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Back with the WindCharles Price and A.G. Block
Thanks to term limits, seven former members of the Assembly are running for a return en...

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Ballot Bouillabaisse (Review) Charles Price
The political "how-to" manual, The Initiative Cookbook, offers an insider's perspective...
- The Initiative Cookbook by Jim Schultz

Battle over ballot signaturesCharles Price
The folks who solicit signatures for ballot initiatives once again have squared off aga...

Big money initiativesCharles M. Price
The initiative process has become a captive of wealthy special interests, but big money...

Campaigning judgesCharles Price and Charles Bell
Rose Bird's battle to keep her seat has not had much impact on lower court judges' camp...

Class of '92Charles Price
Twenty-six strong, the rookie Assembly class of 1992 is the first class elected under c...


Exporting discontentCharles Price and Helen Neves
The latest California political trend to be shipped nationwide is term limits.

The "fairness doctrine"Charles Price
For years, the so-called fairness doctrine ensured that the wealthy couldn't dominate t...

Full-time LegislatureCharles G. Bell and Charles M. Price
California's 20-year-old professional Legislature is facing increasing criticism and th...

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Ghost on the Green (Review) Charles Price
The Haunted Major, by Thorne Smith
- The Haunted Major by Thorne Smith

Happy talky talkCharles Price
Radio talk-show hosts flexed some muscle to kayo a proposed congressional pay raise. Ar...


I Licked My JinxJack Burke, Jr. and Charles Price


I Say Pro Golf Isn't So ToughLloyd Mangrum and Charles Price

Initiative ReformCharles Price
Should California tinker with its initiative system, or should it adopt an"if-it-ain't-...

InitiativesCharles Price and Robert Waste
Is California suffering from too much of a good thing when it comes to its initiative p...

Initiatives and Dollar SignsCharles Price
Secretary of State Bill Jones aims to close a loophole in disclosure laws that obscures...

Initiatives and the CourtsCharles M. Price
Winning the approval of voters is no longer enough for ballot measures. Now they must a...

The initiatorsCharles Price
Like the energizer rabbit, the people who propose initiatives keep on ticking despite d...


Lawyer-legislatorsCharles Price and Charles Bell
Lawyer-legislators no longer dominate the halls of the Legislature.

Leaving the LegislatureCharles M. Price and Charles G. Bell
Some politicians abandon Sacramento for reasons of their own, as this year's voluntary ...

Lobbying, post-140Charles Price
Advocacy in the age of term limits may prove tricky for lobbyists and lawmakers.

A magic ride to successCharles Bell and Charles Price
More and more, legislators are sponsoring ballot initiatives as vehicles for statewide ...

Open primariesCharles Price
The open primary may return to California's ballot, thanks to a primary initiative sche...


Party endorsementsCharles Price
Amid confusion over the law, political parties are backing away from pre-primary endors...

Party renewalCharles Bell, Charles Price, and Vic Pollard
A court decision, allowing parties to endorse candidates in primaries, may give new pow...

Paying the recall tabCharles Price
Democratic Assemblyman Mike Machado spent nearly $900,000 defending himself against a r...

The petition businessCharles M. Price
Two of the state's most successful professional petitioners explain the business of buy...

Robe Rage ReversedCharles M. Price
For years after the ouster of California Supreme Court Chief justice Rose Bird, voters ...


Signature houndsCharles M. Price
Gathering signatures for ballot initiatives is a thriving business for two California f...

Signature mercenariesCharles M. Price
To qualify any ballot measure, just contact the professional petition-passers - and be ...

A special class of lobbyistsCharles M. Price
Ex-legislators have some advantages when they become advocates among their old colleagues.

SplitsvilleCharles Price
Assemblyman Stan Statham of Oak Run is pushing ahead with his plan to split California ...


Stan StathamCharles Price
Republican Assemblyman Stan Statham has made a legislative career out of not getting al...

Term limitsEd Bacciocco and Charles Price
Term limits for elected officials are nothing new to California; several counties have ...

The tobacco lobbyCharles Price
When it comes to tobacco's political clout, California isn't exactly Marlboro Country. ...

Tweaking the InitiativeCharles M. Price
In a Colorado case with implications for California, the U.S. Supreme Court gives thumb...

The Verdicts Were Just (1967)Albert Averbach and Charles Price
1 Review, 1 Readable

Women lobbyistsCharles M. Price and Catherine Melquist
Although professionals now, women lobbyists face different problems than do their men c...

The World of Golf (1962)Charles Price
A Panorama of Six Centuries of the Game's History
2 Reviews
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