JH? NIMBY!

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITIZENS AND YOUR CP?

• The juvenile halls in both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties exist because of the citizenry of their respective counties. In both cases, voters had to approve the funding and construction of the facilities, both of which can be difficult to convince communities to do.
  

ON WHAT LEVEL DO THEY INTERACT?

• The citizens can find themselves interacting with the facilities at their own volition (like what I am doing there, or when they go to visit an inmate) or against their will (as when they become an inmate themselves).

HOW CAN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AFFECT YOUR CP?

• The title of this post contains two acronyms: JH and NIMBY. JH stands for Juvenile Hall, and NIMBY is a now infamous acronym for "Not In My Backyard". It gained popularity during the prison construction boom of the last 20-25 years, where voters would say that they wanted more prisons build and tougher laws to fill them, only they overwhelmingly didn't want the prisons to be located anywhere near them. This demonstrates perfectly that facilities like the ones I am working in exist solely at the discretion of the communities in which they physically and legally reside.

MY 3 Questions:

1. What are some reasons for low voter turnout?
2. What are the pros and cons of much of California's legislation being driven by ballot propositions?
3. What are the pros and cons of term limits?