Summary: Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub suggests one reason why Canciamilla and Richman’s citizens assembly bill won’t pass in the California legislature but has nothing to say about whether, even if Canciamilla and Richman were the most popular legislators in the universe, this particular piece of legislation would pass. That’s why the plan has always been to introduce it as a ballot initiative.
Publication: Sacramento Bee
Title: Turning to the people to fix politics
By: Daniel Weintraub -- Bee Columnist
Date: January 22, 2006
Note: On January 24, 2006, this commentary also appeared in the Ventura County Star with the title "Creating a 'citizens assembly' to initiate new reforms."
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