>but this article isn't factually based There's more than one article and there's lot's of facts in them. >If Prop 13 is such a hindrance why is California in

>but this article isn't factually based There's more than one article and there's lot's of facts in them. >If Prop 13 is such a hindrance why is California in the top 5 highest taxing states across the board? I don't understand your question or the point you are trying to make. >So California's problems are not because of direct democracy. I'm sure it can be argued that CAs problems are not the initiative process, but you haven't begun to do that. >they are (by their own admission) a left-leaning publication Source? "free trade, free markets" - doesn't sound left leaning. They claim to be centrist. Unless there is some other proof that they are in cahoots with CA democrats it seems pretty unlikely that they ran the articles to help them.