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Initiative activity rekindled: voters in Napa County, San Francisco, SoCal to decide measures.(Solano County)

After a lull during the off-year election of 2007, land use initiatives and referendums are starting to reappear on local ballots this June. Voters in at least seven jurisdictions are scheduled to decide measures that are related directly or indirectly to what gets built and where.

It might seem odd that the number of ballot measures is increasing in the midst of a real estate recession, but research has consistently indicated that such measures are a lagging economic indicator. That is, they tend to appear in higher numbers at the end of and after a real estate boom.

Although the number of measures on the June primary ballot is small, the number is more substantial ...

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