California Propositions?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Locals Only, Dudes & Dudettes!

Just kidding, feel free to bash California politics all you want.

I don't know how the rest of you do it but we like to amend our constitution every couple of years. Pester enough people outside of grocery stores, post offices and the like and then we all get to vote stuff that keeps our state supreme court in business, occasionally striking down some massively ill conceived crap.(Prop.8 was one such, IIRC) Some call it government by the people and some think it's the tyranny of the masses (and everything in between.) We have to be the promised land for barristers, attorneys, lawyers and others of their ilk. No offense intended. Welllll - maybe just a little.
So off to the races...We have Props 30-40 to vote on this season in addition to the regular choices of the lesser of two evils.
So what do you say senors, senoras and senoritas or if you prefer campesinos & campesinas?


Prop.30 is a temporary tax bump for education - yea
" 31 is a restructuring of gov.(almost always a bad idea) - nay
" 32 is a prohibition on unions donating to political campaigns - nay
" 33 is an auto insurance reform (funded by Mercury Ins. owner) - nay
" 34 is a repeal of the death penalty - yea
" 35 is a law that classifies human trafficking as a sex crime - ?!? - nay?
" 36 is a revision of the three strikes law - yea
" 37 is a requirement for labeling GMOs - yea (genetically modified food)
" 38 is a an income tax increase for 12 yrs. for education pre K-12 - yea
" 39 is a multi=state business tax remedy/clean energy whatchamacallit - yea
" 40 is a redistricting plan for state senators - yea

Originally Posted by Boreas

I've already voted so don't bother trying to change my mind.

Prop.30 is a temporary tax bump for education - yea

" 31 is a restructuring of gov.(almost always a bad idea) - nay

" 32 is a prohibition on unions donating to political campaigns - nay

" 33 is an auto insurance reform (funded by Mercury Ins. owner) - nay

" 34 is a repeal of the death penalty - yea

" 35 is a law that classifies human trafficking as a sex crime - ?!? - yea

" 36 is a revision of the three strikes law - yea

" 37 is a requirement for labeling GMOs (genetically modified food) - yea

" 38 is a an income tax increase for 12 yrs. for education pre K-12 - no

" 39 is a multi=state business tax remedy/clean energy whatchamacallit - yea

" 40 is a redistricting plan for state senators - yea

Bold where I differed with the OP.

Only 31 and 32 are Constitutional amendmants. I think California's system of amending the Constitution by popular vote is stupid. More stupid is that it only takes a simple majority to do it.

John

We only differed on 38 (and I changed my mind), 34 we agreed on. The three strikes lunacy is something that I've always depised. It's worse than the death penalty in some respects.