{"id":14453,"date":"2012-07-11T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T18:05:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-11T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T18:05:41","slug":"your-california-november-2012-propositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/11\/your-california-november-2012-propositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Your California November 2012 Propositions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lengthy ballot contains several big questions<\/i><\/p>\n

by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n

Monday, the SoS office released the ballot numbering. Now, typically being at the top of the ballot is better, but unless you are very close it doesn’t play a huge role in the outcome. Here are a few off the cuff explanations. Though many are opinion-based, these shouldn’t be construed as endorsements.<\/p>\n

Proposition 30              Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.<\/b> The Governor’s Tax Measure would bring in billions of dollars for education and public services.<\/p>\n

Proposition 31              State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.<\/b> Restricts the budgeting process to a “pay as you go” formula through an unnecessarily strict and inflexible process<\/p>\n

Proposition 32              Prohibits Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Prohibitions on Contributions to Candidates. Initiative Statute.<\/b> (I work for No on 32<\/a>) Right-wing attempt to go after labor, yet again. We’ve said no twice already, we need to say NO, NO, NO!<\/p>\n

Proposition 33              Changes Law to Allow Auto Insurance Companies to Set Prices Based on a Driver’s History of Insurance Coverage. Initiative Statute.<\/b> Mercury Insurance measure to change loyalty discounts.<\/p>\n

Proposition 34              Death Penalty Repeal. Initiative Statute <\/b> Repeals death penalty.<\/p>\n

Proposition 35              Human Trafficking. Penalties. Sex Offender Registration. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Former AG candidate Chris Kelly helped to get this on the ballot, it would further strengthen laws against sex offenders.<\/p>\n

Proposition 36              Three Strikes Law. Sentencing for Repeat Felony Offenders. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Reforms wasteful 3 strikes sentencing measure.<\/p>\n

Proposition 37              Genetically Engineered Foods. Mandatory Labeling. Initiative Statute.<\/b> Would require labeling of GMOs.<\/p>\n

Proposition 38              Tax for Education and Early Childhood Programs. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Munger tax initiative dedicated to public education. Flat income tax boost.<\/p>\n

Proposition 39              Tax Treatment for Multistate Businesses. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Funding. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Changes a tax provision of a budget from a few years back. Would use revenue to fund clean energy projects.<\/p>\n

Proposition 40              Redistricting. State Senate Districts. Referendum. <\/b> GOP temper tantrum gone awry. Could invalidate the State Senate Maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lengthy ballot contains several big questions<\/i><\/p>\n

by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n

Monday, the SoS office released the ballot numbering. Now, typically being at the top of the ballot is better, but unless you are very close it doesn’t play a huge role in the outcome. Here are a few off the cuff explanations. Though many are opinion-based, these shouldn’t be construed as endorsements.<\/p>\n

Proposition 30              Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.<\/b> The Governor’s Tax Measure would bring in billions of dollars for education and public services.<\/p>\n

Proposition 31              State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.<\/b> Restricts the budgeting process to a “pay as you go” formula through an unnecessarily strict and inflexible process<\/p>\n

Proposition 32              Prohibits Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Prohibitions on Contributions to Candidates. Initiative Statute.<\/b> (I work for No on 32<\/a>) Right-wing attempt to go after labor, yet again. We’ve said no twice already, we need to say NO, NO, NO!<\/p>\n

Proposition 33              Changes Law to Allow Auto Insurance Companies to Set Prices Based on a Driver’s History of Insurance Coverage. Initiative Statute.<\/b> Mercury Insurance measure to change loyalty discounts.<\/p>\n

Proposition 34              Death Penalty Repeal. Initiative Statute <\/b> Repeals death penalty.<\/p>\n

Proposition 35              Human Trafficking. Penalties. Sex Offender Registration. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Former AG candidate Chris Kelly helped to get this on the ballot, it would further strengthen laws against sex offenders.<\/p>\n

Proposition 36              Three Strikes Law. Sentencing for Repeat Felony Offenders. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Reforms wasteful 3 strikes sentencing measure.<\/p>\n

Proposition 37              Genetically Engineered Foods. Mandatory Labeling. Initiative Statute.<\/b> Would require labeling of GMOs.<\/p>\n

Proposition 38              Tax for Education and Early Childhood Programs. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Munger tax initiative dedicated to public education. Flat income tax boost.<\/p>\n

Proposition 39              Tax Treatment for Multistate Businesses. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Funding. Initiative Statute. <\/b> Changes a tax provision of a budget from a few years back. Would use revenue to fund clean energy projects.<\/p>\n

Proposition 40              Redistricting. State Senate Districts. Referendum. <\/b> GOP temper tantrum gone awry. Could invalidate the State Senate Maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[10112,514],"class_list":["post-14453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-10112","tag-514"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3L7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}