California Reform Package



Our friend Dan Walters suggested a California Reform Proposal for Arnold Schwarzenegger to request in a Special Election next year. He argues for a moderate approach, since:

the worst thing Schwarzenegger could do would be to propose something so radical as to alienate middle-of-the-road voters who are understandably leery of nostrums purporting to cure California's ills. If he proceeds, Schwarzenegger must advance reforms that are both reasonable and understandable, and that do not appear to favor one political, social or economic faction. He must be able to sell the package, as he has sold himself, as benefiting the broader interest.

The key components he recommends are:
* Streamlining the state's organizational structure
* Independent redistricting, plus transparent financing
* Moving from Pensions to Defined Contribution public retirement packages
* Partly shift income tax to local government, in exchanges for moving sales tax to the state
* Move to multi-year budgeting, with a spending cap and separate special/general funds

Sounds good to me! We'll see what Arnold thinks...

Posted: Sun - December 5, 2004 at 04:41 PM        

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