CA desperately needs to get rid of the overwhelming liberal majority ruling party that from local to statewide politics has been experiment after experiment after experiment of virtue signalling bullshit. The state definitely needs balance to make it so that the new laws or changes have at least a voice in opposition.
It's ridiculous. Thankfully at the state level Newsome has been able to stop a lot of the bullshit - mostly because his son was a HUGE CK fan and his politics have been changing because of that.
I don't actually want a conservative majority - I just want balance and force lawmakers to have opposition so only the good things get through.
yorwba•4mo ago
From the article:
> Some blamed the district city supervisor who helped make the change permanent by placing on a citywide ballot a measure to turn the 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) stretch into a new park.
If city residents vote themselves a park against the wishes of people living in the district where the park is located, it doesn't seem like different party politics would fix that. You'd have to get rid of direct democracy ballot measures instead to avoid this kind of "tyranny of the majority" situation.
throwmeaway222•4mo ago
I'm more responding to the situation in CA locally and statewide. I used to drive on that freeway specifically to get to a friend's house.
Also even if something is voted on, a lot of outreach is not conservative based (at least it hasn't been traditionally). So the "majority" didn't decide on this.
throwmeaway222•4mo ago
It's ridiculous. Thankfully at the state level Newsome has been able to stop a lot of the bullshit - mostly because his son was a HUGE CK fan and his politics have been changing because of that.
I don't actually want a conservative majority - I just want balance and force lawmakers to have opposition so only the good things get through.
yorwba•4mo ago
> Some blamed the district city supervisor who helped make the change permanent by placing on a citywide ballot a measure to turn the 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) stretch into a new park.
If city residents vote themselves a park against the wishes of people living in the district where the park is located, it doesn't seem like different party politics would fix that. You'd have to get rid of direct democracy ballot measures instead to avoid this kind of "tyranny of the majority" situation.
throwmeaway222•4mo ago
Also even if something is voted on, a lot of outreach is not conservative based (at least it hasn't been traditionally). So the "majority" didn't decide on this.