Endorsements

Ballot Initiatives

November 2020:

Proposition 14 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research institute. Read more.

Proposition 15 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Requires commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on market value and dedicates revenue. Read more.

Proposition 16 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Repeals Proposition 209 (1996), which says that the state cannot discriminate or grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, or contracting. Read more.

Proposition 17 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Restores the right to vote to people convicted of felonies who are on parole. Read more.

Proposition 18 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primaries and special elections. Read more.

Proposition 19 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Changes tax assessment transfers and inheritance rules. Read more.

Proposition 20 – NO

via Ballotpedia: Makes changes to policies related to criminal sentencing charges, prison release, and DNA collection. Read more.

Proposition 21 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Expands local governments’ power to use rent control. Read more.

Proposition 22 – NO

via Ballotpedia: Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts several labor policies related to app-based companies. Read more.

Proposition 24 – NO

via Ballotpedia: Expands the provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and creates the California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and enforce the CCPA. Read more.

Proposition 25 – YES

via Ballotpedia: Replaces cash bail with risk assessments for suspects awaiting trial. Read more.

Measure O – YES

via VC Star: The measure allows the commercial cultivation, processing and distribution of cannabis within the unincorporated area of Ventura County. Read more.