Security News > 2020 > May > California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box

The small group of policy wonks that forced California's legislature to rush through privacy legislation two years ago are back - and this time they want a ballot.

The big question now is whether history repeats itself and the threat of a ballot initiative passing is sufficient for lawmakers to promise additions to the existing law in return to take the ballot off the table.

Last time, the issue went right to the line, with the ballot measure pulled just hours before the deadline after Sacramento passed a new privacy law in record time.

The proposal to set up a new agency - and so take enforcement away from the politically flexible attorney general - as well as include a lockdown on amendments, all point to the fact that Mactaggart intends to see this one through to completion on the ballot.

We confidently predict a massive campaign funded by tech companies against the ballot measure and possibly a second ballot measure aimed at muddying the waters that is promoted as a better alternative but which provides no additional protections.

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