Dan Walters: Jerry Brown’s bill helps his crime initiative request

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By Dan Walters in The Sacramento Bee

May 4, 2016

“Bribe” may be too strong a word, but a bill that Gov. Jerry Brown signed last week, appropriating $16.3 million for election-related expenses, is certainly a big incentive for county clerks to count signatures on Brown’s crime initiative in time for it to make the Nov. 8 ballot.

As a condition of receiving Assembly Bill 120’s funds, clerks must by June 30 complete signature counts for ballot measures that are submitted by May 20.

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