Los Angeles County Voter Guide

Statewide Ballot Measures

Statewide Ballot Measures

PRIORITY STATEWIDE MEASURES

Proposition 5: NO

Plain English Title: Guts Prop 13 and Makes it Easier to Raise Taxes by Lowering Vote Required on Ad-Valorem Taxes from Two-Thirds to 55%  

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Allows Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure with 55% Voter Approval. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.

Description: California politicians have long sought to repeal Prop 13 and impose costly and unfair tax hikes on struggling residents. Prop 5 is another effort to chip away at Prop 13 protections and make it much easier for politicians to raise your taxes. Californians face a cost-of-living crisis and simply cannot afford higher taxes that Prop 5 would help impose.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 5

 

Proposition 36: YES

Plain English Title: Restores Ability for Police and Prosecutors to Arrest and Punish Criminals to Combat Crime Wave  

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes. Initiative Statute.

Description: In 2014 California’s liberal politicians lied to voters on the ballot with a false title on Prop 47 – claiming the measure enhanced public safety but it actually coddled criminals by eliminating the ability of police and prosecutors to arrest and punish criminals for a wide range of crimes. Now California faces a massive crime wave with both property and violent crime spiking. Prop 36 will reverse the bad Prop 47 policies that benefit criminals and give police and prosecutors the tools they need to protect us.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 36

 

OTHER STATEWIDE MEASURES

Proposition 2: NO

Plain English Title: $10 Billion in More State Debt for Unspecified Expenditures in School Districts. Funds to Be Awarded Without Fair and Open Competition.  

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Authorizes Bonds for Public School and Community College Facilities. Legislative Statute.

Description: Prop 2 maxes out the state’s credit card by borrowing $10 billion at high interest rates – at a time when school enrollment in California is rapidly declining and local politicians are discriminating against Charter Schools by prohibiting them from using public facilities. Prop 2 funds will likely be diverted to fill district budget deficits. Prop 2 also contains a mandatory Project Labor Agreement provision gutting fair and open competition on construction contracts at school districts so funds are diverted to politically-connected firms.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 2

 

Proposition 3: YES

Plain English Title: Updating State Constitution to Reflect 2015 US Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Gay Marriage

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Constitutional Right to Marriage. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.  

Description: There is no reason why this issue is even on the ballot in 2024 as this has been settled constitutional law since 2015.

 

Proposition 4: NO

Plain English Title: $10 Billion in More State Debt for Unspecified Climate Change Projects.

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Authorizes Bonds for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, and Protecting Communities and Natural Lands from Climate Risks. Legislative Statute.

Description: Prop 4 maxes out the state’s credit card by borrowing $10 billion at high interest rates – with no associated plan to fix the state’s water crisis and no commitment to address failures in fire risk management. The vast majority of Prop 4 funds will go to wasteful climate change projects and to backfill budget deficits.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 4

Proposition 6: NO

Plain English Title: Removes Requirement that Criminals in Prison Have to Do Work Details – Allows Prisoners to Unionize and Demand Pay Hikes from Taxpayers

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Eliminates Constitutional Provision Allowing Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.

Description: Prop 6 is being sold as a ban on “slavery and involuntary servitude” but it actually just eliminates the ability of state prisons to require criminals behind bars do work to earn their keep.  Worse, taxpayers will be forced to give pay raises to prisoners for doing tasks they should be doing themselves like cleaning their cells and common areas, doing laundry, making foods, etc.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 6

Proposition 32: NO

Plain English Title: $18 Minimum Wage Increase – Can’t Be Revoked Unless Voters Vote Again

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Raises Minimum Wage. Initiative Statute.

Description: At a time when Californians are suffering under high inflation and previous minimum wage hikes have spiked prices and destroyed entry-level jobs, Prop 32 would codify a massive wage hike through a voter initiative.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 32

Proposition 33: NO

Plain English Title: Expands Local Governments’ Ability to Pass Rent Control Laws and Restrict Other Private Property Rights

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. Initiative Statute.

Description: Californians are suffering under high housing and rent prices, but rent control would actually make housing substantially more expensive.  Rent control has never worked – just ask renters in San Francisco and Los Angeles that both have the most aggressive rent control laws. If Prop 33 passes, rent control will choke supply of rental units and lead to a massive price spike.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 33

Proposition 34: YES

Plain English Title: Campaign Finance Reform – Preventing Use of Taxpayer Money in Politics

Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Restricts Spending by Health Care Providers Meeting Specified Criteria. Initiative Statute.

Description: Prop 34 was put on the ballot because a so-called non-profit (The AIDS Healthcare Foundation) has received hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds for their programs through government contracts and has used those funds to engage in ballot measure campaigns to advance liberal policies.  Prop 34 would end that scheme.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 34

 

Proposition 35: NO

Plain English Title: Health Care Tax Increase

Politicians’ Deceptive Title: Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal Health Care Services. Initiative Statute.  

Description: Prop 35 permanently imposes a tax on health care – specifically managed care organizations (MCOs) that offer health insurance coverage. For this reason we recommend a NO vote.  However, there are a number of worthy provisions in this initiative to hold state politicians accountable for spending health care funds on health care and for ensuring that reimbursement rates to struggling health care providers are made more sustainable. We hope to see those good provisions in a future initiative presented to voters.

>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 35

Local Ballot Measures

NO on A: Sales Tax Hike

NO on AAA: Sales Tax Hike

NO on ABC: Property Tax Hike

NO on AC: Property Tax Hike

NO on AS: Property Tax Hike

NO on BC: General Obligation Bond

NO on BE: Business License Tax

NO on C: Property Tax Hike

NO on CC: Property Tax Hike

NO on CL: Property Tax Hike

NO on D: Sales Tax Hike

NO on E: Property Tax Hike

NO on E: Property Tax Hike

NO on EE: Property Tax Hike

NO on EM: Sales Tax Hike

NO on F: Business License Tax

NO on FP: General Obligation Bond

NO on G: Property Tax Hike

NO on GCC: Property Tax Hike

NO on GG: Property Tax Hike

NO on H: Property Tax Hike

NO on HB: Sales Tax Hike

NO on HV: Property Tax Hike

NO on I: Sales Tax Hike

NO on IR: Sales Tax Hike

NO on J: Property Tax Hike

NO on K: Parking Tax

NO on K: Property Tax Hike

NO on LB: Utility Users' Tax

NO on LCF: Sales Tax Hike

NO on LG: Hotel Tax Hike

NO on LP: Property Tax Hike

NO on LR: Business License Tax

NO on LS: Property Tax Hike

NO on M: Property Tax Hike

NO on MB: Property Tax Hike

NO on ME: Property Tax Hike

NO on MM: Property Tax Hike

NO on MMB: Sales Tax Hike

NO on N: Property Tax Hike

NO on O: Property Tax Hike

NO on P: Sales Tax Hike

NO on PD: Sales Tax Hike

NO on PH: Property Tax Hike

NO on PL: General Obligation Bond

NO on PS: Property Tax Hike

NO on Q: Property Tax Hike

NO on QQ: Cannabis Tax

NO on QS: Property Tax Hike

NO on R: Property Tax Hike

NO on RH: Property Tax Hike

NO on RLS: Property Tax Hike

NO on RU: Property Tax Hike

NO on RW: Minimum Wage Increase

NO on S: Property Tax Hike

NO on SEM: Sales Tax Hike

NO on SFS: Property Tax Hike

NO on SG: Property Tax Hike

NO on SM: Property Tax Hike

NO on SOS: Property Tax Hike

NO on ST: Property Tax Hike

NO on U: Property Tax Hike

NO on US: Property Tax Hike

NO on UU: Property Tax Hike

NO on V: Property Tax Hike

NO on W: Property Tax Hike

NO on WH: Sales Tax Hike

NO on X: Sales Tax Hike

NO on YM: Sales Tax Hike

NO on Z: Sales Tax Hike

NO on ZZ: Sales Tax Hike

NO on  P: Property Tax Hike

U.S. President

Donald J Trump

U.S. Senate

U.S. Congress Races

U.S. Senate

Steve Garvey

U.S. House of Representatives

District 26: Michael Koslow

District 27: Mike Garcia

District 28: April Verlato

District 29: Benito “Benny” Bernal

District 30: Alex Balekian

District 31: Pedro “Antonio” Casas

District 32: Larry Thompson

District 34: Definitely NOT Jimmy Gomez

District 35: Definitely NOT Norma Torres

District 36: Melissa Tooman

District 37: Baltazar Fedalizo

District 38: Eric Ching

District 42: John Briscoe

District 43: Steve Williams

District 44: Roger Groh

District 45: Michelle Steel

Statewide Candidate Races

State Legislative Races

Senate

Senate District 23: Suzette Martinez-Valladares

Senate District 25: Elizabeth Wong Ahlers

Senate District 27: Lucie Volotsky

Senate District 33: Mario Paz

Senate District 35: YOU'RE DOOMED

Assembly

Assembly District 34: Tom Lackey

Assembly District 39: Paul Andre Marsh

Assembly District 40: Patrick Lee Gipson

Assembly District 41: Michelle Martinez

Assembly District 42: Ted Nordblum

Assembly District 43: Victoria Garcia

Assembly District 44: Tony Rodriguez

Assembly District 46: Tracey Schroeder

Assembly District 48: Dan T Tran

Assembly District 49: Long "David" Liu

Assembly District 51: NOT RICK ZBUR

Assembly District 52: YOU'RE DOOMED

Assembly District 53: Nick Wilson

Assembly District 54: YOU'RE DOOMED

Assembly District 55: Keith Casico

Assembly District 56: Jessica Martinez

Assembly District 57: YOU'RE DOOMED

Assembly District 61: Alfonso Hernandez

Assembly District 62: Paul Jones

Assembly District 64: Raul Ortiz Jr.

Assembly District 65: YOU'RE DOOMED

Assembly District 66: George Barks

Assembly District 67: Elizabeth "Beth" Culver

Assembly District 69: Joshua Rodriguez

County Candidate Races

District Attorney

Definitely Not Gascon

City Candidate Races

School Districts

Special Districts

Republican Central Committee

NOTE: If we do not make a recommendation on a candidate or ballot measure, we either could not support the measure or candidates running in that race, or do not have enough information to make an informed recommendation.



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