Proposition
51 [1669. (15-0005)] - School Bonds. Funding for K-12 School and
Community College Facilities. Initiative Statutory Amendment. Thomas W. Hiltachk (916) 442-7757
Authorizes $9 billion in
general obligation bonds: $3 billion for new construction and $3 billion for
modernization of K-12 public school facilities; $1 billion for charter schools
and vocational education facilities; and $2 billion for California Community
Colleges facilities. Bars amendment to existing authority to levy developer
fees to fund school facilities, until new construction bond proceeds are spent
or December 31, 2020, whichever is earlier. Bars amendment to existing State
Allocation Board process for allocating school construction funding, as to
these bonds. Appropriates money from the General Fund to pay off bonds. Fiscal impact on state and local
government: State
General Fund costs of $17.6 billion to pay off principal ($9 billion) and interest
($8.6 billion) on bonds over a period of 35 years. Annual payments would
average $500 million. Annual payments would be relatively low in the initial
and final few years and somewhat higher in the intervening years. (15-0005.) (Full Text)
Proposition
52 [1613. (13-0022)] -
State Fees on Hospitals. Federal Medi-Cal Matching Funds. Initiative Statutory
and Constitutional Amendment. Thomas
W. Hiltachk (916) 442-7757
Increases required vote
to two-thirds for the Legislature to amend a certain existing law that imposes
fees on hospitals (for purpose of obtaining federal Medi-Cal matching funds)
and that directs those fees and federal matching funds to hospital-provided
Medi-Cal health care services, to uncompensated care provided by hospitals to
uninsured patients, and to children's health coverage. Eliminates law's ending
date. Declares that law's fee proceeds shall not be considered revenues for
purposes of applying state spending limit or determining required education
funding. Fiscal impact on state and local government: State
savings from increased revenues that offset state costs for children's health
coverage of around $500 million beginning in 2016-17 (half-year savings) to
over $1 billion annually by 2019-20, likely growing between 5 percent to 10
percent annually thereafter. Increased revenues to support state and local
public hospitals of around $90 million beginning in 2016-17 (half-year) to $250
million annually by 2019-20, likely growing between 5 percent to 10 percent
annually thereafter. (13-0022.) (Full Text)
Proposition 53 [1667.
(15-0003)] - Revenue Bonds. Statewide Voter Approval. Initiative
Constitutional Amendment. Dean
Cortopassi c/o Kurt Oneto (916) 446-6752
Requires
statewide voter approval before any revenue bonds can be issued or sold by the
state for projects that are financed, owned, operated, or managed by the state
or any joint agency created by or including the state, if the bond amount
exceeds $2 billion. Prohibits dividing projects into multiple separate projects
to avoid statewide voter approval requirement. Fiscal impact on state and local
government: The
fiscal effect on state and local governments is unknown and would vary by
project. It would depend on (1) the outcome of projects brought before voters,
(2) the extent to which the state relied on alternative approaches to the
projects or alternative financing methods for affected projects, and (3)
whether those methods have higher or lower costs than revenue
bonds.(15-0003.) (Full Text)
Proposition 54 [1742. (15-0083A1)] - Legislation
/Proceedings. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Charles T. Munger, Jr. and Sam
Blakeslee c/o Thomas W. Hiltachk (916) 442-7757
Prohibits Legislature from passing any bill unless it has
been in print and published on the Internet for at least 72 hours before the
vote, except in cases of public emergency. Requires the Legislature to make
audiovisual recordings of all its proceedings, except closed session
proceedings, and post them on the Internet. Authorizes any person to record
legislative proceedings by audio or video means, except closed session
proceedings. Allows recordings of legislative proceedings to be used for any
legitimate purpose, without payment of any fee to the State. Fiscal
impact on state and local government:
Increased costs to state government of potentially $1 million to $2
million initially and about $1 million annually for making additional
legislative proceedings available in audiovisual form on the Internet. (15-0083.) (Full Text)
Proposition 55 [1773. (15-0115A1)] - Tax Extension to
Fund Education and Healthcare. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Lance Olson, Thomas Willis, Dario J. Frommer,
c/o Karen Getman, (510) 346-6200
Extends by twelve years the temporary personal income tax
increases enacted in 2012 on earnings over $250,000 (for single filers; over
$500,000 for joint filers; over $340,000 for heads of household). Allocates
these tax revenues 89% to K-12 schools and 11% to California Community
Colleges. Allocates up to $2 billion per year in certain years for healthcare
programs. Bars use of education revenues for administrative costs, but provides
local school governing boards discretion to decide, in open meetings and
subject to annual audit, how revenues are to be spent. Fiscal impact on state and local
government: Increased
state revenues annually from 2019 through 2030?likely in the $5 billion to $11
billion range initially?with amounts varying based on stock market and economic
trends. Increased revenues would be allocated under constitutional formulas to
schools and community colleges, budget reserves and debt payments, and health
programs, with remaining funds available for these or other state purposes. (15-0115.)
(Full Text)
Proposition
56 [1741.
(15-0081A1)] - Cigarette Tax to
Fund Healthcare, Tobacco Use Prevention, Research, and Law Enforcement.
Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Dustin
Corcoran, Laphonza Butler, Olivia M. Diaz-Lapham, and Tom Steyer c/o Lance H.
Olson (916) 442-2952
Increases cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, with equivalent
increase on other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes containing
nicotine. Allocates revenues primarily to increase funding for existing
healthcare programs; also for tobacco use prevention/control programs,
tobacco-related disease research and law enforcement, University of California
physician training, dental disease prevention programs, and administration.
Excludes these revenues from Proposition 98 funding requirements. If tax causes
decreased tobacco consumption, transfers tax revenues to offset decreases to
existing tobacco-funded programs and sales tax revenues. Requires biennial
audit. Fiscal impact on state and local government: Net
increase in excise tax revenues in the range of $1.1 billion to $1.6 billion
annually by 2017-18, with revenues decreasing slightly in subsequent years. The
majority of funds would be used for payments to health care providers. The
remaining funds would be used for a variety of specified purposes, including
tobacco-related prevention and cessation programs, law enforcement programs,
medical research on tobacco-related diseases, and early childhood development
programs. (15-0081.)(Full Text)
Proposition 57 [1781. (15-0121A)] - Criminal
Sentences. Juvenile Criminal Proceedings and Sentencing. Initiative
Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Margaret R. Prinzing and Harry A. Berezin
c/o James C. Harrison (510) 346-6200
Allows parole consideration for persons convicted of
nonviolent felonies upon completion of full prison term for primary offense, as
defined. Authorizes Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to award
sentence credits for rehabilitation, good behavior, or educational
achievements. Requires Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to adopt
regulations to implement new parole and sentence credit provisions and certify
they enhance public safety. Provides juvenile court judges shall make
determination, upon prosecutor motion, whether juveniles age 14 and older
should be prosecuted and sentenced as adults. Fiscal impact on state and local
government: t: Net
state savings that could range from the tens of millions of dollars to the low
hundreds of millions of dollars annually primarily due to a reduction in the
prison population from additional paroles granted and credits earned. Net
county costs that could range from the millions to tens of millions of dollars
annually, declining to a few million dollars after initial implementation of
the measure. (15-0121.) (Full Text)
Proposition 58 [SB 1174] Lara. English language education. (PDF) Specifies English immersion
Proposition 59 [SB 254] Allen. Campaign finance: voter instruction. (PDF) Advises overturn of Citizens United
Proposition 60 [1668. (15-0004, Amdt. #1]
Adult Films. Condoms. Health
Requirements. Initiative Statute. Michael Weinstein c/o Bradley W. Hertz (818) 593-2949
Requires performers in adult films to
use condoms during filming of sexual intercourse. Requires producers of adult
films to pay for performer vaccinations, testing, and medical examinations
related to sexually transmitted infections. Requires producers to obtain state
health license at beginning of filming and to post condom requirement at film
sites. Imposes liability on producers for violations, on certain distributors,
on performers if they have a financial interest in the violating film, and on
talent agents who knowingly refer performers to noncomplying producers. Permits
state, performers, or any state resident to enforce violations. Fiscal impact on state and local government: Potentially reduced state and local tax revenue of
millions or tens of millions of dollars per year. Likely state costs of a few
million dollars annually to administer the law. Possible ongoing net costs or
savings for state and local health and human services programs. (15-0004.) (Full Text)
Proposition 61 [1672.
(15-0009, Amdt. #1)] - State Prescription Drug Purchases. Pricing
Standards. Initiative Statute. Michael Weinstein c/o Bradley W. Hertz
(818) 593-2949
Prohibits state agencies from paying more for a prescription
drug than the lowest price paid for the same drug by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs. Applies to any program where the state is the
ultimate payer for a drug, even if the state does not purchase the drug
directly. Exempts certain purchases of prescription drugs funded through
Medi-Cal. Fiscal impact on state and
local government: It is the
opinion of the Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance that the measure, if
adopted, may result in a substantial net change in state or local finances.
(15-0009.) (Full Text)
Proposition 62 [1728. (15-0066)] - Death Penalty.
Initiative Statute. Mike Farrell (415) 243-0143
Repeals
death penalty as maximum punishment for persons found guilty of murder and
replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Applies
retroactively to persons already sentenced to death. States that persons found
guilty of murder and sentenced to life without possibility of parole must work
while in prison as prescribed by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation. Increases to 60% the portion of wages earned by persons
sentenced to life without the possibility of parole that may be applied to any
victim restitution fines or orders against them. Fiscal impact on state and
local government: Net reduction in state and local government
costs of potentially around $150 million annually within a few years due to the
elimination of the death penalty. (15-0066.) (Full Text)
Proposition 63 [1756. (15-0098A1)] Firearms. Ammunition Sales. Initiative Statute. Gavin Newsom c/o Thomas A. Willis
and Margaret R. Prinzing (510) 346-6200
Prohibits possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines,
and requires their disposal by sale to dealer, destruction, or removal from
state. Requires most individuals to pass background check and obtain Department
of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition. Requires most ammunition sales
be made through licensed ammunition vendors and reported to Department of
Justice. Requires lost or stolen firearms and ammunition be reported to law
enforcement. Prohibits persons convicted of stealing a firearm from possessing
firearms. Fiscal impact on state and
local government: Increased state
costs in the tens of millions of dollars annually related to regulating
ammunition sales, likely offset by various regulatory fees authorized by the
measure. Increase in court and law enforcement costs, not likely to exceed the
tens of millions of dollars annually, related to removing firearms from
prohibited persons as part of court sentencing proceedings. These costs could
be offset to some extent by fees authorized by the measure. Potential increase
in state and local correctional costs, not likely to exceed the low millions of
dollars annually, related to new and increased penalties. (15-0098.) (Full Text)
Proposition 64 [1762. (15-0103) - Marijuana
Legalization. Initiative Statute. Donald Lyman and Michael Sutton,
c/o Lance H. Olson (916) 442-2952
Legalizes marijuana and hemp under state law. Designates
state agencies to license and regulate marijuana industry. Imposes state excise
tax on retail sales of marijuana equal to 15% of sales price, and state
cultivation taxes on marijuana of $9.25 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per
ounce of leaves. Exempts medical marijuana from some taxation. Establishes
packaging, labeling, advertising, and marketing standards and restrictions for
marijuana products. Allows local regulation and taxation of marijuana.
Prohibits marketing and advertising marijuana to minors. Authorizes
resentencing and destruction of records for prior marijuana convictions. Fiscal
impact on state and local government: Net reduced costs ranging from
tens of millions of dollars to potentially exceeding $100 million annually to
state and local governments related to enforcing certain marijuana-related
offenses, handling the related criminal cases in the court system, and
incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders. Net additional state
and local tax revenues potentially ranging from the high hundreds of millions
of dollars to over $1 billion annually related to the production and sale of
marijuana. Most of these funds would be required to be spent for specific
purposes such as substance use disorder education, prevention, and treatment. (15-0103.)
(Full Text)
Proposition 65 [1734. (15-0074)] - Carry-Out Bags. Charges.
Initiative Statute Doyle L. Johnson c/o Kurt Oneto (916) 446-6752
Redirects money collected by grocery and certain other
retail stores through sale of carry-out bags, whenever any state law bans free
distribution of a particular kind of carry-out bag and mandates the sale of any
other kind of carry-out bag. Requires stores to deposit bag sale proceeds into
a special fund administered by the Wildlife Conservation Board to support
specified categories of environmental projects. Provides for Board to develop
regulations implementing law. Fiscal impact on state and local government: If voters uphold the state's
current carryout bag law, redirected revenues from retailers to the state,
potentially in the several tens of millions of dollars annually. Revenues would
be used for grants for certain environmental and natural resources purposes. If
voters reject the state's current carryout bag law, likely minor fiscal
effects. (15-0074.) (Full Text)
Proposition 66 [1747. (15-0096)] - Death
Penalty. Procedures. Initiative Statute. Kermit Alexander (916) 442-7757
Changes procedures governing state court appeals and
petitions challenging death penalty convictions and sentences. Designates
superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Imposes
time limits on state court death penalty review. Requires appointed attorneys
who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison
officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods.
Authorizes death row inmate transfers among California state prisons. States
death row inmates must work and pay victim restitution. States other voter
approved measures related to death penalty are null and void if this measure
receives more affirmative votes. Fiscal impact on state and local
government: Increased state costs that could be in the
tens of millions of dollars annually for several years related to direct
appeals and habeas corpus proceedings, with the fiscal impact on such costs
being unknown in the longer run. Potential state correctional savings that
could be in the tens of millions of dollars annually. (15-0096.) (Full Text)