Californians tweet their opinions during "Tweet a Prop"
June 4, 2010
SACRAMENTO, California: Today Ballotpedia is sponsoring a "Tweet-a-Prop" event from 1-5 p.m. PST to help encourage conversation about the 5 statewide ballot propositions on the June 8 ballot.
Only an hour into the tweet-a-thon and already the debate is hot with commentary from both supporters and opponents of the five statewide measures. Most popular among tweeters has been Proposition 15. If enacted, the measure assess fees on registered lobbyists in California and use the additional revenue to provide some funding for political campaigns for those running for the Office of the California Secretary of State.
Check out our main event page with instructions on how to participate!
June 8 statewide propositions: June 8:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposition 13 | Taxes | Exempts construction to seismically retrofit buildings from property tax reassessment | ![]() |
LRCA | Proposition 14 | Elections | Adopts a two-two primary system | ![]() |
LRSS | Proposition 15 | Elections | Repeals the state ban on public funding of campaigns; creates a program to publicly fund Secretary of State campaigns for the 2014 and 2018 elections; creates a biennial fee of $700 on lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers | ![]() |
CICA | Proposition 16 | Elections | Prohibits a local government from incurring any debt or expending public funds to expand electricity delivery services and prohibits local governments from becoming an aggregate electricity provider without a two-thirds supermajority vote of approval from voters in the local government's jurisdiction and voters within the territory that would be served | ![]() |
CISS | Proposition 17 | Regulation | Allows car insurance companies to decrease or increase rates based on a driver's history of continuous car insurance coverage | ![]() |
November 2:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CISS | Proposition 19 | Marijuana | Legalizes recreational marijuana for individuals 21 years of age and older; requires marijuana establishments to pay federal, state, and local taxes that are currently assessed on other similar businesses; allows state and local governments to impose additional taxes and fees | ![]() |
CICA | Proposition 20 | Elections | Transfers the power of congressional redistricting from the California State Legislature and the governor to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which was created by Proposition 11 of 2008 | ![]() |
CISS | Proposition 21 | Taxes | Creates an $18 surcharge to vehicle registration fees and dedicating revenue from the surcharge to state parks and wildlife programs | ![]() |
CICA | Proposition 22 | State spending | Prohibits the state from redirecting property tax revenues from local jurisdictions and using fuel tax revenue to pay for transportation bonds, even in the case of a fiscal emergency | ![]() |
CISS | Proposition 23 | Environment | Suspends Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), which required greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, until California's unemployment rate decreases to 5.5% or less for four consecutive quarters | ![]() |
CISS | Proposition 24 | Taxes | Repeals 2008 and 2009 tax laws that allowed corporations to lower their tax liability through transferring operating losses to prior years, sharing tax credits among affiliated corporations, and changing the tax calculation for multi-state businesses | ![]() |
CICA | Proposition 25 | State spending | Changes the requirement to pass the state budget from two-thirds to a simple majority vote of the legislature and requiring legislators to forfeit pay when they do not pass a state budget on time | ![]() |
CICA | Proposition 26 | Taxes | Increases the vote requirement needed to impose certain new taxes and fees by the state legislature and local governments from a simple majority to a two-thirds supermajority vote | ![]() |
CICA/SS | Proposition 27 | Elections | Repeals a 2008 ballot measure that established a citizens commission for legislative redistricting and returning the power of redistricting to the state legislature | ![]() |
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