Allows approval of local infrastructure and housing bonds for low- and middle-income Californians with 55% vote. Accountability requirements. Fiscal Impact: Increased local borrowing to fund affordable housing, supportive housing, and public infrastructure. The amount would depend on decisions by local governments and voters. Borrowing would be repaid with higher property taxes.
Supporters: California Professional Firefighters; League of Women Voters of California; Habitat for Humanity California
Opponents: California Taxpayers Association; California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce; Women Veterans Alliance
When PROP-13 passed in 1978, it devastated education funding in California. Since then attempts at funding infrastructure projects by requiring a ..." supermajority for bond funds placed before the voters. PROP 5 moves the state closer to "one person, one vote" by reducing the threshold required to 55%. In a time when democracy needs to be supported, I am voting "yes."
Proposition 6
Amends the California Constitution to remove current provision that allows jails and prisons to impose involuntary servitude to punish crime (i.e., forcing incarcerated persons to work). Fiscal Impact: Potential increase or decrease in state and local costs, depending on how work for people in state prison and county jail changes. Any effect likely would not exceed the tens of millions of dollars annually.
Supporters: Assemblymember Lori Wilson
Opponents: None submitted
When the 13th Amendment finally outlawed slavery in the United States, it carved out an exception when used "as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." While the California Constitution currently follows this example, PROP-6 would exclude this exception. Unfortunately, it does not change the lower minimum wage paid to prisoners for their work. While imperfect, I am still voting "Yes."
Proposition 32
Raises Minimum Wage. Initiative Statute.
Raises minimum wage as follows: For employers with 26 or more employees, to $17 immediately, $18 on January 1, 2025. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, to $17 on January 1, 2025, $18 on January 1, 2026. Fiscal Impact: State and local government costs could increase or decrease by up to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. State and local revenues likely would decrease by no more than a few hundred million dollars annually.
Supporters: None submitted
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