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I'd be sad to lose him from YC, although he would probably do enough good for the state overall to make up for it. If he were at all effective, I'd consider en

by rdl 9y ago

I'd be sad to lose him from YC, although he would probably do enough good for the state overall to make up for it. If he were at all effective, I'd consider ending my California boycott. I'm concerned that unless the rest of state government is fixed, including Prop 13 and the voter initiative system in general, California is just too fucked to be fixed even by a great Governor, though.

idlewords 9y ago
The governor is not a proconsul. To be effective, they have to work with the state legislature.
- rdl 9y ago
  In California you could probably have a popular governor who appealed directly to the people (abusing the initiative system), even with a mostly-dysfunctional legislature.
  - SamReidHughes 9y ago
    Schwarzenegger tried that.
    - CalChris 9y ago
      Yeah, Schwarzenegger tried that and failed because his 2005 ballot initiatives (including his non partisan redistricting) were in an unnecessary special election and attached with some hard right propositions. All 8 went down in flames. He then fired his chief of staff and replaced her with a Democrat and governed from the center, even from the center left. I preferred him to Gray Davis since Davis was so in bed with the prison guards union that he never used his clemency powers for fear it would cost a prison guard job. A few years later, in 2010 Schwarzenegger dusted off the redistricting initiative and it passed.
icantdrive55 9y ago
He will not have a chance in hell if he spouts off on eliminating prop 13. I cringe whenever I hear the missplaced blame on prop 13. I guess a younger generation will need to experience true political mismanagement of money first hand? I don't know how prop 13 became the target for the anger? There's no easy fix fir housing. And please, we don't need more revenue collectors, or firehouses, and teachers are being paid well on mist schools. The tuition hikes were just a an area that administrators realized they could hike, because everyone needs the college experience, and a dubious degree. Eliminating prop thirteen might force out a few widows out, but the end result will be a rich person just raising the rent again. I don't want to debate, but it's getting old. People need to look into why prop 13 was enacted. I was a kid, but I remember why my dad was as Mad as Hell. Oh yea, just to prove a point. In desirable Marin County. A 70's supervisor (Giacammoni) said west Marin would have thousands, and thousands of housing units/apartments if he didn't have a huge piggy bank to essentially rob from to further his pet project. He didn't like developement. West Marin is now zoned for 1 home/per hundred acres, or something crazy. (I almost spent $200000 on a run down cabin. Due to zoning, I wouldn't even be able to replace the foundation, which was perched on a redwood stump.) And thank god. It's a beautiful area. My point is giving money to any politician is risky. They used it for the craziest things. You people have no idea. (I might be in favor of tying a repeal of prop 13 into funding a mandatory state UBI, but that will never fly. And even then--I'm just speculating. That money would go right back into pet projects.)

by rdl 9y ago

idlewords 9y ago

The governor is not a proconsul. To be effective, they have to work with the state legislature.

rdl 9y ago
In California you could probably have a popular governor who appealed directly to the people (abusing the initiative system), even with a mostly-dysfunctional legislature.
- SamReidHughes 9y ago
  Schwarzenegger tried that.
  - CalChris 9y ago
    Yeah, Schwarzenegger tried that and failed because his 2005 ballot initiatives (including his non partisan redistricting) were in an unnecessary special election and attached with some hard right propositions. All 8 went down in flames. He then fired his chief of staff and replaced her with a Democrat and governed from the center, even from the center left. I preferred him to Gray Davis since Davis was so in bed with the prison guards union that he never used his clemency powers for fear it would cost a prison guard job. A few years later, in 2010 Schwarzenegger dusted off the redistricting initiative and it passed.

icantdrive55 9y ago

He will not have a chance in hell if he spouts off on eliminating prop 13. I cringe whenever I hear the missplaced blame on prop 13. I guess a younger generation will need to experience true political mismanagement of money first hand? I don't know how prop 13 became the target for the anger? There's no easy fix fir housing. And please, we don't need more revenue collectors, or firehouses, and teachers are being paid well on mist schools. The tuition hikes were just a an area that administrators realized they could hike, because everyone needs the college experience, and a dubious degree. Eliminating prop thirteen might force out a few widows out, but the end result will be a rich person just raising the rent again. I don't want to debate, but it's getting old. People need to look into why prop 13 was enacted. I was a kid, but I remember why my dad was as Mad as Hell. Oh yea, just to prove a point. In desirable Marin County. A 70's supervisor (Giacammoni) said west Marin would have thousands, and thousands of housing units/apartments if he didn't have a huge piggy bank to essentially rob from to further his pet project. He didn't like developement. West Marin is now zoned for 1 home/per hundred acres, or something crazy. (I almost spent $200000 on a run down cabin. Due to zoning, I wouldn't even be able to replace the foundation, which was perched on a redwood stump.) And thank god. It's a beautiful area. My point is giving money to any politician is risky. They used it for the craziest things. You people have no idea. (I might be in favor of tying a repeal of prop 13 into funding a mandatory state UBI, but that will never fly. And even then--I'm just speculating. That money would go right back into pet projects.)