Three months late, California has found itself a budget. It satisfies no-one, fails to address the long-term systemic flaws in the budgeting system, doesn't provide the services that people expect to receive when they pay their taxes or cast a vote, and essentially accomplishes little more than keeping (most of) the lights on for a few months until this comes around again.

The problems will be the same, the partisan divisions and rancor will be the same, and we'll be another year down the road towards a completely ungovernable state. We simply can't keep doing this every year; it fails everyone, and we deserve better.

So Rick Jacobs and Courage Campaign floated an idea, but it's ultimately up to you: Should we call a Constitutional Convention?

It's clear that the system isn't working, and bold action is needed to break out of this perpetual stalemate. Rick Jacobs laid out the full case in an email Thursday, but it's up to you to vote and tell us what you think:   Read More »