Propositions on the November ballot
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060709-9999-lz1n9props.html
UNION-TRIBUNE
July 9, 2006
Thirteen propositions have qualified for the Nov. 7 general-election ballot. The first five were placed on the ballot by the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The other eight qualified through the initiative process. The deadline for initiatives to qualify has passed, but the Legislature could still add measures.
Proposition 1A – Transportation Investment Fund: would make it more difficult for the Legislature to suspend Proposition 42, which mandates that gasoline sales-tax revenue be spent on transportation, and divert the money for other purposes.
Proposition 1B – Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, Port Security Bond Act of 2006: a $19.9 billion bond issue to pay for road repairs and expansions, repair bridges, expand public transportation and improve port security.
Proposition 1C – Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006: a $2.85 billion bond issue to pay for affordable-housing assistance and housing for farmworkers and the homeless.
Proposition 1D – Education Facilities. Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006: a $10.4 billion bond issue for school and university construction.
Proposition 1E – Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006: a $4.09 billion bond issue to repair levees and flood-control systems.
Proposition 83 – Sex Offenders, Sexually Violent Predators. Punishment, Residence Restrictions and Monitoring: would increase penalties for violent sexual predators and child molesters, prohibit registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park and require violent offenders to wear a satellite-monitoring device for life.
Proposition 84 – Water Quality, Safety and Supply. Flood Control. Natural Resource Protection Park Improvements: a $5.4 billion bond issue to pay for clean-water, flood-control and conservation projects.
Proposition 85 – Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy: would prohibit an abortion for a minor until 48 hours after a physician notifies her parent or legal guardian, with exceptions for medical emergency, parental waiver or court order.
Proposition 86 – Tax on Cigarettes: would raises the tax by 13 cents per cigarette to fund hospitals and emergency services, nursing education and children's health insurance.
Proposition 87 – Alternative Energy. Research, Production Incentives. Tax on California Oil: would impose a 1.6 percent to 6 percent tax on producers of oil extracted in California, depending on the price per barrel, to pay for research and production incentives for alternative energy vehicles and clean-burning fuels.
Proposition 88 – Education Funding. Real Property Parcel Tax: would impose a $50 tax on each real property parcel to pay for kindergarten-through-12th-grade programs, including class-size reduction, textbooks and school safety programs.
Proposition 89 – Political Campaigns. Public Financing. Corporate Tax Increase. Contribution and Expenditure Limits: would allow political candidates who raise a specified number of $5 donations to receive money from the state, and would raise taxes on banks and corporations by 0.2 percent to pay for the program.
Proposition 90 – Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property: would prohibit state and local governments from condemning private property for other private uses.
13 is NOT bad luck.
Prop. 13 was the one that stopped the government from escalating real estate taxes to and past the point of people's ability to pay them.
California voters may find new measures too taxing ($43B more borrowing,$3B in annual tax increases)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662753/posts
Now, that's a scary thought.
(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)
Bad luck for who? Prop.13 sure wasn't bad luck for the taxpayers.
BOND MEASURES you will NOT see...
a) Limit Legislature to two 30 day sessions per year
b) Require all lobbyist meetings be public noticed and the content of all meetings recorded and made public.
c) Limit spending increases to rate of infl + rate of pop growth
d) Eliminate Unions for public employees
e) Improve safety, water quality, energy with 4B "Auburn Dam Bond"
f) Demand verificaton of citizenship for all government funded programs
Just a few... I am sure there could be more