Four today

1. California's initiative process "has rendered our state government dysfunctional," Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George said Saturday. NYT

2. The LA Weekly has dumped staff writer Steve Mikulan and local media watchers are wondering why. LAO, Marc Cooper

3. Food critics Jonathan Gold of the LA Weekly and Russ Parsons of the LA Times join KCRW's Evan Kleinman to discuss the legacy of the recently shuttered Gourmet magazine. KCRW

4. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists says it's $275,000 in debt and will shut down for the year unless donors come forward. Poynter