Democracy's evil twin - Los Angeles Times

I would agree, but also remove those ridiculous term-limits. Basically the voters of California have to make many expert decisions on a wide variety of issues that they do not understand. Add to that, the only ones that are accountable to the people are leaving office in a year or two (or looking for a new job), that they have no interest or expertise on any issues that require more than 30 seconds of thought.

Initiatives hamstring these electeds until they have no discretion with the budget. It's a crazy place to live and no way to govern.