I looked at that and at the risk of offense I find that prop 2 has problems: it's all about banning stuff and nothing about suggesting pro-active things to do to accomplish their goals. Poultry biz will just travel over the border to Oregon, Nevada, Arizona...or the chickens will be kept in large, open buildings where the pain and misery will be equal or greater than separate cages (pecking order behaviors can get brutal). The veal and sow issues are already almost phased out in California.

Granted, a little good now could be positive, but if this drives those businesses out of the state I think that could be bad in the long run: California at least has -some- standards for the animals, whereas other states may have more lax regulations. I think just getting tax breaks for those who use humane techniques would do a lot more good, since when you come down to it-- farming is a business.

FWIW, I'm okay with Prop 12 (veterans' bond act), since it's for a deserving group of people and doesn't really cost taxpayers much.