Nonpartisan CA Voter Guide - City College of San Francisco

Prop 1A would further restrict gas tax revenues to transportation projects. Funds can be used for education and disaster relief in budget crises. Prop 1A would make it harder for gas tax revenues to be used for anything other than transportation projects.

A YES vote means you want gas tax revenues to be further restricted to transportation projects.
A NO vote means you want to continue to allow gas tax revenues to fund education and disaster relief in budget emergencies.

This is a $19.9 billion bond mostly for highways. Some money will also go to public transportation, earthquake protection, air quality and security. A YES vote means you want to approve this bond for highway construction and some other transportation projects.
A NO vote means you do not want to approve this bond to for these purposes.

This is a $2.85 billion bond for housing programs for low-and middle-income people, including multi-family housing construction, down-payment assistance, homeless shelters and transitional housing, shelters for farm workers, and housing for foster youth. Proposition 46, which currently provides much of the state’s funding for low-income housing has almost all been spent.

Prop 1D would allocate $10.4 billion to California public schools for repairs, relief of overcrowding, earthquake safety, and vocational programs. This bond would apply to all public educational institutions from kindergarten through the college and university level. A YES vote means you want to allow the state to sell these bonds to fund public school repairs.
A NO vote means you do not want to allow the state to sell these bonds for these purposes.

Prop 1E provides $4.1 billion for levee protection, flood control and other water projects in California. $3 billion is for Central Valley levees.
A YES vote means you want the state to borrow $4.1 billion to protect California levees and water projects.
A NO vote means you do not want the state to borrow this money for these purposes.

Prop 83 would increase the penalties for all registered sex offenders, including low- and no-risk offenders, by increasing mandatory minimum sentencing and prohibiting all registered sex offenders from living within 2000 feet of any school or park. It would also require all felony sex offenders to wear a GPS tracking device for life. The number of those required to wear a GPS device would increase from about the current 1,000 to 90,000. Estimates are that this will cost nearly 100 million a year.
A YES vote means you want to increase penalties and restrictions on all sex offenders and require felony sex offenders to wear a GPS monitoring device for life.
A NO vote means you do not want to change current penalties and restrictions for sex offenders.

Prop 84 approves the sale of bonds worth $5.4 billion to pay for upgrades to public drinking water systems, coastal and flood protection, water conservation and pollution reduction projects, and new California State Parks.

A YES vote means you do want the state to issue $5.4 in bonds for these water and environmental projects. A NO vote means that you do not want the state to borrow this money for these purposes.

Prop 85 would outlaw abortions for young women under 18, unless 48 hours have passed since a young woman’s parents have been notified that she is seeking an abortion, or she goes to court and is granted a waiver. Currently, the same abortion privacy laws apply to young women and adults. A nearly identical measure, Prop 73, was defeated last year. Prop 73 is supported by anti – abortion groups and is opposed by Planned Parenthood and the California Medical Association.
A YES vote means you want to change the current laws for young women’s abortions to require parental notification.
A NO vote means you want to continue to allow young women under 18 to receive abortions without parental notification or court approval.

Prop 86 will add $2.60 in taxes to the cost of a pack of cigarettes to fund emergency services, qualified hospital programs, nursing education, health care for eligible children, tobacco-use prevention, and research, prevention, and treatment of some tobacco-related health conditions and cancers. A YES vote means you want to add this tax on cigarettes to fund these programs.
A NO vote means you do not want to add this tax for these purposes.

Prop 87 is a tax on oil companies to fund alternative energy programs, incentives for buying alternative fuel vehicles, alternative fuel stations, and the development and use of wind, solar, and other renewable energies. It makes it illegal for oil companies to raise gas prices or to pass the cost directly to the consumer. Supporters include the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club. Opponents include Chevron and the California Chamber of Commerce.
A YES vote means that you want to implement this tax on oil companies to fund alternative energy programs.
A NO vote means that you do not support this tax on oil companies to fund alternative energy programs.

Prop 88 would create a uniform $50 tax for all property owners in California to be used for class size reduction, instructional materials and school safety programs. This will generate $450 million, of which 20% will be used for only higher performing and charter schools. It is opposed by California Federation of Teachers and the California Democratic Party and California Republican Party. It is supported by the California State Superintendent of Public Education.

A YES vote means you want this tax to be created and used for these purposes.
A NO vote means you do not want this tax to be created and used for these purposes.

Prop 89 would create a system of public funding for candidates for state office who agree to spending limits, demonstrate a broad base of support and agree to debate their opponents. The fund would come from a 0.2% tax on wealthy corporations. Supporters say this will help make elected officials accountable to their communities instead of money and special interests, and will level the playing field for regular people to run for office. Opponents say Public Financing is a restriction on constitutional freedoms protected by the Supreme Court. A YES vote means you want to implement Public Financing for State Candidate Elections.
A NO vote means you do not support Public Financing for State Candidate Elections.

“Eminent Domain” is the power of state and local government to take private property for public purposes. Prop 90 changes the California Constitution to restrict the use of “eminent domain” and also requires property owners to be to be paid by taxpayers for potential economic losses caused by changes in laws, including zoning changes. For example, this could mean that a developer who wanted to build near a protected wetland could sue for potential losses because they were not being able to build there. Howard S. Rich, a New York developer, has contributed $3.7 million to support this proposition.

A YES vote means you want to change the State Constitution to restrict the use of “eminent domain” and requires individuals to be paid by taxpayers for losses caused by changes in laws.
A NO vote means you do not want to change the State Constitution for these purposes.