California Voters Could Face 12-Plus Ballot Measures With Billions at Stake in November

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 25

More than a dozen ballot measures could confront Californians in November, turning the statewide ballot into a high-stakes test with billions of dollars riding on voter decisions.
Those initiatives reflect California’s direct-democracy system, which lets voters decide consequential government questions at the ballot box rather than leaving them solely to elected officials.
The crowded lineup underscores how a single election could bundle numerous unrelated fiscal and policy fights into one vote, shaping decisions in one of the world’s largest economies.

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