Playing Political Whac-A-Mole As Issue Of Bond Measure Language Pops Up Again

Playing Political Whac-A-Mole As Issue Of Bond Measure Language Pops Up Again

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Legislature is often the arena for games of political Whac-A-Mole. A piece of controversial legislation fails to clear all of the Capitol’s procedural hurdles and appears to die, but suddenly it reappears through the legislative gimmick known as “gut-and-amend” or it’s reintroduced in the subsequent legislative session. By Dan Walters CalMatter…