Your task in this role-playing exercise is to write a “memo” to a member of the California Assembly that offers advice regarding whether the member should take an official posiAon on an approved 2016 ballot iniAaAve that has been cleared for circulaAon.

Your task in this role-playing exercise is to write a “memo” to a member of the California Assembly that offers advice regarding whether the member should take an official posiAon on an approved 2016 ballot iniAaAve that has been cleared for circulaAon. You may write your memo to any member of the Assembly. And for purposes of the exercise, write the memo as though you are a staff assistant to the member.

PosiAon taking can be costly. Argue why taking a posiAon either for or against the iniAaAve makes good sense for the member, both in substanAve and poliAcal terms.