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A year after the passage of Proposition 71, the $3 billion Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, there is no sign of any research, let alone cures, and the measure is literally on trial in Alameda County Superior Court.
Last month, Judge Bonnie Sabraw rejected a state request to dismiss lawsuits from opponents who charge that Proposition 71 is unconstitutional because it exists outside of state control. Judge Sabraw also lifted a stay on discovery in the case, but many of the measure's problems are already evident.
Proposition 71 was a triumph of political marketing by a man who is neither a scientist nor a medical researcher. The ballot measure, which created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, was the brainchild of Robert Klein II, a Bay Area real-estate millionaire.
At Stanford law school, Klein worked for a legal aid society on housing-rights cases. At age 27, the California Legislature hired him to draft bills that created the California Housing Finance Authority. Son of the former city manager of Fresno, Klein went on to become a deal-maker with experience in...
Last month, Judge Bonnie Sabraw rejected a state request to dismiss lawsuits from opponents who charge that Proposition 71 is unconstitutional because it exists outside of state control. Judge Sabraw also lifted a stay on discovery in the case, but many of the measure's problems are already evident.
Proposition 71 was a triumph of political marketing by a man who is neither a scientist nor a medical researcher. The ballot measure, which created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, was the brainchild of Robert Klein II, a Bay Area real-estate millionaire.
At Stanford law school, Klein worked for a legal aid society on housing-rights cases. At age 27, the California Legislature hired him to draft bills that created the California Housing Finance Authority. Son of the former city manager of Fresno, Klein went on to become a deal-maker with experience in...