California Lawmakers Aim Again for Tenfold Increase In Initiative Filing Fee

Tue, Apr 6 2010 by Staff

California Assembly 76Last November we awarded California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the John Lilburne Award for vetoing a series of bills that would have restricted petitioning rights in the state. Included among those bills was AB 436, sponsored by Assemblywoman Saldaña, that would have raised the filing fee for an initiative tenfold from $200 to $2000 over seven years.