The outcome of the California initiative is being closely watched by about two dozen other states that are considering similar laws.

Like many California initiatives, the ballot initiative takes a legitimate problem and proposes unrealistic solutions.

The bill is modeled in part on a California initiative that was approved by voters there last month but has been blocked by a judge.

The issue is complicated in part because the authors of the California initiative, Proposition 215, were careful to keep its language vague.

The California initiative did not gain from the Simpson verdict.

Then he and his law firm worked hard to defeat a California initiative that would have put a limit on contributions to state candidates.

The success of the California initiative had energized similar efforts by opponents of affirmative action in about two dozen states.

The California initiative would in some cases require schools and hospitals to report those suspected of being illegal aliens.

Of course, there is opposition to the California initiative.