so it doesn't need a politician to run on that sacred platform
so it doesn't need a politician to run on that sacred platform
The same people who would shout down a politician for trying to reform Prop 13 would vote against any effort to reform it via initiative. Besides, as a result of Prop 13, tax "increases" require a ⅔ majority to pass. Try getting ⅔ of California to agree on anything.
Modifications to Prop 13 get to the ballot box periodically and the only ones that seem to pass expand its scope. Attempts to pare it back are met with fierce resistance from the anti-government folks. In general initiatives are a scourge and not a remedy to anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13
No, Prop 13 was an Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
>not a constitutional amendment.
You're flat wrong.
Propositions are anything going on the ballot for voter confirmation. They encompass Legislative statutes, Legislative Consitutional Amendments, Initiative Statutes, and Initiative Constitutional Amendments.