Time for one big whopping initiative.
I’m sure the subject salary increases are a source of the state’s budget deficit. But let’s not lay the entire blame at the feet of the unions. ( And, by the way, I’m not a union apologist or a state employee.)
I think we can also cite rampant corruption in the state legislature, caused partly by the inherent corruption of the ruling party, and partly by the fact that the state is in the death throes of one-party rule with no end in sight. In fact, any effort to shine the light on a cause other than the massive financial corruption on every conceivable level in Sacramento is little more than a diversionary tactic.
And referring to the result of corruption as a shortfall in revenue only perpetuates the lie. It’s a surfeit of spending, and other people’s money, at that.