Rev. 8/15/2024 - PROPOSTIONS ENDORSEMENTS PAGE
Here is the Propositions Endorsements Flyer: Proposition Endorsements 2024
November 2024 Ballot
Voting Starts Monday October 7
REMOVED FROM BALLOT 8/13/2024 - Regional Measure 4 - $20 Billion Bay Area regional housing bond measure- [NO - ACGOP]
- The measure was polling at 55% in August, but they now push for PROP 5 to lower tax approval to only 55% to retry on a future ballot.
- Legislative Analyst: (1) This bill would set forth this Bond Act as a state general obligation bond act that would provide $10,000,000,000 to construct and modernize education facilities, including $8,500,000,000 for elementary and secondary educational facilities and $1,500,000,000 for community college facilities, as specified.
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(2) This bill would require a school district to submit to the Department of General Services a 5-year school facilities master plan as a condition of participating in the school facilities program under the act. The bill would amend the methodology for calculating the local contribution a school district is required to make in order to be eligible to receive state funding under the act, as specified. The bill would require a school district that seeks new construction or modernization funding under the act after November 5, 2024, to submit an updated report of the school district’s existing school building capacity to the State Allocation Board. The bill would authorize the allocation of state funds under the act for the replacement of school buildings that are at least 75 years old, for specified assistance to school districts with a school facility located on a military installation, as specified, and small school districts, as defined, and for the testing and remediation of lead levels in water fountains and faucets used for drinking or preparing food on school sites. The bill would authorize new construction and modernization grants to be used for seismic mitigation purposes, certain health and safety projects, and, among other things, to establish school site-based infrastructure to provide broadband internet access. The bill would also authorize modernization grants to be used for the control, management, or abatement of lead. The bill would increase the maximum level of total bonding capacity, as defined, that a school district could have and still be eligible for financial hardship assistance under the act from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The bill, commencing with the 2026–27 fiscal year, would increase that $15,000,000 maximum by a specified inflation adjustment each fiscal year.
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(3) This bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Harry Briley (AD16) writes: "Who is paying for all this? Who can possibly be against replacing aging schools? However, Bonds are not free money. They carry an interest rate and taxpayers wind up paying twice the amount of the Bond in interest alone. Even former democratic Governor Jerry Brown cautioned strongly against California holding too many mortgages (bonds) at the same time".
- John Guerrero (AD24) writes: "Senators Dahle, Jones and Seyarto each voted NO"
PROP 3 - ACA 5 MARRIAGE EQUALITY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [Neutral - CAGOP, NO - ACGOP] -Removes Traditional Marriage (Voted in 2008 as Prop 8) from State Constitution establishing marriage as a union between one man and one woman but later declared unconstitutional by judges while Kamala Harris was Attorney General.
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Harry Briley (AD16) writes: "While Prop 8 passage by voters ruled unconstitutional, this Prop is more than a “clean-up” of the California constitution.
Instead, it gives those promoting same-sex marriage yet another platform to bully traditional Christians and conservative Republicans to abandon traditional/biblical marriage. The CAGOP Convention in 2023 retained the State Party platform instead of 'softening' it on the Faustian logic that giving up such a traditional plank would enable California Republicans to get elected."
PROP 4 - SB867. $10 Billion Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024. [NO - ACGOP]
- Legislative Analyst: (1) The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, approved by voters as Proposition 68, authorizes bonds $4,100,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all.
- (2)This bill would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, which would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs.
- (3) This bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Harry Briley (AD16) writes: "Who is paying for all this? Who can possibly be against Clean Air and Water? However, Bonds are not free money. They carry an interest rate and taxpayers wind up paying twice the amount of the Bond in interest alone. Even former democratic Governor Jerry Brown cautioned strongly against California holding too many mortgages (bonds) at the same time."
PROP 5 - ACA 1 As Amended by ACA 10 Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [NO - CAGOP, HJTA, ACGOP]
- Harry Briley (AD16) writes: "This proposition repeals one of the most important protections in Prop 13 by lowering the two-thirds vote threshold for both local bonds and special taxes to 55 percent. If it passes, a Bay Area Housing Bond replacement (Measure 4) will appear on a future ballot."
- HJTA writes: "This vampire bill keeps rising from the coffin every year. It creates dozens of exceptions to Prop 13's two-thirds vote protection, which would cost taxpayers billions, including Parcel taxes and Bond Debt that puts home ownership at risk."
PROP 6 - ACA 8 Slavery. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - Bans involuntary servitude in state prisons. [NO - ACGOP]
- Legislative Analyst: The California Constitution prohibits slavery and prohibits involuntary servitude, except as punishment to a crime. This measure would instead prohibit slavery in any form. This measure would prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from disciplining any incarcerated person for refusing a work assignment. The measure does not prohibit the Department from awarding credits to an incarcerated person who voluntarily accepts a work assignment.
PROP 32 - 1936. (21-0043A1) - RAISES MINIMUM WAGE. [NO - CAGOP, ACGOP] - Existing law requires annual increases to California’s minimum wage until it has reached $15.00 per hour for all businesses on January 1, 2023. This measure extends these annual increases ($1.00 per year) until minimum wage—currently, $15.00 per hour for businesses with 26 or more employees, and $14.00 per hour for smaller businesses—reaches $18.00 per hour. Thereafter, as existing law requires, the minimum wage will annually adjust for inflation. In periods of decreased economic activity, or General Fund deficit, the Governor may suspend annual increase up to two times, thereby extending timeline for reaching $18.00 per hour.
- Legislative Analyst: Unclear change in revenues, likely between a loss of a couple billion and a gain of a few hundred million. Increase in costs likely between half a billion and a few billion.
- The proponent has dissolved the campaign committee to pass the measure.
PROP 33 - 1942. (22-0008) EXPANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’ AUTHORITY TO ENACT RENT CONTROL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. [NO - CAGOP, ACGOP] - Repeals 1995 law that generally prevents cities and counties from limiting the initial rental rate that landlords may charge to new tenants in all types of housing, and from limiting rent increases for existing tenants in (1) residential properties that were first occupied after February 1, 1995; (2) single-family homes; and (3) condominiums.
- This repeals that state law and re-enables cities and counties to establish their own rent control policies.
- Legislative Analyst: Potential reduction in revenues in the high tens of millions of dollars per year over time. Depending on actions by local communities, tax revenue losses could be less or more. [[How does rent control reduce Tax Revenue?]]
PROP 34 - 1963. (23-0021A1) RESTRICTS SPENDING BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS MEETING SPECIFIED CRITERIA. [YES - CAGOP, ACGOP]- Requires certain health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care. Applies only to health care providers that: spent over $100,000,000 in any ten-year period on anything other than direct patient care; and operated multifamily housing with over 500 high-severity health and safety violations. Penalizes noncompliance by revoking health care licenses and tax-exempt status. Permanently authorizes state to negotiate Medi-Cal drug prices on statewide basis.
- Legislative Analyst: Increased costs to state government, potentially up to the millions of dollars annually, to review entities’ compliance with the measure and enforce the measure’s provisions. These costs would be paid for by fees created under the measure. Uncertain fiscal impacts to state and local government health programs, depending on how the affected entities respond to the measure’s requirements.
PROP 35 - 1966. (23-0024A1) PROVIDES PERMANENT FUNDING FOR MEDI-CAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES. [YES - CAGOP, ACGOP]- Makes permanent the existing tax on managed health care insurance plans, currently set to expire in 2026, which the state uses to pay for health care services for low-income families with children, seniors, people with disabilities, and other groups covered by the Medi-Cal program. Requires revenues to be used only for specified Medi-Cal services, including primary and specialty care, emergency care, family planning, mental health, and prescription drugs. Prohibits revenues from being used to replace other existing Medi-Cal funding. Caps administrative expenses and requires independent audits of programs receiving funding.
- Legislative Analyst: Uncertain overall impact on state revenues and spending, including reduced legislative flexibility over the use of MCO tax funds. The extent of this impact depends on whether the measure would result in different state decisions around imposing, structuring, and spending proceeds from the managed care organization tax than in the absence of the measure.
PROP 36 - 1959. (23-0017A1) - ALLOWS FELONY CHARGES AND INCREASES SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN DRUG AND THEFT CRIMES. [YES - CAGOP, ACGOP]
- Allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs, including fentanyl, and for thefts under $950—both currently chargeable only as misdemeanors—with two prior drug or two prior theft convictions, as applicable. Defendants who plead guilty to felony drug possession and complete treatment can have charges dismissed.
- Increases sentences for other specified drug and theft crimes.
- Increased prison sentences may reduce savings that currently fund mental health and drug treatment programs, K-12 schools, and crime victims; any remaining savings may be used for new felony treatment program.
- Legislative Analyst: Increased state criminal justice system costs potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually, primarily due to an increase in the state prison population. Some of these costs could be offset by reductions in state spending on local mental health and substance use services, truancy and dropout prevention, and victim services due to requirements in current law. Increased local criminal justice system costs potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually, primarily due to increased court-related workload and a net increase in the number of people in county jail and under county community supervision.
- The authors called this: "HOMELESSNESS, DRUG ADDICTION AND THEFT REDUCTION ACT" and as "FIX PROP 47"
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The State Republican Party Initiatives Committee met on September 30, 2023 at the Anaheim Marriott to consider initiatives. Initiatives Committee Chairman, Walt Allen. Members present: Ranelle Baldwin, Vern Costa, Phil Cothran, Nancy De Luna, Howard Hakes, Kevin Krick, Lisa Moreno, Sayrs Morris, Patty Ramos, William Michael Wright. The CAGOP combined those four 2023 decisions and listed their following decisions from the State Republican 4/2024 Convention:
ACA 1 – VOTER-APPROVAL THRESHOLDS: OPPOSE
ACA 5 – MARRIAGE EQUALITY: NEUTRAL#21-0043 – $18 MINIMUM WAGE: OPPOSE (from 2023 Convention)
#22-0008 – COSTA HAWKINS REPEAL: OPPOSE
#23-0017 – HOMELESSNESS, DRUG ADDICTION AND THEFT REDUCTION ACT: SUPPORT
#23-0021 – HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SPENDING: SUPPORT
#23-0024 – MEDI-CAL FUNDING ASSESSMENT: SUPPORT
Seniors: If you are over 65, file with your local school district to waive locally passed property tax for schools (state-wide school taxes cannot be waved). See your property tax bill to see if your school district offers a local exclusion to seniors.Local School Bonds on Ballot do not fall under the Prop 13 taxing authority 67% to pass. Instead, they only need 55% to pass!
November 2026 Ballot
ACA 13 (Ward) Voting thresholds. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [NO - CAGOP, HB, HJTA] - This raises voter mandate from 50% to 67% for constitutional amendments by citizen initiative. [Harry Briley (AD16): Per Senator Glazier’s aide 9/7/2023 that "ACA 13 is shelved in committee and probably won’t be voted on this session." - They LIED. Moved out of Appropriations five days later 9/12 and passed by Senate on 9/14 - Quietly held on Consent Calendar until 11/1, Signed onto Ballot 11/2/2023]
ACA 13 was scheduled for November 2024 ballot. However, AB440, provides that it will appear on the November 2026 ballot instead
- Results of November 2022 Propositions
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Overwhelming decisions with no progressive coast versus rural split
Statewide: 1: YES // 26: NO // 27: NO // 28: YES // 29: NO // 30: NO // 31: YES
Recommended: 1: NO // 26: NO // 27: NO // 28: ---- // 29: NO // 30: NO // 31: NO
Prop Title as of 11/17/22 5pm Yes% No%
1 Constitution: Reproductive Freedom 67%
26 Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands 68% ... reattempted for November 2024
27 Online Wagering Outside Tribal Lands 83% .. reattempted for November 2024
28 School Arts and Music Funding 64%
29 Regulates Kidney Dialysis Clinics 69%
30 Tax to Fund ZEV/Wildfire Programs 58%
31 Prohibit some Tobacco Products 63%
Comments:
Prop 1 Californian Constitution now enforces no limits nor questions asked whatsoever on any abortion
Props 26/27 The gambling steep defeats has not stopped them from filing for 2024! They had the signatures again but did not qualify for the November 2024 ballot.
Prop 29 Third election this Proposition has been soundly defeated. Will they try again in 2024?
Prop 31 Passage probably a reaction to anything about Big Tobacco
- Source Material: Initiative and Referendum Qualification Status :: California Secretary of State
- ACGOP = Alameda County Republican Central Committee
- CAGOP = California Republican Party (Initiatives Committee)