You're inventing a past influence of California as a model for other parts of the world. The Swiss constitution of 1848 is modeled after the US Constitution [1

You're inventing a past influence of California as a model for other parts of the world. The Swiss constitution of 1848 is modeled after the US Constitution [1], not after such a thing as a Californian political model -- especially since California was not admitted to the Union until 1850... popular initiatives (not just referenda) were adopted in Zurich before spreading to other Swiss cantons and then being also adopted at the Federal level. [1] http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/switzerland-federal-constitution-1848.html http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/switzerland...