I appreciate the existence of referendum. California allows for initiated constitutional amendments to pass with only a simply majority, and those amendments c

I appreciate the existence of referendum. California allows for initiated constitutional amendments to pass with only a simply majority, and those amendments can appear on the ballot after gathering a relatively small number of signatures. The signature requirement weeds out a majority of initiatives, whether amendment or statute, but the quality of the remainder makes me wish it were more stringent. I dislike that California's process for citizen initiatives is quite so open as it is. For example, 2022's Prop 29 was a third run of a measure that also failed to pass on each of the preceding two ballots, with 59%+ of voters opposed each time. The topic is sufficiently narrow, and would benefit from expert input, that I don't feel it belongs on a ballot at all. https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_29,_Dialysis_Clinic_Requirements_Initiative_(2022) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_29,_Dialysis_... I question, as well, the inability of the state legislature to amend or repeal anything initiated by citizens without sending it back out onto the ballot.