California and the Initiative

Some Texas State Legislators have said that the use of the Initiative by California citizens to force public discussion of issues important to them --- has resulted in "complete chaos". Below are some of the issues on which Californians have forced discussion.
Check it out for yourself.

• Citizens Use the Initiative to Save Their Children
  -- Wall Street Journal Editorial
• Keeping Bilingual Education Intact Makes for Lucrative Business
  -- by Linda Chavez
• Linda Chavez on Proposition 227 -- Center for Equal Opportunity
• California Proposition 227 -- English for Children
• Judge Refuses to Stall Prop 227 -- Center for Equal Opportunity
• Unprotected Paychecks -- Wall Street Journal Editorial
• California Proposition 226 -- Text of the Proposition
• California Citizens use the Initiative to Save Competitive Bidding -- CSEC
• California Proposition 13
  -- Californians Refuse to be Taxed out of their Homes
• California Proposition 209 -- American Civil Rights Institute
• We the Signature Collectors -- by Jeff Jacoby
• Abuses of the Initiative Process in California
• Thomas Jefferson's Opinion
• Peter Schrag blames the Initiative for reigning in
  California's out-of-control Welfare State
  -- a review by Nick Gillespie

"Critics who claim special interests control the initiative process fail to look at the record. Sure, big moneyed groups can qualify initiatives for the ballot; but the results of passing special interest initiatives are poor. Voters are not given enough credit for their ability to make wise decisions at the polls." Joel Fox, President. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association