By Rebecca Bowe
A lot has happened since we first reported on a campaign spearheaded by the Bay Area Council to hold a California constitutional convention.
We watched the state-budget drama unfold, a tearjerker with a surprise ending delivered by knife-wielding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. (In the sequel, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg files a lawsuit against Schwarzenegger for cutting an additional $489 million in health, welfare and other programs through line-item vetoes, a move the lawmaker claims was beyond the governor’s constitutional authority.)
And in the meantime, the Bay Area Council has attracted lots of attention for its call to revamp the system, campaigning under the banner Repair California. The Bay Area business group has even started traveling around the state hosting town-hall meetings to rally support for a constitutional convention.
And tonight, it’s San Francisco’s turn to share ideas on how to fix California. (How about splitting it in pieces?)