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Government

Sep. 1, 2009

Fix California's Convoluted Constitution

California's current constitution rivals India's for being the longest and most confusing in the world, writes Jeffrey A. Lowe.

FORUM COLUMN

By Jeffrey A. Lowe

California's never-ending annual budget crisis has if nothing else solidified broader acceptance of what recently had seemed to be a radical notion, that the state government is deeply flawed and needs fundamental overhaul.

In a public opinion survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, 79 percent of Californians say the state is moving in the wrong direction. And 71 percent of those surve...

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