Need help figuring out what to do with the 12 propositions you'll face on your November ballot? Every year the Southwest California legislative Council assigns our members a measure to research and present. The Council debates the issue based on what impact it will have on our business community and recommends a position. As always, we encourage voters to do their own research and to that end we have a much more extensive document available with all the arguments pro and con, what your vote means, and follow the money.

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November 3,
2020
California 2020 Ballot Propositions
Vote recommendations by the Southwest California Legislative Council
NP*
Proposition
14
Issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research institute
NO
Proposition
15
Requires commercial and industrialproperties to be taxed based on
market value and dedicates revenue – SPLIT ROLL TAX
NP*
Proposition
16
Repeals Proposition 209 (1996), which prohibited the state from
considering race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public
employment, education, or contracting
NP*
Proposition
17
Restores the right to vote to people convicted of felonies who are on
parole
NP*
Proposition
18
Allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election
to vote in primaries and special elections
NO
Proposition
19
Changes tax assessment transfers and inheritance rules – allows seniors
to transfer Prop 13 tax base but taxes some family inheritance
YES
Proposition
20
Makes changes to policies related to criminal sentencing charges, prison
release, and DNAcollection
NO
Proposition
21
Expands local governments' power to use rent control
YES
Proposition
22
Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts
several labor policies related to app-based companies
NO
Proposition
23
Requires physician on-site at dialysis clinics and consent from the state
for a clinic to close
NO
Proposition
24
Expands the provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
and creates the California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and
enforce the CCPA
NO
Proposition
25
Replaces cash bail with risk assessments for suspects awaiting trial
NP recommendation means the initiative does not fall within the
strategic initiatives of the Southwest California Legislative Council
We always recommend that voters do their own research.
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