All tax increases approved by majority of local voters. Increases in special taxes have to be approved by two-thirds vote. All tax increases imposed by legislature require two-thirds vote in each house. Property taxes frozen at 1975 levels, not to be re-assessed until property is transferred to another owner. Problems of reduced class size.
Voting has to be weighted according to the proportion of the burden on affected property.
The real difference between services now, and services thirty years ago, is that more Hispanics, blacks, Asian-Americans, and new immigrants need services now, but thirty years ago, more whites needed services. Whites, who own the wealth, do not wish to share it with other groups. Most of the initiatives of the past twenty years enhance white control of wealth at the expense of others, who would benefit from that wealth. Voters who think they are gaining control of government through initiatives are instead losing control of government. Formulas inserted into the constitution dictate what can and cannot be done.