Editor’s note: This started with friends and family members looking for advice about the oftentimes confusing ballot propositions in California and grew to be a large personal email list. So, the time has finally come to take this to a real publication so people can subscribe or unsubscribe as they wish. Feel free to share with friends and family if you find this helpful, and please unsubscribe without hesitation (no feelings will be hurt!).
I do this to help people engage and take part in the process while offering my own viewpoints on the issues, but politics is very personal so if this helps you reach your vote by disagreeing with me, that's great too! Also note that this is not intended to be a complete analysis, so if you feel passionately about a particular measure, I encourage you to dig in deeper. Above all, participate in the process, a lot of people lived and died to give you that right and it's your most powerful tool for change.