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“One of the most important findings in our PPIC report on term limits is that there is a pressing need to hold the executive branch accountable, particularly in the budget process, to ensure that taxpayer money isn't being wasted. Amending term limits to give legislators more time and incentives to develop expertise will be an important step toward making state agencies, and the executive branch as a whole, more accountable. This is an important reform - it's a basic issue of checks and balances.”
--Bruce Cain, PhD., Political Scientist, Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley.
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Endorses Proposition 93 |
For Immediate Release: November 27, 2007
Contact: Richard Stapler, (916) 443-7817,
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SACRAMENTO – Citing the need for “experienced people on tough jobs,” the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO endorsed Proposition 93, the Term Limits and Legislative Reform Act.
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The case for term limits and legislative reform |
Capitol Weekly
March 8, 2007
By Bill Hauck
In a state with a $1.6 trillion dollar economy and 37 million of some of the most creative, innovative and talented people in the world, Californians deserve a Legislature that is given an opportunity to truly grasp the complex issues and challenges that lie ahead.
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Contra Costa Times
June 7, 2007
Californians continue to support term limits for their representatives in Sacramento. Voters prefer that members of the Assembly and state Senate serve for a short time, not a lifetime, so that there is a constant infusion of new blood in the Legislature.
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