California Politics and Government

You will have 2 short essay questions to answer, worth 50 points each. You should answer in 3 or 4 paragraphs. You will have to January 12 to get this thing done on canvas, but you can turn in the assignment up through Jan 12. Late assignments will penalized 20 points each day missed. After Jan 14, don’t bother. You will need to do research in order to answer these questions. Make sure your sources are reliable and not just the first thing that shows up in your google searches. Turn it in as been turned on. Plagiarism scores of over 20 will be red flagged. If there’s a problem I may ask you to do it over again. If there’s a big problem, I just won’t accept it and you will get a 0

In two to four paragraphs each, write on the following:

  1. Is it constitutional for the U.S. government to outlaw the recreational and/or medicinal sales of marijuana in the state of California.
  2. Describe the initiative process in the state of California. Analyze its impact on California public policy. Has it worked out well or not?