It’s depressing that the will of the people that passed this ballot measure can get pre-empted like this. Before it passes? Sure. But afterward you’re just disenfranchising the voters.
I think the saddest part is there probably isn't an auto manufacturer that isn't a participant in the lobbying campaign against bills like this. I can't even vote with my wallet in this situation.
At this point I'm hoping I'll be able to buy an electric kit car that can satisfy my minimal needs in the near future so I don't have to deal with modern vehicles and their shithead manufacturers.
Reading the book Street Level Bureaucrats was eye-opening for me on why seemingly “common-sense” solutions like Direct Democracy end up either just not working or having the opposite of the intended effect. Laws are less like writing software for a computer and more like designing processes for a team writing software.
Right now if you look it up, GOP state governments are working hard to kill the ability for citizens to enact initiatives that could allow them to implement things they want that the state representatives do not want.