California crackup : how reform broke the Golden State and how we can fix it /
Mathews, Joe,1973-
Paul, Mark,1948-
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.
Out of luck -- Building and breaking California -- Crisis without exit -- History and the constitution -- Empowering and shackling Sacramento -- From teachers to janitors : direct democracy demotes the legislature -- The California fix -- Budgeting without shackles -- The architecture of political frustration -- Remaking elections and the legislature -- Government from the bottom up -- A more direct democracy -- Good rules to match its mountains.
Constitutional history
Direct democracy