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Proposition 51: School construction

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: School districts pay for building new schools and updating older ones with a mix of local and state money, generally financed through bonds. It’s been a decade since California voters approved a bond measure allowing the state to borrow money […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Propositions 62 and 66: Death penalty

 Prop. 62  Prop. 66 1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Whether for or against the death penalty, both sides agree the criminal justice system isn’t working. Since the 1978 passage of the death penalty in California, 15 of the 930 individuals who received a death sentence […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 52: Hospital fees

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Rising healthcare costs remain at the top of the national agenda—not just for patients but for the hospitals who treat low-income patients. Hospitals rely on both state and federal matching funds for reimbursement. In the past, however, California, has used […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 63: Gun control

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Even though California has some of the toughest gun restrictions in the country, political will intensified this year to pass even stiffer laws. Motivated in part by the December shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead, Democrats in […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 53: Revenue bonds

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Gov. Jerry Brown has championed two major infrastructure projects: a high-speed rail system to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles, and a pair of massive tunnels in the Delta to move water from the northern to the southern end of […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 64: Legalizing marijuana

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: The push for marijuana legalization is on the ballot in at least nine states this November, with California’s Prop. 64 the most watched. Although four other states previously have legalized recreational pot, a vote by the nation’s most populous state […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 54: Last-minute lawmaking

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Most bills winding through the Legislature follow a months-long process with multiple votes by lawmakers and lots of opportunity for the public to give input. But not always. The political majority (currently Democrats) can waive the normal rules and jam […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Propositions 65 and 67: Plastic bags

Prop. 65 Prop. 67 1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: How you carry your groceries home from the store may seem like a trivial subject, but it’s the focus of two rival measures on the California ballot that pit environmentalists against the plastic industry. More than […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 55: High-earner tax

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Californians voted to increase taxes on the state’s wealthiest earners in 2012, seeking to replenish education funding accounts depleted during the recession. Four years later, the economy is recovering and the tax increase is slated to end after 2018. Education […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 56: Tobacco tax

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Tobacco is often the target of politicians seeking money for state programs, with mixed success across the country. In California, voters have rejected multiple ballot box attempts over the years to raise taxes on cigarettes, and the state is among […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016