|
PROP |
MEASURE |
LWVC
STAND |
| 1A |
SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FACILITIES BOND
$9.2 billion general obligation bonds for construction and maintenance of public education facilities. |
NEUTRAL |
| 1 |
PROPERTY TAXES: CONTAMINATED PROPERTY
Allows repair or replacement of contaminated property or structures without increasing the tax valuation of original or replacement property. |
NEUTRAL |
| 2 |
TRANSPORTATION: FUNDING
Imposes repayment conditions on loans of transportation revenues to other
government entities. |
SUPPORT |
| 3 |
PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Amends the open primary law to require a closed, partisan primary for selecting delegates to national political party presidential nominating conventions. |
NEUTRAL |
| 4 |
TRAPPING PRACTICES. BANS USE OF SPECIFIED TRAPS AND ANIMAL POISONS
Bans steel-jawed leghold traps and specified poisons. |
NEUTRAL |
| 5 |
TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACTS. TRIBAL CASINOS
Specifies terms and conditions of a mandatory compact between the state and Indian tribes for gambling on tribal land, and allows slot machines and banked card games there. |
NEUTRAL |
| 6 |
PROHIBITS ON SLAUGHTER OF HORSES AND SALE OF HORSEMEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
Bans slaughter of horses or sale of horsemeat intended human consumption. |
NEUTRAL |
| 7 |
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. TAX CREDITS
Authorizes $218 million in state tax credits annually until January 2011 to encourage reduction of air emissions through acquisition, conversion or retrofitting of vehicles and other equipment, and air pollution technology. |
NEUTRAL |
| 8 |
EDUCATION. PARENT-TEACHER GOVERNING COUNCILS. NEW OFFICE OF CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Makes permanent existing funding for class size reduction for districts establishing school-site governing councils of parents and teachers to make all curriculum and expenditure decisions for their schools. Creates a new office of Chief Inspector of Public Schools. Adds provisions for teacher credentialing and evaluations. New state programs costing up to $60 million annually, offset in part by existing funds and fees. Could cost local school districts tens of millions annually. |
OPPOSE |
| 9 |
ELECTRIC UTILITIES. ASSESSMENTS. BONDS
Prohibits taxes, bonds or surcharges to pay costs of nuclear power plants and limits recovery by electric utility companies for costs of non-nuclear plants. Prohibits issuance of rate reduction bonds. |
SUPPORT |
| 10 |
STATE AND COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. ADDITIONAL TOBACCO SURTAX
Creates state and county commissions to establish early childhood development and smoking prevention programs. Provides new revenue of $750 million annually, and reduces revenues for Proposition 99 (smoking prevention) programs of $7 million annually. |
NEUTRAL |
| 11 |
LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES: REVENUE SHARING
Allows local governments to make sales tax revenue sharing contracts with a 2/3 vote of the governing bodies. |
SUPPORT |
