SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here is a final unvarnished, admittedly biased summary of the seven propositions on the state ballot.
Three measures — about sports betting and taxing the rich — are prime examples of special interests capitalizing on California's century-old system of direct democracy. Two others — concerning dialysis treatment and tobacco products — amount to blatant abuses of the treasured system.
This is how I view the ballot measures:
