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WHAT'S NEW - TODAY:

(Mar. 3, 2010) - We are pleased to announce that our campaign has just received endorsements from the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), UPTE-CWA Local 9119 (AFL-CIO), the California Young Democrats and the California College Democrats.  We want to thank them for their support and welcome them to the campaign!!  Also important to note, please make sure to get out and support education this week.  This Thursday, March 4th there will be rallies and marches across California.  For a complete listing of all the marches statewide that we will be at, please check out our calendar.  Just click on March 4th, scroll down and all of the day's events are listed below the calendar by time!!!

THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRACY ACT

“All legislative actions on revenue and budget
must be determined by a majority vote”

Also known as the CA Majority Rule Campaign, it changes two words in the
California Constitution: “Two-thirds” becomes “a majority” in two places.
That’s all it takes to make California sane and solvent again.

RETURN DEMOCRACY TO CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 2010

The majority of voters choose the majority of legislators. That’s simple democracy. And it is simple democracy that the majority of legislators provide for the needs of the people they represent.

Without such democracy, there is the gridlock, economic chaos and suffering we now face in California. We, the majority of voters, can restore democracy to California, and with it, responsible economic management. One sentence will do it.

All legislative actions on revenue and budget must be determined by a majority vote.

The infamous “2/3 rules” mean that 1/3+1 (a 34% minority) in either house controls the legislature by voting “No” until they get what they want. They want to keep the state government from serving public needs, and they are succeeding.

You can stop them by returning democracy to California. Sign the petition, and vote Yes on the California Democracy Act.

For more information and background - click here

For Letters From George - click here






Recent News

  • DailyCal reports on The California Democracy Act


    AN ACT OF DEMOCRACY FOR THE STATE

    Daily Californian | January 29, 2010 | By David Fielder | LINK TO ARTICLE


    The California Democracy Act, a non-partisan constitutional amendment authored by UC Berkeley Professor George Lakoff, consists in its entirety of a mere 14 words:

    "All legislative actions on revenue and budget must be determined by a majority vote."

    California is one of the only states in the nation to constitutionally give a 34 percent minority of its state representatives direct control over all such legislation-thereby ensuring the budget and revenue gridlock we are experiencing.

    California is in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis requiring fundamental new approaches for resolution. Creativity is essential as we are currently unable to implement more obvious solutions to resolving the crisis. For example, we are also one of the only significant oil producing states that fails to charge oil companies an extraction tax on the oil they pump-even Governor Sarah Palin prided herself on taxing Alaska's oil profiteers. ...

  • Lakoff: Where's The Movement?

    1 month ago
  • SF Bay Guardian reports on restoring Majority Rule to CA

    1 month ago
  • UCSD Guardian reports on the UC budget crisis

    2 months ago
  • UCSD Guardian reports on students rallying for Majority Rule

    2 months ago

Upcoming Events

  • Lakoff Lecture at UCSD
    Mar 05,2010
    Dr. George Lakoff will speak at UCSD on the California Democracy Act and saving the UC. Lecture.

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