A bill to reform state referendum law could become one of the most high-profile political fights between business and labor in California this year.
California’s influential labor unions, government watchdogs and environmental advocates repeatedly accuse corporations of lying to voters in campaignsNow they plan to do something about it.
The Service Employees International Union of California and other proponents of the bill say it’s necessary to realign California’s referendum system with its founding objective from 1911: to provide a mechanism through direct democracy for voters to counter the influence corporations held over state government.California voters in 2024 will decide whether to keep a law to require buffer zones around new oil wells as corporations use referendums to challenge progressive policies.
Over the last several years, companies that make cigarettes, manufacture plastics and operate bail bonds firms launched multimillion-dollar campaigns to gather petition signatures to qualify voter referendums that challenged laws that hurt their business model. The strategy, however, has already paused two major progressive laws this year until the November 2024 ballot.
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