From Ballotpedia
More than 90 proposed statewide ballot propositions have been filed with
California election officials or proposed in the
California State Legislature as possible contenders for either the
June 8, 2010 and
November 2, 2010 ballots. Although most of the proposed
ballot measures will not qualify for the ballot, somewhere between 10-20 are expected to make the final cut.
[1] The deadline for qualifying for the
June 8, 2010 ballot has passed, with 5 measures qualifying for that ballot, so potential ballot propositions still in circulation or being discussed in the legislature can only qualify at this point for the November 2 ballot.
Some political observers maintain that the 2010 ballot proposition season in California will be "chaotic" and that it might turn into "a bitter showdown between business and labor interests".[1]
The Office of the Attorney General of California is estimating that it costs them about $6,800 to prepare a ballot title and summary for each potential ballot proposition submitted to their office, which means that so far, the state has incurred costs of over $600,000 to begin the process of qualifying propositions for the ballot.[2]
To qualify for the ballot, proposed initiated state statutes need 433,971 signatures and proposed initiated constitutional amendments need 694,354 signatures. These requirements mean that qualifying for the ballot requires an initial investment of about $1 million just to collect signatures.[1]
- (For more, see California signature requirements)
Qualified for June 8 ballot
Qualified for November 2 ballot
| Type
| Title
| Subject
| Description
| Result
|
| LRSS
| Water Bonds
| Bonds
| $11.1 billion bond to upgrade California's water system
| On ballot
|
Legislature considering
- See also: California state legislature's ballot referrals
Potential initiatives
Signatures submitted
Approved for circulation
- See also: Ballot initiatives filed for the 2010 ballot
Note: When a proposed initiative is given its official ballot title and summary, it is also given a 150-day window for collection of signatures. However, to actually qualify for the November 2, 2010 ballot, the California Secretary of State recommends that initiative sponsors turn their signatures in by April 16 if they have enough signatures to qualify for the state's random sampling procedure. If sponsors submit their signatures to county election officials by April 16, they are guaranteed consideration under the random sampling method for November 2 qualification purposes. However, historically, initiative sponsors who have turned their signatures in 2-3 weeks later than the recommended deadline can still be considered. If that holds true in 2010, sponsors can turn in signatures by early May with some expectation of qualifying for the November ballot. If the 150-day window for a particular initiative extends past the April 16 (or early May) submission window for the November ballot, sponsors can continue to collect signatures. If they do collect sufficient signatures within their 150-day window and turn them in past the November 2010 qualifying deadline, their initiative would go on the ballot in a future year.
| Type
| Title
| Subject
| Description
| 150-day deadline
|
| CISS
| Corporate Loopholes (3)
| Taxes
| Opposes three business tax breaks.
| Feb 8, May 13
|
| CICA
| Congressional Redistricting
| Elections
| Congressional district lines to be re-drawn by a committee
| March 22
|
| CICA
| No Divorces Amendment
| Marriage
| No divorces
| March 22
|
| CICA
| Citizen Legislature
| Legislature
| State legislature to be part-time rather than full-time
| March 29
|
| CISS
| Christmas Songs Sung in Schools
| Education
| Public schools can allow students to sing Christmas songs
| March 29
|
| CISS
| Stop Insurance Overcharges
| Regulation
| Insurance customers can't be charged more if they pay on an installment basis
| April 1
|
| CICA
| Marriage Equality
| Marriage
| Repeal of Proposition 8
| April 12
|
| CICA
| End Two-Thirds Majority
| Taxes
| Legislative majority, rather than a supermajority, can pass a budget
| April 12
|
| CICA
| Exercise of Religion (2)
| Religion
| Individuals can freely advocate for opinions they draw from their reading of the Bible
| April 12
|
| CICA
| Term Limits
| Term limits
| Reduce total number of years a state legistor can serve from 14 to 12
| April 22
|
| CICA
| Taxes End at Age 55
| Taxes
| Exempt those over 55 from state income and property taxes
| April 23
|
| CICA
| Education Tax Relief
| Taxes
| No property, sales or income taxes for Article 9, Section 5 schools
| April 23
|
| CICA
| Parental Protection
| Education
| Parents are final authority over the education of their children
| April 23
|
| CICA
| Grassroots Initiative Reform
| Initiative rights
| Variety of changes to laws governing the initiative process in California 09-0038
| April 29
|
| CICA
| Illegal to Lie when Campaigning
| Elections
| Impose criminal penalties on those who lie in the course of campaigning, 09-0049
| April 29
|
| CISS
| Insurance Discrimination
| Regulation
| New rules about what insurance companies can do with their rates, 09-0050
| April 29
|
| CICA
| Definition of Person
| Abortion
| "Person" applies to all living human organisms from the beginning of their development
| April 29
|
| CICA
| Local Control (2)
| Taxes
| Required vote on parcel tax 55%, not 67%. 09-0052 and 09-0068.
| May 3, May 28
|
| CICA
| Ban on Political Deductions
| Labor
| A ban on deducting money for political activities from public employee paychecks
| May 3
|
| CISS
| Paycheck Protection
| Labor
| Can't deduct union dues from public employee paychecks without written consent
| May 3
|
| CISS
| If Undocumented, No Benefits (2)
| Immigration
| Applicants for government aid must be documented residents
| May 3
|
| CISS
| Photo ID to Vote (4)
| Elections
| Must present government-issued photo ID to vote
| May 6
|
| CICA
| Parental Notification (4)
| Abortion
| In most circumstances, parents would have to be notified prior to minor daughter having an abortion
| May 10
|
| CICA
| On-Time Budget
| Taxes
| Pass budget with 2/3rds vote, no pay for legislators when budget is late
| May 10
|
| CISS
| Tobacco Tax/Cancer Research
| Taxes
| Increase the tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research
| May 17
|
| CICA
| State Gov't Can't Take Local Funds
| State spending
| State government prohibited from taking local redevelopment money, gasoline taxes, highway funds
| May 17
|
| CICA
| Tax Reform
| Taxes
| Change many features of California's tax laws
| May 17
|
| CISS
| Legislator Recusal
| State legislature
| State legislators would not be allowed to vote on bills that impact their campaign donors
| May 21
|
| CICA
| Right to Call Convention
| Constitution
| California's electors shall have right to petition for a constitutional convention
| May 21
|
| CISS
| Convention Call
| Constitution
| Shall California hold a constitutional convention?
| May 21
|
| CISS
| Funding for State Parks
| Taxes
| Increase vehicle license fees by $18 a year to fund state parks
| May 28
|
| CICA
| Community Hospitals (7)
| Taxes
| State not allowed to tax community hospitals unless certain requirements are met
| June 4
|
| CICA
| Corporate Property Tax Increase
| Taxes
| Re-assess commercial property every three years
| June 4
|
| CICA
| Funds for Public Schools
| Education
| Higher taxes on real estate owned by corporations
| June 7
|
| CICA
| Public Pension Reform (2)
| Labor
| Public employees hired after date of act would have different pension benefits than those hired before
| June 14
|
| CISS
| Pension Limits
| Labor
| Limits pension payments new government employees will receive when they retire
| June 14
|
| CISS
| Corporate Donations (2)
| Elections
| Corporations can't give money to political campaigns unless corporate shareholders approve
| June 14
|
| CICA
| School Choice for Foster Children
| Education
| School vouchers for California's approximately 50,000 foster children
| June 14
|
| CICA
| Permission to Tax (4)
| Taxes
| Voters must give permission before any new taxes can be imposed
| June 21
|
| CICA
| Spending Limits (2)
| State spending
| A Taxpayer Bill of Rights-style limitation on government spending growth
| June 25
|
| CICA
| Wealth Tax
| Taxes
| Increase taxes on wealthy, create Environmental Superfund
| July 1
|
| CISS
| Human Trafficking
| Law enforcement
| Tougher penalties for human trafficking
| July 1
|
| CISS
| Jobs Act (3)
| Environment
| Suspend AB 32's provisions to combat global warming during the current recession
| July 5
|
Pending at AG's office
In pre-submission stage
Withdrawn/missed deadline
- See also: Initiatives that failed to qualify for the 2010 ballot
Local ballot measures
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Los Angeles Times, "A chaotic year for California ballot propositions", December 27, 2009
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "It's not easy to get an initative on California's ballot", December 28, 2009
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