Study questions term limits

A new report questions the effectiveness of term limits in California - saying it has resulted in a merry-go-round of politicians moving from office to office and shifting power to the Governor's Office and lobbyists. Daily News.

The Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies, which monitors political reform efforts, said the state should look at changing the system to provide more stability and balance.

"Term limit reforms hoped to create a citizen's legislature," said the report by researcher Ava Alexander. "They believed that incumbency and name recognition provided incumbents with an overwhelming advantage.