I'm quite a fan of the initiative process in California. I mean, sure, it's been abused by short-sighted people, leading to things like three-strikes legislation overcrowding our prisons, but it has also brought us important social progress such as medical marijuana, and any sufficiently unpopular law is only a petition away from redress. It's encouraging that we enjoy the power to reform law from the bottom up in such a direct manner, and I wouldn't want to give up that power quite so readily, as those who toss around that 'out of control initiative process' talking point are so eager to do.