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California’s Superintendant of Schools said Wednesday that he may sue the state for more funding if a ballot measure fails on May 19. Proposition 1B, part of a package of measures dealing with the state’s budget crisis, would give over $9 billion in funding for schools. The funds would be created by Proposition 1A, but both measures must pass for schools to get the money.
The Associated Students of the University of California Senate has moved to put six propositions on the upcoming ballot. Two propositions would modify the process to recall an elected official, two would remove typos, another would modify the proposition process and the last would simplify requirements for the placement of polling locations.Each proposition would need 60% of the vote to pass.
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The developer of a project to turn the former Navy Yard at Alameda Point into a housing development has began a petition drive for a measure that would increase the density limit for the area. Current Alameda law prohibits structures larger than a duplex, but developers would like to put in higher density units. A group of local citizens has already formed to oppose the measure.
California lawmakers are warning that the state’s budget deficit could exceed $15billion if several budget related ballot measures fail at an upcoming special election. Six measures that include tax increases and spending cuts are going before voters in a May 19 special election.
The Peace and Freedom Party has announced its opposition to all six propositions that will appear on the May 19 ballot. The special election will only feature measures related to the state’s budget.
A union representing 5,000 state workers is endorsing Prop 1A while its international counterpart is opposed to the measure. Prop 1A would impose both a tax increase and a spending limit. Polls indicate that the proposition and related budget measures being pushed by Governor Arnold Swarzenegger are not popular with voters.
After two failed attempts to make the ballot, a $9.95 billion bond measure was approved by voters in November to help fund the first leg of what would ultimately be an 800-mile system - service between San Francisco and Anaheim, home to Disneyland - at a promised travel time of 2 1/2 hours.
President Barack Obama spoke in Los Angeles in favor of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s package of ballot measures. The measures are aimed at economic recovery and will be before voters in a May 19 special election.
President Barack Obama spoke in Los Angeles in favor of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s package of ballot measures. The measures are aimed at economic recovery and will be before voters in a May 19 special election.
A group of Mendocino county residents will take the construction of a shopping mall directly to voters after failing to get a zoning approval from the county Board of Supervisors. Proponents must collect 3,083 valid signatures to put the matter on the June 2010 ballot.
Governor Schwarzenegger kicked off his campaign for a package of ballot measures he claims are necessary to fix the state’s budget woes. The measures, which will appear on a special May 19th ballot, will both cap spending and increase taxes.
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Under intense pressure from both sides in the debate over same-sex marriage, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on the ballot initiative passed by voters last November that outlawed such unions.
For opponents of the measure, Proposition 8, the three-hour hearing is a critical legal test. But it is also, they say, a prime moment to rally their forces and demonstrate resilience after a stinging election loss that many among them believe could have been avoided.
LOS ANGELES — A motion introduced Friday by a Los Angeles councilman urges the city to support any state initiative that would reduce the two-thirds threshold to pass a budget in California.
The state’s budget, approved Thursday by the Legislature, was 105 days late and led to the depletion of state accounts, causing $3.3 billion in payments to local governments, state contractors and taxpayers to be deferred.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this morning is planning to sign the budget package passed by lawmakers that ended the state’s slide toward insolvency and three months of Capitol gridlock.
The spending plan wipes out a nearly $42-billion projected deficit with tax hikes, deep program cuts and borrowing. It hinges on $5.8 billion contained in several ballot measures that voters must consider May 19 in a special election….(READ MORE)