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California Prohibit Public Sector Unions Initiative (2022)
| California Prohibit Public Sector Unions Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Labor and unions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The California Prohibit Public Sector Unions Initiative (#21-0008) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have prohibited public sector employees from forming, joining, or participating in a labor organization for the purpose of addressing employer-worker relations, such as wages, benefits, and work conditions.[1]
Text of the measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[2]
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Eliminates Collective Bargaining for Teachers, Police Officers, Nurses, Firefighters, and Other Public Employees. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.[3] |
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Petition summary
The summary provided for inclusion on signature petition sheets was as follows:[2]
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Eliminates collective bargaining between state/local governments and labor organizations (including unions) representing teachers, police officers, nurses, firefighters, and other public employees about wages, benefits, hours, labor disputes, or other work conditions. Requires the Governor-appointed State Personnel Board to establish wages and benefits for state employees. Prohibits new or amended public-employee labor agreements, including extensions, but does not impact existing agreements. Authorizes state/local governments to provide up to 12 months of severance pay to employees who resign within three months of measure’s enactment.[3] |
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Fiscal impact
The fiscal impact statement would have been as follows:[2]
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One-time costs, potentially in the range of hundreds of millions to low billions of dollars, across state and local governments. Long-term fiscal effect depends on future actions by state and local policy makers.[3] |
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Full text
The full text is available here.
Polls
- See also: 2022 ballot measure polls
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| Poll | Support | Oppose | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Probolsky Research (registered voters) 11/12/2021 - 11/18/2021 | 32.0% | 50.0% | 18.0% | +/-3.30 | 900 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Path to the ballot
Process in California
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 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 constitutional amendments certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 997,139 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was 131 days before the general election, which was around June 30, 2022. However, the process of verifying signatures can take multiple months and proponents are recommended to file signatures at least two months before the verification deadline.
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.
Initiative #20-0008
Timothy Draper filed the ballot initiative on August 9, 2021.[4] The Attorney General of California issued ballot language for the initiative on October 13, 2021, allowing a signature drive to begin. Signatures were due on April 11, 2022. The campaign did not submit a sufficient number of signatures by the deadline.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Attorney General, "Initiative 21-0008," August 9, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed May 11, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ California Attorney General, "Initiatives," accessed August 9, 2021
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