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Aug. 30, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Despite regionalization failing miserably in the European Union, California is proposing to adopt it as a tax-sharing policy for distributing state funds to local governments if voters approve Proposition 31 on the November ballot.

Trick or Treat? Proposition 31 is reverse of Prop. 13

CalWatchdog Staff October 29, 2012

Oct. 29, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The California Taxpayer’s Association spotted a provision in Proposition 31 whose importance no one has noticed until now. It appears to prohibit making any cuts or increases to the state budget of $25 million or

California Democrats spend significant campaign cash fighting each other because of Prop. 14

James Poulos February 23, 2017

New figures on the November 2016 election cycle showed that Golden State Democrats continued to shell out substantial sums to compete with one another for elective office. Numbers taken from the California Secretary of State, and verified with Cal-Access campaign records, illustrate how

Prop. 57’s success depends on troubled agency

Chris Reed November 9, 2016

Proposition 57, which amends the California Constitution to make it easier for some felons to win release from state prison, coasted to victory Tuesday, winning more than 60 percent of the vote in initial statewide tallies and giving Gov. Jerry Brown

AP story hammers home Brock Turner-Prop. 57 link

Chris Reed September 6, 2016

They’ve been two of California’s biggest stories for months: the simmering anger over the light sentence given in early June to Brock Turner, a former Stanford swimmer, for sexually assaulting an unconscious fellow student in early 2015, and Gov. Jerry

CA property tax revenue surges despite Prop. 13

Chris Reed July 18, 2016

Proposition 13 — the 1978 ballot measure setting property taxes at 1 percent of assessed value and limiting annual increases in property taxes to 2 percent for homes and businesses which don’t change owners — is perhaps the most controversial

Fight flares over ‘realignment,’ Prop. 47 effects on crime

Chris Reed March 25, 2016

The battle over state policies that some call soft on crime and some see as humane and thoughtful appears to be flaring anew, with prominent law-enforcement officials on both sides. The first of the policies was Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2011 decision

Covered CA dissects Prop. 45, doesn’t oppose it

Dave Roberts October 15, 2014

Officials at the Covered California insurance exchange, the state’s implementation of Obamacare, worry passage of Prop. 45 could damage its operations, potentially affecting insurance coverage for millions of Californians. But the board has chosen not to notify California voters of

Prop. 1 bond funds non-water bureaucracy

Wayne Lusvardi August 18, 2014

Proposition 1, the new $7.5 billion water bond just passed by the Legislature, contains water storage in an statewide bond for the first time since 1965. It will go before voters on Nov. 4. The previous 21 water bonds

Prop. 26 wins San Diego water war

Wayne Lusvardi May 12, 2014

Remember Proposition 26, the Stop Hidden Taxes Initiative, passed by 52.5 percent of California’s voters in 2010? Probably no one who voted at that time had any idea Prop. 26 would help resolve — at least for now — the 68-year