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State of California

Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures

for November 2012 Election

Glorria Morrison

Surf City Tea

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How Many Ballot Initiatives?

California Ballot Initiatives for November 2012 ballot

Qualified – 11

Initiatives & Referenda cleared for circulation – 14

Failed to Qualify - 39

Pending signature verification – 1

Attorney General’s Office - 0

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Qualified Ballot Initiatives

At this point, there are 11

Qualified

That number will increase

There will be between 11

and 26 Total Ballot

Initiatives (15 pending)

In October, we will bring

you an update

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Proposition 30

Initiative Constitutional Amendment

Temporary Taxes to Fund Education

Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding

Increases personal income tax on annual earnings

over $250,000 for 7 years

Increases sales and use tax by ¼ cent

for 4 years

OC 7.75% to 8%

LA 8.75 % to 9%

South Gate

9.75 to 10%

CA Board of Equalization

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Proposition 30

Allocates temporary tax revenues to:

89% to K-12 schools

11% to Community Colleges

Bars use for Administrative costs, however

governing boards discretion to decide in open

meetings

Guarantees funding for public safety services

realigned from State to Local governments

Revenues estimates for 7 years between

$5.4 - $7.6B a year on average

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Prop 30 - Costs to Taxpayers

Estimated at over $40 Billion over 7 years

Thank you Governor Moonbeam!

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Prop 30 - Follow the money $$$

Support for the Proposition:

$ 251,000 CA State Council of Laborers PAC

398,000 Consumer Attorneys of CA PAC

3,300,000 Californians Working Together to Restore…

A Coalition of Educators, School Employees &

Assembly Speaker John Perez/LA

3,000,000 Jerry Brown: CA to Protect Schools,

Universities and Public Safety

225,000 Personal Insurance Federation of CA

110,000 Northern CA Council of Laborers

$7.3 Million

Opposition to the Proposition:

$0 CA for Reforms, Not More Taxes…

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Recommend a NO vote

on Proposition 30

Reason:

It’s a Tax Hike of over

$40 Billion!

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Proposition 31

State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative

Establishes two-year state budget cycle

Prohibits Legislature from creating expenditures of more

than $25M unless offsetting revenues or making cuts

Permits Governor to cut budget unilaterally during

declared fiscal emergencies if Legislature fails to act

Requires performance reviews of all state programs

Requires performance goals in state and local budgets

Requires publication of all bills at least 3-days prior to

legislative vote

Gives counties power to alter state statutes or regulations

related to spending unless Legislature or state agency

vetoes changes within 60 days

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Prop 31 – Costs to Taxpayers

Decreases State revenues and commensurate

increases to Local Governments, about $200

million annually.

Potential decreases in state program costs or

increases State revenues resulting from changes

in the fiscal authority of the Legislature and

Governor.

Increases State and Local costs of tens of

millions of dollars annually to implement new

budgeting practices. Over time, these costs would

moderate and potentially be offset by savings

from improved program efficiencies

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Prop 31 – Follow the $$$

Support:

$2.7M Taxpayers for Government

Accountability, CA Forward Action Fund

& its Think Long Term Committee for CA

$1.2M CA for Government Accountability,

Sponsored by CA Forward Issues Action Fund

$3.9M Total Support

Opposition:

$0 CA for Transparent and

Accountable Government

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Recommend a NO vote

on Proposition 31

Reason for No:

The economy is too unstable right now to go to a 2-year

budget. Huntington Beach tried it and it failed!

Reason for a Yes:

In the long term, it could improve the quality of the

CA budget process but most say its too little too late.

Go back and rewrite the proposition for the

next election.

“It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a cancer patient!”

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Proposition 32 See the Attached Article

Campaign Contributions - Restricts union political

fundraising by prohibiting use of payroll-deducted

funds for political purposes

Same restrictions would apply to payroll deductions,

if any, by corporations or government contractors

Permits voluntary employee contributions to employer

or union committees if authorized yearly, in writing

Prohibits unions and corporations from contributing

directly or indirectly to candidates and candidate-

controlled committees

Limits government contractor contributions to elected

officers or officer-controlled committees

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Prop 32 – Costs to Taxpayers

Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and

Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and

local government: Increased state implementation

and enforcement costs of up to hundreds of

thousands of dollars annually, potentially offset in

part by revenues from fines

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Prop 32 – Follow the $$$

Support:

$ 359,000 CA Against Special Interests, OC Lincoln Club, etc.

1,700,000 Yes on 32, Stop Special Interest Money Now

1,700 Citizen Power Campaign, OC Lincoln, CA Paycheck

$ 2,060,700

Opposition:

$ 0 Students & Family/Yes on 30/No on 32; Asian Pacific

Environmental/Yes on 30/No on 32; Good Jobs LA

$7,600,000 Educators; Firefighters, Schools, Health Care, Labor…

200,000 International Assoc of Firefighters

251,000 LA Police Protective League

$8,051,000

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Recommend a YES vote

on Proposition 32

Reason #1: STOP all Unions!

Reason #2: Stop the Pubic Unions from

electing people who provide them with

unsustainable salaries and benefits

Proposition 32, the most important ballot initiative

on this November's ballot. Breitbart.com

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Proposition 33

Changes Law to Allow Auto Insurance

Companies to Set Prices Based on a Driver's

History of Insurance Coverage

Will allow insurance companies to increase cost

of insurance to drivers who have not maintained

continuous coverage. Treats drivers with lapse as

continuously covered if lapse is due to military

service or loss of employment, or if lapse is less

than 90 days.

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Prop 33 – Cost to Tax Payers

No cost to Taxpayers

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Support:

$337,000 American Agents Alliance with

Support from CA insurance

Providers for Competitive Prices

Opposition:

$ 45,000 Californians for Real Insurance

Reform Sponsored by Consumer

Watchdog Campaign

Prop 33 – Follow the $$$

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Recommend a NO vote

on Proposition 33

Reason:

It’s Insurance Companies vs.

a Watchdog Group

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Proposition 34

Death Penalty Repeal

Repeals death penalty as maximum punishment

for persons found guilty of murder and replaces it

with life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

Applies retroactively to persons already

sentenced to death. Requires persons found

guilty of murder to work while in prison, with their

wages to be applied to any victim restitution fines

or orders against them.

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Prop 34 – Cost to Tax Payers

Net savings to the state and counties that could

amount to tens of millions of dollars annually on a

statewide basis due to the elimination of the

death penalty.

One-time state costs totaling $100 million from to

provide funding to local law enforcement

agencies

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Prop 34- Follow the $$$

Support

0 ACLU of Northern CA

$2,000,000 Coalition of Justice Organizations

$2,000,000

Oppose

$ 5,600 Justice CA

0 CA Public Safety Institute

$ 41,000 Californians for Justice & Public Safety

$ 46,600

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Reason:

A life for a life!

Anything the ACLU supports,

a common sense person will

oppose.

Recommend a NO vote

on Proposition 34.

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Proposition 35

Human Trafficking

Increases criminal penalties for human trafficking,

including prison sentences up to 15-years-to-life and

fines up to $1,500,000

Fines collected to be used for victim services and

law enforcement

Requires person convicted of trafficking to register

as sex offender.

Requires human trafficking training for police officers

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Prop 35 - Costs to Taxpayers

Potential one-time Local Government costs of up

to a few million dollars on a statewide basis, due

to the new mandatory training requirements for

certain law enforcement officers.

Minor increase to State and Local Governments

on the costs of incarcerating and supervising

human trafficking offenders.

Unknown amount of additional revenue from new

criminal fees, likely not to exceed the low millions

of dollars annually, which would fund services for

human trafficking victims

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Prop 35 – Follow the $$$

Support

$0 Safer CA Foundation

$1.8M Californians Against Sexual

Exploitation, Sponsored By a Coalition

of Criminal Justice Organizations

Oppose

$0

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Recommend a YES vote on

Proposition 35.

Reason:

Drug Cartels are getting into

Human Trafficking. It’s a

growing crime.

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Proposition 36

Three Strikes Law and Sentencing for Repeat

Felony Offenders

Revises three strikes law to impose life sentence only

when new felony conviction is serious or violent

Authorizes re-sentencing for offenders currently serving

life sentences if third strike conviction was not serious or

violent and judge determines sentence does not pose

unreasonable risk to public safety

Maintains life sentence penalty for felons with non-

serious, non-violent third strike if prior convictions were

for rape, murder, or child molestation

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Prop 36 – Costs to the Taxpayer

State savings related to prison and parole operations

that potentially range in the high tens of millions of

dollars annually in the short run, possibly exceeding

$100 million annually in the long run.

Increased state and county costs in the millions to

low tens of millions of dollars annually in the first few

years, likely declining substantially in future years, for

state court activities and county jail, community

supervision, and court-related activities

Increases tens of millions

Savings hundred million

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Prop 36 - Follow the $$$

Support

$1.7M NAACP Legal Defense And Educational

Fund, Inc.

Oppose

$0 Save 3 Strikes

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Recommend a NO vote for

Proposition 36.

Reason:

You can’t trust our liberal

California Judges!

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Proposition 37 Genetically Engineered Foods. Mandatory Labeling

Requires labeling on raw or processed food offered for

sale to consumers if made from plants or animals with

genetic material changed in specified ways

Prohibits labeling or advertising such food as “natural.”

Exempts foods that are: certified organic

unintentionally produced with genetically engineered material

made from animals fed or injected with genetically engineered

material but not genetically engineered themselves

processed with or containing only small amounts of genetically

engineered ingredients

administered for treatment of medical conditions

sold for immediate consumption such as in a restaurant

or alcoholic beverage

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Prop 37 – Costs to the Taxpayer

Potential increase in state administrative costs of

up to one million dollars annually to monitor

compliance with the disclosure requirements

specified in the measure.

Unknown, but potentially significant costs for the

courts, the Attorney General, and district

attorneys due to litigation resulting from possible

violations to the provisions of this measure

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Prop 37 : Follow the $$$

Support

$ 0 Lake County

$ 570,000 Organic Consumers Assoc.

Committee for the Right to Know

About GMO'S

$2,000,000 Consumer Advocates, Makers of

Organic Products & CA Farmers

$2,570,000

Oppose

$1,000,000 Farmers and Food Producers

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Recommend a NO vote on

Proposition 37

Reason:

We need to know

What we’re eating to make

Informed decisions.

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Proposition 38

Tax for Education and Early Childhood Programs

Increases personal income tax rates for annual

earnings over $7,316 using sliding scale from .4% for

lowest individual earners to 2.2% for individuals

earning over $2.5M, ending after twelve years

During first four years, 60% of revenues go to K-12

schools, 30% to repaying state debt, and 10% to early

childhood programs

Thereafter, allocates 85% of revenues to K-12

schools, 15% to early childhood programs

Provides K-12 funds on school specific, per-pupil

basis

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Prop 38 – Costs to the Taxpayer

Increased state personal income tax revenues

beginning in 2013 through 2024

Estimates of the revenue increases vary from

$10B to $11B per fiscal year increasing over

time.

12 years x $11B per year = $132 Billion Molly Munger, a Pasadena attorney’s Proposition 38 is competing

with Governor Brown’s Proposition 30.

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Prop 38- Follow the $$$

Support

$8,100,000 Our Children Our Future

Oppose

$ 0 Stop the Middle-class Income-tax Hike

$ 3,600 CA Against Higher Taxes, Coalition of

Taxpayers/Employers

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Recommend a NO vote on

Proposition 38

Reason:

$138 Billion!!! Is this lady insane???

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Proposition 39 Tax Treatment for Multi-state Businesses. Clean

Energy and Energy Efficiency Funding

Requires multistate businesses to calculate their

California income tax liability based on the

percentage of their sales in California

Repeals existing law giving multistate businesses

an option to choose a tax liability formula that

provides favorable tax treatment for businesses

with property and payroll outside California

Dedicates $550 million annually for five years from

anticipated increase in revenue for the purpose of

funding projects that create energy efficiency and

clean energy jobs in California

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Prop 39 – Costs to the Taxpayer

Approximately $500 million in additional state

General Fund revenues in 2012-13 and $1 billion

each year thereafter from requiring a single sales

factor formula for corporate taxes, with about half of

the additional annual revenues from 2013-14

through 2017-18 supporting energy efficiency and

alternative energy projects.

Increased Proposition 98 minimum funding

guarantee for K-14 schools of roughly $225 million

annually from 2012-13 through 2017-18 and by

roughly $500 million each year thereafter, as a

result of additional state General Fund revenues

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Prop 39 - Follow the $$$

Support

$ 0 South LA Power PAC

$22,000,000 Californians to Close Out-of-State

Corp Tax Loophole

$ 385,000 Environmental Organizations and

Business or Clean Energy and Jobs

$22,385,000

Oppose

$0

Thomas F. Steyer, a successful San Francisco

hedge fund manager donated $20M. Why???

Yale, Stanford, major philanthropist.

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Recommend a YES on

Proposition 39

Reason:

#1 We want tax equity for all in-state and out-of-state

corporations. PRO

#2 No cost to Californians but $1B revenue. PRO

#3 Do we need more funding for the environment

when we passed AB32? CON

Tax Dodger Hypocrisy of Chrysler, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark and International

Paper. They take jobs to other states and pay less tax in CA. These companies got this

passed in their new States but they don’t want it passed in CA.

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Proposition 40

Redistricting State Senate Districts

State Senate districts are revised every ten years

following the federal census. This year, the voter-

approved California Citizens Redistricting

Commission revised the boundaries of the 40

Senate districts

This referendum will:

Place the revised State Senate boundaries on the

ballot and prevent them from taking effect unless

approved by the voters

Require court-appointed officials to set interim

boundaries for use in the next statewide election

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Prop 40 – Costs to the Taxpayer

No costs reported

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Prop 40 - Follow the $$$

Support

$213,000 F.A.I.R. - Fairness &

Accountability In Redistricting

Ballot Measure Cmte. With Major

Funding From CA Republican Party

Oppose

$250,000 Hold Politicians Accountable

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Recommend a YES vote on

Proposition 40.

Reason:

It’s supported by the California

Republican Party because

the new redistricting helps the Democrats.

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Proposition 41 Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply

Act of 2012

Providing the funds from sale of bonds of the State of

California declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect

immediately…

Design, construction and implementation of water

projects

Water recycling, groundwater cleanup, sustainable

water supply, water facilities…

50/50 grants waived for disadvantaged communities

Santa Ana Sub-region $128M

Delta sustainability $2.25B

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Prop 41 – Costs to the Taxpayer

$11.14 Billion

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Prop 41- Follow the $$$

No information available at this time

Not added to the Secretary of State website yet

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Reason:

We need the Delta Sustainability Project, but….are the

other projects really needed? Only $2.2B goes to this

project out of $11B.

WE CAN’T AFFORD IT!

Recommend a NO on

Proposition 41.