CA state Local Government
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What aspects that the states focus on their budget on?
• Welfare • Education • Prison systems • Water policy • part of public work projects
What are two elements of California political culture?
• Diversity: topography, economy, languages, ethnicities, and diverse agriculture and technology. • Tradition of progressivism
What were the primary goals of the progressive movement?
• political equality • clear merit based government • direct citizen control of the government
What are three tools used for direct democracy?
• Initiative: Citizens petition for CA amendment/ law • Referendum: Type of initiative that allows for citizens to accept or reject laws passed by state legislature • Recall: A procedure that allows citizens to remove elected officials before their term is up.
What is the purpose of the tools for direct democracy?
-To allow citizens to run government and take it back from large corporations
What is the primary function of state legislature?
• Make policies • Representation - similar to that of Congress
What is the structure of the legislative branch?
• 49 out of 50 states are bicameral - Is made up of 2 chambers Assembly-(House) and Senate
What is structure of the Assembly?
• Composed of 80 members • Elected by district • Can have up to 3 x2year terms
What is structure of the Senate?
• Composed of 40 members • Elected by districts • Can have up to 2x4year terms
What are the differences between the state legislative branch and Congress?
-California has limited terms for office holders.
What are the issues that are raised with term limits?
• Tell citizens cannot vote for a citizen after certain amount of time, because the person is no longer eligible for office. • –>Democratic • Issue of diversity • Spend there time focusing on getting reelected for a new term and position for office. • ->Ambition • Lobbiests and Interest groups become stronger based on the fact that legislature is always new to the system
What is the committee structure?
• Party leadership have the same names as those in Congress • Speaker of the assembly • ->decide who gets to speak • ->Sets agenda • Leader of senate is President pro tempore
What amount of people does it take to pass the state budget?
-Passed by 2/3 of the people
What is proposition 13?
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What occurred in 1990 to state legislature?
• Term limits for state legislators - Shift from the professional model of state legislatures