Builders pierce California’s environmental shield with new weapon: The ballot

BallotBy Ian Lovett | The New York Time

Once heralded as a vital check on corporate influence over government, California’s ballot initiative system — which allows residents to propose laws and approve them by popular vote — has been used to sharply cut property taxes and to enact the country’s first medical marijuana law.

But these days, developers are using the process for another purpose: to sidestep state environmental laws and speed major developments.

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