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Proposition 35, titled Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization Initiative, was a successful California ballot proposition in the 2024 general election on November 5. [1] The proposition makes permanent an existing tax on managed health care insurance plans to fund Medi-Cal services pending federal approval.
The filing fee for submitting a proposition to the ballot has been raised by a factor of 10, from $200 to $2,000, following the signing of a law in September 2015. Originally lawmakers wanted to raise the fee to $8,000 but compromised on $2,000. The fee is refunded if the proposition makes it to the ballot.
In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June ...
Proposition 3, marriage equality: This ballot measure would eliminate outdated language from California’s Constitution that says marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Voters ...
Golden State voters are accustomed to legislating by the ballot and are often faced with a list of initiatives as part of the state's direct democracy process. But this year especially, political ...
Many of California's 10 state propositions are head-scratchers. Some shouldn't even be on the ballot. Others are worthy of support. Here's how I finally came down on them, in chronological order:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation was the primary supporter and financial backer of this year's Proposition 33, as well as 2018 California Proposition 10, and 2020 California Proposition 21; all similar rent control proposals designed to overturn the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which all failed with almost identical margins (60-40), while ...
In California, a ballot proposition is a referendum or an initiative measure that is submitted to the electorate for a direct decision or direct vote (or plebiscite). If passed, it can alter one or more of the articles of the Constitution of California , one or more of the 29 California Codes , or another law in the California Statutes by ...