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Measure |
Summary |
LCC Position |
Staff
Recommendation |
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Proposition 59: Public Records, Open Meetings. Legislative
Constitutional Amendment.
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Makes it part of the State Constitution that government meetings and the writings of public officials and agencies be open to the public as long as the constitutional rights of privacy and due process are protected.
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Support |
Support |
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Proposition 60: Election Rights of Political Parties. Legislative
Constitutional Amendment.
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Makes it part of the State Constitution to include in the November ballot the winning candidate from every party that was in the Primary Election. |
Neutral |
Support |
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Proposition 60A: Surplus Property. Legislative Constitutional
Amendment.
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Directs all money from selling state property towards paying off Proposition 57 bonds approved by voters in March 2004 to pay for past state deficits.
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Neutral |
Support |
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Proposition 61: Children’s Hospital Projects Grant Program.
Bond Act. Initiative Statute.
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Enables the state to sell $750 million in bonds and use the money to build or expand children’s hospitals in California, or to buy medical equipment for them. |
No Position |
Support |
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Proposition 62: Elections. Primaries. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
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Changes the State Constitution so that all voters in the Primary Election get a ballot with candidates from all parties (except candidates for President). Just the two candidates who get the most votes in the Primary Election would be on the November ballot (instead of the winner from each party).
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Neutral |
Oppose |
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Proposition 63: Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes above $1 Million. Initiative Statute. |
Provides that people with incomes over $1 million would pay an additional tax to pay for new and expanded services for mentally ill children, adults, and seniors.
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Neutral |
Support |
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Proposition 64: Limit on Private Enforcement of Unfair Business Competition Laws. Initiative Statute. |
Provides that only government lawyers could file lawsuits about unfair business practices on behalf of the general public. Private individuals could sue only if they had been injured and lost money or property.
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Neutral |
Support |
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Proposition 66: Limitations on “Three Strikes” Law. Sex Crimes. Punishment. Initiative Statute.
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Amends the “Three Strikes” law to require increased sentences only when current conviction is for specified violent and/or serious felony. The Proposition also cuts back the number of crimes that are considered a serious or violent felony.
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No Position |
Oppose |
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Proposition 67: Emergency Medical Services. Funding. Telephone Surcharge. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
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Provides funding for emergency services by adding a 3% tax on in-state phone calls. The phone tax would be limited to 50 cents each month for residential phones and no limit for business and cell phones.
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Neutral |
No Position |
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Proposition 68: Non-Tribal Commercial Gambling Expansion. Tribal Gaming Compact Amendments. Revenues, Tax Exemptions. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
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Keeps slot machines on Indian lands if the tribes with slot machines agree to pay 25% of what they take into a new special state fund. If all of these tribes do not agree, then certain racetracks and card rooms not on Indian lands would be allowed to operate 30,000 slot machines paying 33% of net revenues to fund government public safety, regulatory and social programs. |
Oppose |
No Position |
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Proposition 69: DNA Samples. Collection. Database. Funding. Initiative Statute. |
Allows for the collection of DNA samples to be expanded to include people convicted of any felony, plus those convicted or arrested for some other offenses.
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No Position |
Support |
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Proposition 70: Tribal Gaming Compacts. Exclusive Gaming Rights. Contributions to State. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. |
Allows each Indian tribe to choose to change to a gaming agreement with the state that would last for 99 years. In new agreements, the state could not limit the number of slot machines, the number of casinos or the types of gambling on Indian land. In return, a tribe would make payments tot he state’s General Fund at the current business tax rate (now about 9% of net income).
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Oppose |
No Position |
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Proposition 71: Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
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Codifies the right to do stem cell research in the State Constitution. It creates a new state medical research institute to give out grants and loans for stem cell research in California, funded by the sale of $3 billion in state bonds. |
No Position |
Support |
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Proposition 72: Health Care Coverage Requirements. Referendum. |
Requires large and medium-sized employers in California to either provide health care coverage or pay into a state program to purchase health coverage. |
Neutral |
Oppose |
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Measure A: Comparable Wage – County of Santa Clara.
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Changes the method of comparing County compensation – emphasis would be placed on other public jurisdictions, as opposed to private employment. |
N/A |
Support |
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Measure B: Impasse Procedures – County of Santa Clara |
Authorizes the County Board of Supervisors to place on the ballot a compensation arbitration award for approval or rejection by the voters.
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N/A |
Support |
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Measure C: Binding Arbitration – County of Santa Clara |
Provides for binding arbitration when an impasse is reached in compensation negotiations between the County and employee groups. |
N/A |
Oppose |
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Measure H: College Repair/Job Training Measure -- West Valley-Mission Community College District |
Would allow the West Valley Mission Community College District to issue $235 million in bonds make repairs and upgrades to West Valley and Mission Colleges, improve training/transfer programs, and upgrade classroom technology. |
N/A |
Support |