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State Propositions
November 4, 2014 Primary Election
Susan Hough
The League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale
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Water
Bond Act
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Water
What 1 Does
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Authorizes $7.1B in new bonds,
redirects $425M in approved water
bonds
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Repayment out of General Fund
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~$360 million/year repayment costs
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Water
Where the money goes
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Dams, groundwater replenishment,
recycling - $4.2B
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Watershed restoration - $1.5B
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Water quality - $1.4B
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Flood protection - $395M
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Water
Support:
Legislature, Governor Brown
Farm Bureau Federation
The Nature Conservancy
Democratic Party
Association of CA Water Agencies
Total support (with Prop1)
$2M
Opposition:
Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro
Food and Water Watch
Southern California Watershed Alliance
Restore the Delta
Friends of the River
Total opposed
$40k
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Budget Stabilization
Account
Constitutional Amendment
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Budget Stabilization
What 2 Does
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Annual transfer of 1.5% of revenues to
stabilization account and debt
payments
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Transfer of capital gains revenues >8%
of General Fund to BSA/debts
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Budget emergency required in order to
spend from BSA
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Creates education stabilization
account – caps local reserves
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Budget Stabilization
Support:
Legislature
Governor Brown
California Chamber of Commerce
Michael Kirst, California State Board of Education
Democratic Party
LWV California
California Forward
Total for (with
Prop1)
$2.1M
Opposition:
Educate Our State
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Health Insurance
Rates
Initiative Statute
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Health Insurance
What 45 Does
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Grants Insurance commissioner
approval/rejection over rate changes
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Affects small-employer and individual
plans
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Process same as auto, homeowner
insurance rate review
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Health Insurance
Support:
California Nurses Association
Consumer Watchdog
$500k
Congress of California Seniors
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Total all donors
$980k
Opposition:
American Nurses Association of California
California Chamber of Commerce
California Association of Rural Health Clinics
Kaiser Permanente
$14.6M
Wellpoint
$12.5M
Blue Cross
$10M__
Total all donors
$37.6M
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Medical Negligence
Initiative Statute
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Medical Negligence
What 46 Does
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Raise the cap for 'pain and suffering'
lawsuits to $1.1M, inflation indexed
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Require doctors to check database
before prescribing certain drugs
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Require drug/alcohol testing of
doctors
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Medical Negligence
Support:
Consumer Watchdog
Congress of California Seniors
Several bereaved families
Consumer Attorneys of CA
Total all donors
Opposition:
American Nurses Association
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
Cooperative of American Physicians
The Doctors Company
Norcal Mutual Insurance Company
Total all donors
$290k
$1.2M
$6.2M
$10.2M
$10.1M
$10M
$53.5M
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Criminal Sentencing
Initiative Statute
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Sentencing
What 47 Does
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Reduces most nonviolent felonies and
wobblers to misdemeanors
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Exceptions for history of violent,
serious felonies
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Permits resentencing in many cases
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Savings go to truancy, drug treatment,
mental health programs
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Sentencing
Support:
George Gascon, DA, City and County of SF
William Lansdowne, former police chief, SJ, SD
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Open Society Policy Center
$1.2M
CEO, Public Storage
$750k
Total all donors
$3.5M
Opposition:
California Police Chiefs Association
California District Attorneys Association
Crime Victims United
California State Sheriffs Association
Total all donors
$43.5k
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Gaming Compacts
Referendum
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Gaming Compacts
What 48 Does
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Approves two gaming compacts
agreed to by the Legislature
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North Fork tribe – OK to build new
casino on tribal, off-reservation, land
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Wiyot tribe – may not build casino,
shares in North Fork's revenues
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Payments to state funds for nongaming tribes, local government costs
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Gaming Compacts
Support:
Governor Brown
CA State Bldg & Construction Trades Council
Board of Supervisors, Madera County
Station Casinos, N. Fork Rancheria $375k
Total all donors
$379k
Opposition:
Nisei Farmers League
Harry Perea, Fresno County Supervisor
Mooretown Rancheria
David Rogers, Madera County Supervisor
Table Mountain Rancheria
$3.5M
Brigade Capital Mgmt
$2.7M
Total all donors
$6.7M
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Nonpartisan
Election Information
 www.ca.lwv.org
League of Women Voters of California
 www.smartvoter.org
One-stop shopping for election information
 www.easyvoterguide.org
Concise explanations of state propositions
 www.votersedge.org
financial reports and endorsements
 www.lao.ca.gov
government and fiscal analysis, not just for elections
 www.sos.ca.gov
online registration, election info
 www.cavotes.org
LWV Education Fund information site
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Nonpartisan
Election Information
 www.cs.ca.lwvnet.org
Cupertino-Sunnyvale LWV
 www.sccvote.org – Registrar of Voters
Check status on registration & mail-in ballots
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