details:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign a bill today to add a veterans' bond to the growing Nov. 4 ballot. The measure to extend the Cal-Vet program (to help veterans buy homes and farms) would be the 12th statewide proposition to come before voters, with more sure to follow. It's encapsulated in Senate Bill 1572 by Sen. Mark Wyland (R-Carlsbad).

The June 26 deadline for placing legislative and initiative measures on the ballot has come and gone, but then, so has the July 1 deadline for adopting a 2008-2009 state budget, and that doesn't seem to have phased anyone in Sacramento.

None of this is cheap, Greene says, with costs running as much as $94k per page, by the time you add up mailing costs. Get the details, and some great links, in his full post about the state ballot measures.

-- Veronique de Turenne

Photo credit: Los Angeles Times

Comments

[gassem]

Why do we need a state legislature when the voters must make all the hard decisions about propositions and bond measurements? What's the legislature done for us lately?

[LueZuve]

We need a state prop to limit the number of state props on a ballot.

[Wes Covington]

The state constitution requires that all bond measures be approved by the voters.