In a democracy, all legislative actions must be determined by a majority vote. I will speak out forcefully in favor of an initiative that addresses this structural problem.  I feel the most important problem we face in California is the inability to craft a budget, and the two-thirds majority requirement allows a small ideological group of legislators to hold California hostage for their special-interest purposes.  The result feeds the general public’s perception of the California Legislature as dysfunctional without placing the blame where it belongs – on a small number of legislators who exert their minority view on the majority of Californians.