I think it's a lot worse that about 1.5% of the population can get something on the ballot that all they'll need to do is convince 50.01% of the people who vote that year to ban racing. Since racing is not a sport followed by the majority of voters, it could be pretty easy to get it banned in the name of saving the "poor, abused animals". It's pretty dangerous that voters who have nothing to do with an industry they know nothing about can shut it down if PETA can convince them to. Then PETA will set it's sights on the San Diego Zoo until the only animals left in California are dogs, cats & contented cows.