I was here for the first defeat. Went to Catholic schools in Cal. My assessment of the school situation here is like several issues, throughout the baby and the bathwater and start over. You're idea seems good, incremental and such. I am very pessimistic that anything positive will come out of the initiative process or Sacrament. The unions and school districts will try to tie up any initiative win in court and the legislature just has their pockets open.
I believe Cal is headed to an economic disaster and that after that we'll have to be so draconian that mabye we can actually see some changes.