Opinion: Can't we all agree to tell California voters the unvarnished truth in ballot summaries? [Opinion]
— with backing from Brown — that required local ballot measures involving bonds or taxes to specifically inform voters how much the measures would cost them and for how long. This frustrated some local officials, who had rarely provided such information, claiming it was readily available and shouldn’t use up room in ballot summaries that had 75-word limits.
that would let key financial information be included only in official voter guides. To his credit, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed it, saying leaving such information to far less-read voter guides would decrease much-needed transparency. But Wiener still wants to give voters less information on their ballots. This year, he again introducedto encourage voter manipulation, arguing that more information creates “massive” obstacles to governments raising taxes or adding bond debt.concession
— no longer challenging the requirement that the financial information be included in ballot statements, but not counting that information against the 75-word maximum. State Capitol observers know that what appears to be a concession can turn out to be a ploy — especially thanks to the notorious process in which bills can be hollowed out, radically rewritten and then passed with little scrutiny in the frantic closing days of the budget year or the legislative session.
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