April 6
This measure amends the State Constitution to change the redistricting process for the state Legislature, BOE, and California Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead of the Legislature, an 11-member commission would adjust district boundaries every ten years.
April 4
This measure amends the State Constitution to change the redistricting process for the state Legislature, BOE, and California Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead of the Legislature, an 11-member commission would adjust district boundaries every ten years.
April 4
This measure constrains public agency authority to use eminent domain to acquire single-family homes (including condominiums) for the purpose of transferring the property to another private person or business.
April 3
This measure amends the State Constitution to change the redistricting process for the state Legislature, BOE, and California Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead of the Legislature, an 11-member commission would adjust district boundaries every ten years.
March 26
Under the proposed measure, an individual could only serve a total of 12 years in the Legislature. Unlike current law, however, these years could be served without regard to whether the years were served in the Assembly or Senate. In other words, an individual could serve six two-year terms in the Assembly, three four-year terms in the Senate, or some combination of terms in both houses.
April 5
This measure constrains public agency authority to (1) use eminent domain to acquire property and (2) take regulatory and other actions that reduce the economic value of property. The measure defines “public agency” to include all state and local agencies and the electorates of these agencies.
March 28
This measure changes several provisions of California’s workers’ compensation laws. Specifically, the changes apply to the medical benefits required to be provided to injured workers and the payments to medical practitioners who treat injured workers.
March 14
The measure institutes a state wealth tax levied on the net assets of individuals with values in excess of about $40 million as of January 1, 2008; imposes a new tax on the income of specified individuals moving out of California; and makes changes to existing the personal income tax.
January 26
This measure requires that, anytime a peace officer makes contact with or searches a person within the state, the peace officer must record the event with an electronic device that can provide an audio and visual reproduction of the event. This provision would apply to all pending trials where, since January 1, 1996, contact with or a search by a peace officer led to subsequent criminal charges.
January 19
Federal law requires that all precincts have at least one voting machine that is accessible to the disabled. Under this measure electronic devices could still be used but would require a “tangible ballot” that results from the use of the device.
January 3
This measure constrains public agency authority to (1) use eminent domain powers and (2) enact new or continue existing policies that reduce the economic value of property. The measure defines “public agency” to include all state and local agencies and the electorates of these agencies
December 15
This measure contains a number of changes to the State Constitution that are intended to reduce the ability of state and local governments to defend themselves against claims or allegations by private individuals and the ability of these agencies to obtain private property for public use.
October 31
This measure creates the framework for a single-payer health care system administered by the state, called the California Health Insurance System (CHIS). The concept of a single-payer system is to provide health care benefits to all eligible residents of California through a single source of coverage instead of the many existing sources. If implemented, the CHIS would be funded by premiums levied upon income earners and employers, as well as the transfer of federal, state, and local funds currently used to pay for existing health care benefits to the extent that these resources were made available.