Jay Evensen: Is Utah becoming like California?

SALT LAKE CITY — Is Utah becoming California?
I don't just mean in the sense that January this year feels more conducive to sunbathing than snowballs. I'm talking about how laws are made.
When you enter the voting booth this November (or sit at your kitchen table filling out your mail-in ballot), you may be faced with five ballot initiatives — a chance for you to make laws directly without having to worry about elected representatives, senators and the governor.
Isn't this the kind o