Election 2010
#19: Legalize and Regulate Marijuana
Prop 19 would legalize various marijuana-related activities, allow local
governments to regulate these activities, permit local governments to impose and collect marijuana-related fees and taxes, and authorize various criminal and civil penalties.
Key Supporters: NAACP, American Federation of Teachers, NORML
Key Opponents: Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, Atty. General Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Gov. Schwarzenegger
#20: Redistricting of Congressional Districts
Prop 20 would add the task of re-drawing congressional district boundaries to the commission created by Prop 11 and define a ‘community of interest’ as ‘a contiguous population which shares common social and economic interests that should be included within a single district for purposes of its effective and fair representation.’
Key Supporters: California Chamber of Commerce, Common Cause, Bay Area Council
Key Opponents: League of Women Voters
#21: $18 Vehicle License Fee for State Parks and Wildlife Programs
Prop 21 would establish a new earmarked license fee, which would raise about $500 million a year in a dedicated fund for state parks.
Key Supporters: North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Business Council, California Ski Industry Assoc.
Key Opponents: Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Assoc.
#22: State Government Prohibited from Taking Local Funds
Prop 22 would provide more stability in funding allocated to local government, public safety, and transportation by prohibiting the state from raiding local coffers.
Key Supporters: League of California Cities, California Redevelopment Assoc.
Key Opponents: California Teachers Assoc.
#23: Suspends Clean Energy and Air Pollution Standards
Prop 23 would suspend the implementation of AB 32 until the state unemployment rate is 5.5 percent or lower for four consecutive calendar quarters.
Key Supporters: California Republican Party, Congressman Tom McClintock
Key Opponents: League of Women Voters, California Wind Energy Assoc., Gov. Schwarzenegger
#24: Tax Fairness Act
Prop 24 would repeal the corporate tax cuts that were passed in 2008–09.
Key Supporters: League of Women Voters, National Education Assoc.
Key Opponents: Sacramento Bee, California Taxpayer’s Assoc.
#25: Simple Majority Vote for Budget
Prop 25 would end the current requirement that two-thirds of the California Legislature must vote in favor of the state’s budget in order for a budget to be enacted, and require state legislators to forfeit their pay in years where they have failed to pass a budget in a timely fashion.
Key Supporters: League of Women Voters, CA Federation of Teachers
Key Opponents: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc.
#26: Polluter Protection
Prop 26 would require a two-thirds supermajority vote in the California Legislature to pass many fees, levies, charges, and tax revenue allocations that now can be enacted by a simple majority vote.
Key Supporters: California Taxpayers Assoc.
Key Opponents: League of Women Voters, Sierra Club
#27: Eliminates State Commission on Redistricting
Prop 27 would repeal Prop 11, which authorized the creation of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. It would also modify the provision in California law that says that proposed congressional districts can’t be subject to a veto referendum.
Key Supporters: Democratic Central Committee of California
Key Opponents: California Common Cause, League of Women Voters
~ Compiled by Beth Ingalls. Source: Ballotpedia.com
