[ColdOne]

Referendum supporters would need to gather about 505,000 voter signatures within 90 days to place the issue before voters next year. Good grief this is Kalifornia for cryin' out loud. If the voters get this the courts will only block it.

[fr_freak]

Good grief this is Kalifornia for cryin' out loud. If the voters get this the courts will only block it.

Yeah...and it will be by a federal judge.

[rottndog]

If the voters get this the courts will only block it.

Wrong...A referendum is not a ballot initiative...it's specifically for the purpose of giving the voters veto power over the legislature, by allowing them to overturn a specific law. It's part of the CA constitution, and not subject to judicial review. The only way the courts could intervene would be by a challenge to the validity to the referendum (whether or not the there were enough valid signatures, etc.), not the content of it.

[newzjunkey]

There is a bill on Brown's desk TODAY would BAN paid signature gatherers. It's SB 168.

Under the guise of preventing fraud, this is all about allowing unions to gather signatures without constraints and making is extremely difficult for others to use the initiative process to reign in government.

Fresno Bee today: EDITORIAL: Governor should veto bill aimed at signature gathering