1. CALIFORNIA PROPPIN’
11 PROPOSITIONS.
ONE DAY.
YOU DECIDE.

2. What is a Proposition?
• Propositions, or “ballot measures,” are
“constitutional amendments, bond
measures, and proposed changes in law”
• Put on ballot either by legislature...
• ...or by California voter initiative process

3. Initiative Process
• People of California can propose laws,
constitutional amendments, or both
• Adopted in 1911
• regular laws require 504,760 signatures
• amendments require 807,615 signatures

4. Initiative Steps
1. Write the text of law
2. Submit to Attorney General for title/
summary/fiscal estimate (plus $200)
3. Circulate petitions and gather signatures
4. Turn in signatures, which are verified
5. Rejected or goes on ballot

5. 11 Propositions
• 4 on taxes and budget
30, 31, 38, 39
• 3 on law enforcement
34, 35, 36
• 2 on politics
32, 40
• 2 on regulation
33, 37

6. THE PROPOSITIONS
30.Temporary Taxes to Fund Education.
Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding.
31.State Budget. State and Local Government.
32.Political Contributions by Payroll
Deduction. Contributions to Candidates.
33.Auto Insurance Companies. Prices Based on
Driver’s History of Insurance Coverage.

7. THE PROPOSITIONS
34.Death Penalty.
35.Human Trafficking. Penalties.
36.Three Strikes Law. Repeat Felony
Offenders. Penalties.
37.Genetically Engineered Foods. Labeling.

8. THE PROPOSITIONS
38.Tax to Fund Education and Early Childhood
Programs.
39.Tax Treatment for Multistate Businesses.
Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Funding.
40.Redistricting. State Senate Districts.

9. PROP 30
“Jerry Brown’s Tax Increase”
YES means: NO means:
4 year sales tax increase spending reductions,
and 7 year personal primarily to education
income tax increase on
$5.3 billion cut in K-12
high-income taxpayers
and community college
$150 CSU tuition
increase next semester

10. PROP 31
“Two-Year Budget Cycle”
YES means: NO means:
2-year budget cycle no change in legislative
or budgeting system
expenditures above $25
million must be offset
with revenue or cuts
Governor can
unilaterally cut budget

11. PROP 32
“Paycheck Protection”
YES means: NO means:
unions and corporations no change in existing
cannot use paycheck laws and practices
deductions for political EITHER WAY:
purposes
non-paycheck union/corporate
more campaign finance funds can be used politically via
restrictions: unions/corps “independent expenditures”
can’t donate to candidates

12. PROP 33
“Auto Insurance Persistency Discounts”
YES means: NO means:
insurance companies can insurers cannot take
increase costs to drivers coverage lapses into
who have coverage lapse account for premiums,
nor offer discounts to
proportional discounts
drivers with prior
to drivers with prior
coverage
insurance coverage

13. PROP 34
“End the Death Penalty”
YES means: NO means:
no offender can be max sentence still would
sentenced to death by be death penalty
state law (retroactive)
those on death row stay
max sentence would be on death row
life without parole
no required grants to
$100 million in grants to local law enforcement
local law enforcement

14. PROP 35
“Ban Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery”
YES means: NO means:
longer prison sentences existing penalties on
and larger fines for human trafficking stay in
human trafficking effect
sex traffickers register as
sex offenders
sex offenders must
disclose online accounts

15. PROP 36
“Change ‘Three-Strikes’ Law”
YES means: NO means:
25-to-life sentencing on nothing changes:
“third strike” felony only “offenders with 2 prior
if new felony is “serious serious or violent felony
or violent” convictions could receive
life sentence with any
allows for resentencing
new felony”
same for some (e.g. for
murder/rape felons)

16. PROP 37
“Label Genetically Engineered Food”
YES means: NO means:
genetically engineered genetically engineered
food, raw or processed, food sold in California
must be labeled would not have labeling
requirements
cannot refer to that food
as “natural”
some exceptions

17. PROP 38
“Molly Munger's Tax Increase”
YES means: NO means:
increases income tax on does not change taxes
sliding scale starting at
$7,316 for 12 years
strict allocation of raised
revenue (mainly K-12)
CSUs still could be cut
$250 million, tuition up

18. PROP 39
“Tax Increase for Multistate Business”
YES means: NO means:
multistate businesses multistate businesses can
must base CA income continue to choose
tax liability on % of sales between two CA income
in California tax liability calculations &
creates Clean Energy Job select the more
Creation Fund: to support advantageous liability
energy efficiency projects &
expand alternative energy

19. PROP 40
“Referendum on State Senate Districts”
YES means: NO means:
approve and keep the California Supreme
state Senate districts Court appoints “special
drawn by the Citizens masters” (e.g. retired
Redistricting judges) to redraw state
Commission Senate districts

20. Election Dates
• October 22: Last day to register
• October 30: Last day to request absentee
• November 6: Election day! 7am to 8pm.