Ballot measure to expand the California legislature from 120 to 12,000 members
John Cox, a San Diego County real estate mogul, hates the way the California Legislature operates, so he wants to make it bigger. Much bigger.
Cox heads the Rescue California Foundation, which on Thursday was cleared by the state to circulate petitions for a proposed ballot measure that would expand the Legislature from 120 members to 12,000 members, each elected from neighborhood legislative districts of 5,000 (for Assembly) to 10,000 (for Senate) residents.
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By having lawmakers elected from very small districts, the proposal could force candidates to spend more time going door-to-door seeking votes and less money on television ads and mailers, Cox said.
“We are converting campaigns for the Legislature from huge, mass-media efforts to little neighborhood efforts,” he said. “You are taking money out of political campaigns by doing this.”
By cutting the pay and expenses of the Legislature, the proposal would save the state $130 million annually.
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