"What you are seeing now is a push - mostly from the left - to bypass the government," says political consultant David Latterman. The upcoming November election already has John Arntz, director of elections, worried. With offbeat proposals breaking California into six states, or in San Francisco, two initiatives - one pro, one con - about renovating the Beach Chalet soccer fields in Golden Gate Park, the actual physical ballot is growing at an alarming rate. The proposal would replace the potholed, ragged soccer fields with synthetic turf and night lights. When opponents demanded an environmental impact report, and it supported the project, the critics filed an appeal in Superior Court, which was also denied. "Numerous studies, both the city's own and those of other federal, state, local and international agencies, support the EIR's conclusions," ruled Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson. Who the hell is going to pay attention if there are 20 things on the ballot? The threshold for signatures on a petition to get a measure on the ballot is just 10 percent of the turnout in the last mayoral election. [...] at least the soccer field issue will be settled after the November election, right?