Progressives Lining Up to Support Prop 93

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The state's top progressives are throwing their weight behind Prop 93, the Term Limits Reform initiative.

The campaign is soon expected to release a long list of elected progressive supporters. Meanwhile, just about every major progressive group in the state -- in addition to the California Democratic Party -- has issued its endorsement.

Sierra Club, Equality California, Greenling Institute, California Professional Firefighters, SEIU, AFSME, California Church IMPACT, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, California League of Conservation Voters, California State Council of Laborers, and the California Labor Federation have all endorsed.

The Term Limits Reform Measure -- which would give members more experience in each house of the legislature but reduce terms to 12 years -- continues to poll well in independent polls. Its only soft spot is among Democrats. Many oppose the notion of term limts, period. But this measure is a reasonable improvement to the law, which is why the state's leading progressive groups and elected officials are behind it.