California Air Pollution Control Districts to Direct Ozone Reduction Initiative (2020)
| California Air Pollution Control Districts to Direct Ozone Reduction Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Environment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The California Air Pollution Control Districts to Direct Ozone Reduction Initiative (#19-0032) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have terminated members of the State Air Resources Board and redistribute funds to local air-pollution-control districts if the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards in both the San Joaquin Valley and South Coast Air Basins are not met by July 1, 2023. The local air-pollution-control districts would have been responsible for directing funds to programs "designed to achieve immediate air-quality improvements and cost-effective results." The local air-pollution-control districts would have also appointed the members of the State Air Resources Board.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title was as follows:[2]
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Replaces All Members of California Air Resources Board and Reallocates Its Funding if Certain Air Quality Standards Are Not Met. Initiative Statute.[3] |
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Petition summary
The summary provided for inclusion on signature petition sheets was as follows:[2]
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If certain air quality standards are not met by July 1, 2023, the appointments of all California Air Resources Board members will terminate, twelve new members will be appointed by local air pollution control district boards, and all of the Board’s funds and revenues will be reallocated to local air pollution control districts for programs designed to achieve immediate air quality improvements. Eliminates two nonvoting Board member positions; requires twelve voting members be appointed by local air pollution control districts, rather than by the Governor.[3] |
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Fiscal impact
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:[2]
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If certain air quality standards are not met, eliminates all state funding for CARB – $1.4 billion currently – for an unknown period of time; shifts some or all of this funding to local air districts. Potential loss of billions of federal dollars annually for state and local transportation projects for an unknown period of time.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in California
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 180 days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least 131 days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives.
The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 623,212 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was June 25, 2020. However, the process of verifying signatures can take multiple months. The recommended deadlines were March 3, 2020, for an initiative requiring a full check of signatures and April 21, 2020, for an initiative requiring a random sample of signatures.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least 100 percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot. If the random sample estimates that between 95 and 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
Stages of this initiative
On December 5, 2019, Adolfo Ramos filed the ballot initiative.[1] Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) released ballot language for the initiative on February 10, 2020, which allowed proponents to begin collecting signatures. No signatures were filed for the 2020 deadline on June 25, 2020. The deadline to file signatures for the 2022 ballot was August 10, 2020.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Attorney General, "Initiative #19-0032," December 5, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed January 10, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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