California Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act (2012)
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A California Neighborhood Legislature Reform Initiative (#11-0067) has been approved for circulation in California as an initiated constitutional amendment. To earn a spot on the state's 2012 ballot, sponsors of the initiative must collect 807,615 signatures.
Legislature Expansion. Legislative Process. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
If the initiative qualifies for the ballot and is approved by the state's voters, it will:
- Increase the size of the California State Legislature "almost 100-fold by dividing current Assembly and Senate districts into neighborhood districts such that each Assemblymember represents about 5,000 persons and each Senator represents about 10,000 persons."
- Provide for neighborhood district representatives to elect working committees the size of the current Assembly and Senate, 80 Assemblymembers and 40 Senators.
- Give these working committees the legislative power generally, and sole power to amend bills, but require approval by "appropriate vote of the full membership in each house for passage of any non-urgency bill."
- Reduce the pay and expenditures of state legislators.
Ballot language
Ballot title:
Official summary:
- "Increases size of Legislature almost 100-fold by dividing current Assembly and Senate districts into neighborhood districts such that each Assemblymember represents about 5,000 persons and each Senator represents about 10,000 persons. Provides for neighborhood district representatives to elect working committees the size of the current Assembly and Senate, 80 Assemblymembers and 40 Senators. Gives working committees the legislative power generally, and sole power to amend bills, but requires approval by appropriate vote of the full membership in each house for passage of any non-urgency bill. Reduces legislators' pay and expenditures."
Summary of estimated fiscal impact:
(This is a summary of the initiative's estimated "fiscal impact on state and local government" prepared by the California Legislative Analyst's Office and the Director of Finance.)
- "Decreased state spending on the Legislature of over $180 million annually. Increased county election costs, potentially in the range of tens of millions of dollars initially and lower amounts annually thereafter."
Path to the ballot
- See also: California signature requirements
- John Cox submitted a letter requesting a ballot title on November 3, 2011.
- The ballot title and ballot summary were issued by the Attorney General of California's office on January 3, 2012.
- The 150-day circulation deadline for #11-0067 is June 1, 2012.
- 807,615 valid signatures are required for qualification purposes.
- However, to qualify for the November 6, 2012 ballot, signatures must be submitted earlier than the initiative's 150-day deadline. If the number of signatures submitted is such that the full-check verification method must be deployed, the signatures would have had to be turned in by March 2, 2012. For the random sampling method, signatures would have to be submitted by late April.
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