A fervent believer in the Internet, Berkeley says it can give average investors incredibly easy access to information, increase international investment, and both simplify and transform the very process of investment. And although California may not be the only state with such a process, it has tended to use initiatives more frequently and more contentiously than any other state. Term limits, welfare reform, insurance reform, property tax limits, and immigration policy are just a few of the issues the state's voters have decided for themselves over the years - often after some pretty nasty and costly campaigns. Since the earliest days of the Internet, political activists have seen the potential for online organizing. Schwartz, who also heads the Institute for the Study of Civic Values , talks with The Netizen's Heather Irwin about online organizing - who's doing it right, the power of the medium, and why it's about time you got on his mailing list.
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