Foreclosures, pink slips, higher taxes.

An unending run of grim economic news put California voters in a foul mood before Tuesday’s special election. Add in a complex set of ballot propositions and rising distrust of Sacramento politicians, and the election shaped up as a replay of 2005, when voters rejected every measure on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s special election ballot.

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