Legislature Should Follow Voter Will
* The referendum system in California may not be the best system, but it allows concerned citizens to present concepts to the voters to solve problems that our Legislature has failed to properly address. I have read that of those referendums passed, at least 70% are overturned in the courts, usually because they are poorly written or fail to take into consideration some execution problems. These never see the light of day even though a majority of the voting public supports the concept.
If the Legislature were truly responsive to the voters, someone would take these overturned concepts, correct the illegalities and turn them into proper legislation.
Do you have any idea how many of these overturned referendums--if any--were picked up by legislators and rewritten correctly into law?
Or, as I believe, does the Legislature find these referendums an annoyance and an intrusion by civilians and, therefore, refuse to acknowledge the will of the people?
JOHN A. SELECKY
Laguna Beach
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