California Proposition 84 (2006)
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California Proposition 84 was on the November 7, 2006 ballot in California, where it was approved. The measure was designed to protect the quality of California's water supply. The measure passed with 53% of the vote. The major donor was the "Californians for clean water, parks and coastal protection Yes on 84" committee with $10,091,433. [1]
Objective of the initiative
Proposition 84 had three main objectives
- Funds projects relating to safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, waterway and natural resource protection, water pollution and contamination control, state and local park improvements, public access to natural resources, and water conservation efforts.
- Provides funding for emergency drinking water, and exempts such expenditures from public contract and procurement requirements to ensure immediate action for public safety.
- Authorizes $5,388,000,000 in general obligation bonds to fund projects and expenditures, to be repaid from the state’s General Fund. [2]
Text of the proposition
The text of the Proposition can be viewed here [3]
Arguments for the initiative
- Ensures safe drinking water
- Cleans up beaches and benefits wildlife
- Will not raise taxes
Main Proponent: Mark Burget, Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy
Arguments against the initiative
- Cannot deliver on promises
- Has no effective oversight
- No funds for new water supplies which are desperately needed
Main opponent: Bill Leonard Member California State Board of Equalization [4]
Campaign finance
Donors for the campaign for the measure:[5]
- CALIFORNIANS FOR CLEAN WATER, PARKS AND COASTAL PROTECTION/YES ON 84: $10,091,433
- CMTE FOR CLEAN WATER AND COASTAL PROTECTION: $1,314,169
- CMTE FOR CALIFORNIAS FUTURE: $29,500
- CA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION PAC, NO ON 90, YES ON 84 AND 87: $1,724
- Total: $11,436,826
Donors for the campaign against the measure:
- CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ELECTIONS: $30,000
- Total: $30,000
- Overall Total: $11,466,826
External links
- Legislative Analysis of bill
- Analysis by League of Women Voters
- The Nature Conservancy Yes on 84 page
- Editorial opposing Prop 84
References
- ↑ Follow the Money
- ↑ http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/props/prop84/prop84.html
- ↑ http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/prop84_text.pdf
- ↑ http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/props/prop84/argue_rebutt84.html
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Donors"
