Proposition Guide

Proposition	VOTE	WHAT IS IT?	WHY?
Prop 2	NO	Piles on $20 Billion to existing out-of-control State Debt	Additional State Debt on top of existing current fiscal year debt of $40 Billion and $10 Billion in Local Debt for new school construction also on the ballot,
Prop 3	NO	Repeals Prop 8 same sex marriage ban	Unnecessary in view of federal court ruling
Prop 4	NO	Piles on another $20 Billion to State Debt	See comment above on Prop 2.
Prop 5	NO!	Guts Prop 13’s key 2/3ds vote	Adds housing and “infrastructure” projects to local bond measures that would be subject to lower 55% approval threshold.
Prop 6	NO!	Severely restricts requiring prison inmates to work	Slavery was prohibited after 1863. This would allow prisoners to refuse work requirements.
Prop 32	NO!	State minimum wage of $18/hour. Job killer that will bankrupt many small businesses.	State minimum wage is currently $14.50/hour. State law imposing $25/hour minimum wage for restaurant and health care workers already is killing jobs as well as bankrupting the restaurant industry and public and private hospitals.
Prop 33	NO!	Will destroy rental housing industry, worsen current state housing shortage, and put middle class home ownership out of reach.	Eliminates current state law exceptions to statewide and local rent control laws.
Prop 34	YES	Prevents Foundation that uses federal drug subsidies from misusing funds to promote apartment rent control	AIDS Health Care Foundation has spent hundreds of millions on sponsoring unrelated state and local rent control initiatives.
Prop 35	NO	Eliminates Legislature’s discretion to use MediCal tax funds to cover general fund budget deficits	Permanently allocates existing tax from use for low income medical care.
Prop 36	YES!	Tough measures to combat retail theft and fentanyl possession and sales.	Also mandates fixed prison sentences for retail theft crimes based on property and mandates drug treatment for multiple offenses and higher penalties if treatment is rejected.