“…even if it does pass, that would only force the incoming Berlin city-state government to debate the proposal.”<p>Putting aside my views on the proposal itself, I think I can state with near 100% certainty that the city state government is not going to respect the will of the people in this instance.<p>The reason referendum results are always way more left wing than the policies of the city government is that while you can’t bribe the whole populace, you can certainly bribe any representative government.