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Prop. 4 would lift a ban that prohibits state and most local candidates from using public funding for their political campaigns. Proponents argue the mechanism helps more candidates run for office, but opponents are skeptical.

Prop 45 would shift who’s in charge of building in California. Supporters say it would also speed it up.

Do clinics spend enough on patient care? The union behind Proposition 44 says no, and they want voters to decide. As CalMatters’ Kristen Hwang explains, Prop. 44 would require community health clinics to spend 90% of their revenue on “program services” that provide charitable care to low-income and uninsured patients. Clinics that don’t comply could […]

Proposition 44 would require clinics to spend more money on patient care. The union pushing the measure is the same one supporting the billionaire tax proposal.

Was it the second question on the Gray Davis recall that sealed the Democratic governor’s fate? That’s the question that asked who should replace Davis if voters gave him the boot. State law barred him from competing on that question. And that made him practically roadkill for the international supercelebrity who headlined that second question, […]

Following the failed 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats had the political will and momentum to call for changes to the recall process. What emerged was Proposition 5 on the November ballot, a measure to change the recall process.

California voters haven’t had to make so many decisions about tax policy at the ballot since 1990. Our analysis shows voters tend to reject new taxes.

California voters will soon decide whether to tax billionaires — but even if a majority says yes, the measure could still lose to either of two billionaire-funded measures designed to cancel it out.  The billionaire-backed group Building a Better California designed two countermeasures to undermine the wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it. […]

California's top-two primary allows every voice to be heard at the ballot box. The unpredictable gubernatorial primary this year isn't a good enough reason to scrap it.

California's Prop. 36 gave certain people facing criminal charges an option to have their cases dropped if they complete drug treatment. Now, counties are on their own to figure out how to provide it.