Title

Increases Size of Legislature and Changes Legislative Process. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Attorney General No.

17-0002

Secretary of State No.

1798

Description

Increases Legislature's size almost 100-fold by dividing current Assembly and Senate districts into neighborhood districts with each Assemblymember representing about 5,000 persons and each Senator representing 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 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 estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Decreased state spending on the Legislature of about $100 million annually. Increased county election costs of tens of millions of dollars in election years beginning in 2022.

Proponents

John Cox (847) 274-8814

Date

4-28-2017

Document Type

Article

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

Recommended Citation

Increases Size of Legislature and Changes Legislative Process. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. California Initiative 1798 (2017).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/2075