CA BAllot Propositions Summary of Recommendations by Various parties and Organizations

Institute of Governmental Studies UC ^ | October 2005 | Institute of Governmental Studies UC

[FairOpinion]

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California Ballot Propositions November 8, 2005 Special Election General Recommendations New endorsements posted as they become available. Click on proposition number to see IGS Hot Topic on the initiative. Or see our ballot measure summary guide at the bottom of this page.

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ORGANIZATION/NEWSPAPER	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
Alameda Co. Taxpayers Association
ACLU of Northern CA	n	n	n	-	n	-	-	-
Assn. CA Water Agencies
CA Chamber of Commerce	-	y	y	y	y	y	n	n
CA Farm Bureau Federation	-	y	y	y	y	y	n	n
CA Federation of Teachers	-	n	n	n	n	n	y	y
CA Labor Federation	-	n	n	n	n	n	y	y
CA League of Conservation Voters	-	-	n	n	n	-	-	-
CA Manufacturers & Technology Association	-	y	-	y	y	y	n	n
CA Republican Assembly	y	y	y	y	y	y	n	n
CA State Association of Counties	-	-
CA Taxpayers Association	-	-	y	y	y	-	n	-
CALPIRG	-	-	n	-	y	n	y	y
Common Cause	-	-	-	-	y	-	-	-
Contra Costa Taxpayer			y
Contra Costa Times
Daily Californian
ORGANIZATION/NEWSPAPER	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
Democratic Party (Calif.)	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	y
Friends Com. on Legislation	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	y
Green Party (Calif.)	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	-
League of CA Cities	-	-	-	y	-	-	-	-
League of Women Voters of CA	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	-
Libertarian Party (Calif.)	-	y	y	y	y	n	n	n
National Organization of Women (Calif.)	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	-
Los Angeles Times	n	y
Oakland Tribune
Orange County Register
Peace & Freedom Party (Calif.)	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	y
Republican Party (Calif.)	y	y	y	y	y	y	n	n
Sacramento Bee		n	n	n	y			n
San Diego Union-Tribune
San Francisco Bay Guardian	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	y
San Francisco Chronicle	n				y
San Francisco Tomorrow		n	n	n
San Jose Mercury News					y
Sierra Club (California)	n	-	n	n	-	-	-	-
ORGANIZATION/NEWSPAPER	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80

"-"  =  no endorsement/neutral or unknown.

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Ballot Measure Descriptions
For more in depth analysis click proposition number to see IGS library Hot Topics on each Initiative.

Prop. 73: Parental Notification
Would require doctors to notify a minor's parent or legal guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion.

Prop. 74: Teacher Tenure
Would raise the amount of time new teachers must wait before they are covered by job protection rules from two years to five years.

Prop. 75: Union Dues for Political Purposes
Would require California public employee unions to get, annually, the written consent of members and bargaining unit participants to use dues and fees for political purposes.

Prop. 76: Spending Limits and School Funding
Would empower the governor to impose spending reductions when the legislature fails to act in budget emergencies.

Prop. 77: Reapportionment
Would transfer authority to redraw congressional and legislative district boundaries from the legislature to a panel of retired judges, and would require new districts for the 2006 election.

Prop. 78: Prescription Drug Discounts (State Pharmacy Assistance Program)
Would provide discounted prescription drugs for those in financial need. Would allow companies to drop their prices voluntarily. Supported by the pharmaceutical industry.

Prop. 79: Prescription Drug Discounts (Cheaper Prescription Drugs Act)
Would mandate an agreement between the California Department of Health Services and drug companies which would keep drug prices lower for those in financial need. Supported by supported by health and consumer groups.

Prop. 80: Electricity Regulation
Would repeal key provisions of the 1996 electricity deregulation and restores authority to regulate rates to the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC). In addition it requires that 20 percent of electricity be from renewable sources by 2010.

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Prepared by the staff of the IGS Library. Send comments to igsl@uclink.berkeley.edu.

[FairOpinion]

It gives you a good idea of who is supporting and opposing the various propositions.

[NapkinUser]

How could anyone vote no on prop. 73? I imagine that will pass easily.

[goldstategop]

The Democrats stand for more entitlement programs and state-run utlities. Wow! Talk about common sense.

(Denny Crane: "I like nature. Don't talk to me about the environment".)

[TheresaKett]

ping to self for later read

[b9]

Interesting list.

Would like to see a chart like this of frequent posters on FR, sort of an at-a-glance of who supports the dem agenda.

Then again, we know who the DICCs are.
(Democrats in conservative clothing.)

[FairOpinion]

who the DICCs are.
(Democrats in conservative clothing.)


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LOL ;)

[calcowgirl]

Would like to see a chart like this of frequent posters on FR, sort of an at-a-glance of who supports the dem agenda.

Here's mine:

Prop 73: Yes
Prop 74: Yes
Prop 75: Yes
Prop 76: NO (See

Proposition 76 - A Conservative Argument for Voting "NO")
Prop 77: NO (Many reasons posted here and here)
Prop 78: NO (No brainer - Socialized Medicine Light)
Prop 79: NO
Prop 80: NO

How about you?

[FOG724]

How about you?

The same!

[Czar]

Here's mine:

73 - YES

74 - YES

75 - YES

76 - NO

77 - NO

78 - NO

79 - NO

80 - NO

[FairOpinion]

"76 - NO
77 - NO "

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Goody. Voting with the Democrats on the most important propositions, I see.

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McClintock's recommendations for CA Propositions
Summary of Recommendations on the CA Propositions by various organizations and parties

[Czar]

I will repeat what I said on a different thread:

You, on the other hand, have behaved more like a GOP Big Tent RINO, liberal or moderate, endlessly parroting the Arnold line no matter what rational counter arguments may show. When challenged, your reaction is always to proclaim the opposition a tool of the democrats... You're not doing your side (CAGOP Big Tent RINOs) much good."

Sound familiar? Nobody can accuse you of being inconsistent.