{"id":854,"date":"2026-08-31T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagnerforcalifornia.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:48:10","slug":"two-good-ideas-from-republicans-dead-on-arrival-in-democratic-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagnerforcalifornia.com\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"Two good ideas from Republicans dead on arrival in Democratic Legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"brz brz-root__container brz-reset-all brz-root__container-page\" >\n<section id=\"b920a9393d7b1b120cc5_gJFrfWc5Wkka\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-1pxmdcz brz-css-7qp8ry\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-u6iadl brz-css-rww2wy\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qRsDjBs5Om_V\">\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-rhxl68 brz-css-2m8ydn\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-1r8oi4p brz-css-1ntqa9c brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-1l6kgf0 brz-css-129pg3h\" data-brz-custom-id=\"kJ7vjlP5qsXM\"><span class=\"brz-wp-title-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">Two good ideas from Republicans dead on arrival in Democratic Legislature<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-1r8oi4p brz-css-1qbikdf brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-7s274k brz-css-1chol56\" data-brz-custom-id=\"ygY3iX08iYks\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-m4mTY\" data-uniq-id=\"d9cBo\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-oSE8M\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">By George Skelton at the <\/strong><a class=\"link--external\" style=\"color: rgb(4, 78, 250);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/newsletter\/2026-08-24\/skelton-monday-politics-newsletter\" data-brz-link-type=\"external\"><strong>LA Times<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-j4uBq\" data-uniq-id=\"iL3Tw\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-j9NiB\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-rI1O8\" data-uniq-id=\"b7mG_\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-sA9Kx\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">SACRAMENTO&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Memo to Democrats and independents: Just because an idea emanates from a Republican, doesn\u2019t mean it necessarily stinks. Here are two examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-ksqan\" data-uniq-id=\"aTXKl\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-ky0Kz\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-qu1Ey\" data-uniq-id=\"zOfty\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-d2Y1f\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Legislators wearing red jerseys have proposed to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-bcp-color1 brz-css-iNRay\" data-uniq-id=\"hkbim\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-wgMlV\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Make the California secretary of state officially nonpartisan. Rip off the seemingly inevitable blue jersey and replace it with a neutral referee\u2019s garb.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-bcp-color1 brz-css-oeihc\" data-uniq-id=\"z09gi\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-l7y23\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Similarly, seize the job of writing official ballot proposition titles and summaries from the partisan attorney general and hand it to the nonpartisan, universally trusted Legislative Analyst\u2018s Office.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-bcp-color1 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-oivMG\" data-uniq-id=\"a03hl\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-suBFV\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-zhxAQ\" data-uniq-id=\"mpLFq\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-bEwH2\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Both ideas, of course, were dead on arrival when introduced in the Democratic-dominated state Legislature, which is about to wrap up a two-year session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-fDYPm\" data-uniq-id=\"vljQF\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-d5rUW\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">But both make&nbsp;good government sense and promote democracy, which the Democratic Party claims it\u2019s fighting for against the President Trump-led GOP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-q6bbs\" data-uniq-id=\"lqawo\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-xkzYJ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-iIiFv\" data-uniq-id=\"uCIE5\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-pfQ_t\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">The secretary of state is the chief overseer of California elections. That office holder, regardless of party, has never favored one side over the other in balloting, although many GOP politicians have been parroting Pied Piper Trump\u2019s nonsense about election rigging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-rWbvc\" data-uniq-id=\"c3n8n\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-di2Gq\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-rIsdM\" data-uniq-id=\"lFrv8\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-n4eFD\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">California Republicans pushing to neutralize the office argue that Democratic incumbent Shirley Weber has taken public policy positions that echo her party\u2019s stands. Shock! This is America. She has a right \u2014 a democratic duty \u2014 to take any position vocally that she desires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-bY00p\" data-uniq-id=\"sFF2P\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-rXLzg\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-cnU7l\" data-uniq-id=\"tyyFt\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-veCIv\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">But it\u2019s logical for the secretary of state to officially operate as a political nonpartisan \u2014 as does the state superintendent of public instruction and all county voter registrars, who actually administer the elections and count votes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-pba5c\" data-uniq-id=\"nGwx9\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-sSz5l\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-f818z\" data-uniq-id=\"yqWkT\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cnVo6\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">\u201cIt\u2019s time to take the secretary of state out of the partisan mix,\u201d says former Orange County Assemblyman Don Wagner,&nbsp;who is Weber\u2019s underdog Republican opponent in the November election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-gVel_\" data-uniq-id=\"xy_Sn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-nIXd4\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-sMeNF\" data-uniq-id=\"hcnGa\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dYzRC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">\u201cThe secretary should be calling balls and strikes as opposed to being on the red team or a blue team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-uovVZ\" data-uniq-id=\"as70H\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dDXcc\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-qrDvv\" data-uniq-id=\"swVxj\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vKE0c\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Realistically, no red team member is likely to win any statewide office in California for the foreseeable future, given that&nbsp;Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1&nbsp;and Trump is widely detested in this state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-w2k0k\" data-uniq-id=\"xkZ40\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-njWgm\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-omC98\" data-uniq-id=\"qtYk4\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-rlc6_\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">\u201cSometimes Trump does make it harder in California for Republicans,\u201d Wagner acknowledges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-vxtVv\" data-uniq-id=\"sIRlG\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-mbJSJ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-rErZe\" data-uniq-id=\"ddc1B\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-i6fZe\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">The legislation to make the secretary of state nonpartisan was a proposed California constitutional amendment, introduced by Republican Assemblymembers Natasha Johnson of Lake Elsinore and Josh Hoover of Folsom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-jE4t2\" data-uniq-id=\"ddc1B\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-i6fZe\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-oNRqW\" data-uniq-id=\"yCfGi\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-sYL3i\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">But it was submitted so late in the legislative session that there was no chance of it ever receiving a committee hearing. It didn\u2019t really matter anyway. Even if it had been introduced on Jan. 1, Democrats would have instinctively tossed it in the trash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-uGY6b\" data-uniq-id=\"yCfGi\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-sYL3i\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-xkQWM\" data-uniq-id=\"qqUWB\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-b_XhC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">They\u2019re never going to make it remotely possible for a Republican to win this office any time soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-glIRi\" data-uniq-id=\"qqUWB\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-b_XhC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-pbneN\" data-uniq-id=\"trnjn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-m5LC8\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">The measure\u2019s authors say their proposal would help \u201crestore Californians\u2019 trust in the electoral system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-r1e32\" data-uniq-id=\"trnjn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-m5LC8\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-cgP1B\" data-uniq-id=\"dxirH\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zTJjp\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Actually, the only Californians who largely distrust the electoral system are Republicans. And the best way to fix that is for Trump to shut up and stop telling lies about stolen elections and hordes of undocumented immigrants voting illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-eeQXM\" data-uniq-id=\"dxirH\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zTJjp\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-m4vgV\" data-uniq-id=\"f5w2Y\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gXW1d\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">A recent poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies&nbsp;found that&nbsp;88% of Democrats and 64% of independents have confidence in California\u2019s election system. But 76% of Republicans do not \u2014 a sign of our polarized times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-bqCnN\" data-uniq-id=\"f5w2Y\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gXW1d\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-yNtql\" data-uniq-id=\"p1dfq\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cccy8\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Of the two Republican proposals, the most significant is the one stripping the attorney general of the power to write titles and summaries of ballot measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-pULlh\" data-uniq-id=\"p1dfq\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cccy8\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-gX_d_\" data-uniq-id=\"wnqzu\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-foZ3g\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Often, the only thing many voters know about a proposition is what they\u2019re told in the title. They aren\u2019t inclined to wade through neutral details in the official state Voter Information Guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-n837c\" data-uniq-id=\"wnqzu\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-foZ3g\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-hLdeJ\" data-uniq-id=\"ocXwk\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-bUNPu\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">The legislative analyst is a political noncombatant appointed by the Legislature and basically agreed to by both sides. The highly respected policy wonk already writes the proposition analyses included in the voter guide. Why not also the measures\u2019 titles?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-urUHd\" data-uniq-id=\"ocXwk\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-bUNPu\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-dw19Y\" data-uniq-id=\"cFPQ_\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-nMuTU\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Increasingly in recent years under Democrats, including projected next governor Xavier Becerra, the attorney general has been dishing out party propaganda in official proposition titles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-dfv32\" data-uniq-id=\"cFPQ_\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-nMuTU\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-aoiAU\" data-uniq-id=\"kQVmw\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-i2MIG\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">State law requires the attorney general to provide an \u201cimpartial statement of the purpose of the measure\u201d in language unlikely \u201cto create prejudice for or against\u201d the proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-mRKi_\" data-uniq-id=\"e9Gls\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zExBP\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">But often on hotly contested measures, the language reads like talking points for the blue side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-uA3jx\" data-uniq-id=\"e9Gls\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zExBP\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-zoZJ8\" data-uniq-id=\"xpnKC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-m6RtH\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">The latest example is Proposition 39, a Republican proposal requiring Californians to show identification when voting. Election officials also would have to verify that registered voters are U.S. citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-vc9YK\" data-uniq-id=\"xpnKC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-m6RtH\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-whgxm\" data-uniq-id=\"jn5Lh\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-iwbvC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">I\u2019m no fan of that measure. It overreaches, is unnecessary, could suppress voting and is merely a tool to drive up the GOP vote. Democratic legislative leaders and the party are fiercely opposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-mxMio\" data-uniq-id=\"jn5Lh\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-iwbvC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-vlR9b\" data-uniq-id=\"oBYz2\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vmNYF\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">But Proposition 39\u2019s title is unfairly negative and loaded against the measure. It reads: \u201cProhibits citizens from voting unless they present government-issued identification.\u201d All some voters will focus on are the first four words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-lUrXO\" data-uniq-id=\"oBYz2\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vmNYF\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-eaAaE\" data-uniq-id=\"jdutt\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-w_xuo\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Proponents sued, but judges are historically reluctant to interfere in election campaigns. A Sacramento judge OKd Democratic Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta\u2019s biased wording.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-ehjj2\" data-uniq-id=\"jdutt\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-w_xuo\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-oggCO\" data-uniq-id=\"gHHoF\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-inf9T\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">The legislation for nonpartisan labeling of propositions cleared the Senate Elections Committee but later was quietly killed behind closed doors in the Senate Appropriations Committee, a notorious graveyard for measures sentenced to execution by legislative leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-lIbom\" data-uniq-id=\"gHHoF\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-inf9T\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-eDN1T\" data-uniq-id=\"a_ImL\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-suvYQ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">\u201cThe Democratic leadership doesn\u2019t want it passed,\u201d notes the author, Sen. Roger Niello of Sacramento County, who recently was elected the next Senate minority leader. \u201cIf they kill it [in appropriations] nobody has to vote on it and it dies without fingerprints.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-ga_ks\" data-uniq-id=\"a_ImL\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-suvYQ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-cb0MC\" data-uniq-id=\"zwNx9\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gGZqF\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">That\u2019s common legislative games-playing: Keep potentially popular but politically undesirable bills off chamber floors so majority party members can avoid shamefully voting \u201cno.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-nWtVP\" data-uniq-id=\"zwNx9\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gGZqF\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-xf9wq\" data-uniq-id=\"yf9bH\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-uv7LK\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">But these are still excellent Republican ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-dXnBL\" data-uniq-id=\"yf9bH\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-uv7LK\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-vLpNJ\" data-uniq-id=\"fjeDl\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qCLFU\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">There are times when politics should be taken out of elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-p5BAW\" data-uniq-id=\"fjeDl\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qCLFU\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-mrKvH\" data-uniq-id=\"fjeDl\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qCLFU\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-eUrBv\" data-uniq-id=\"iLqD9\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-izvN3\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-yXOTU\" data-uniq-id=\"ccs79\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dy0nO\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-text-lg-center brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-16 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-gH6lc\" data-uniq-id=\"rArGs\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-lWF6C\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">### <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- version:1788209290 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two good ideas from Republicans dead on arrival in Democratic Legislature By George Skelton at the LA Times SACRAMENTO&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Memo to 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