This constitutional amendment allows property owners to transfer their current assessed value to a replacement property within their county if the original property was environmentally contaminated. This contamination could be caused, for example, by the presence of toxic or hazardous materials. The replacement property could involve either (1) the repair or reconstruction of a damaged structure on the contaminated site or (2) purchase of a similar structure on a different site.
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Creates state commission to provide information and materials and to formulate guidelines for establishment of comprehensive early childhood development and smoking prevention programs; creates county commissions to develop strategic plans with emphasis on new programs; creates trust fund for these programs; funds exempt from Proposition 98 requirement that dedicates portion of general tax revenues to schools.
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This proposition provides another way of implementing sales tax revenue-sharing contracts. For Bradley-Burns revenues, contracts could be approved by a two-thirds vote of each affected jurisdiction's governing body (a city council or board of supervisors).
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This measure authorizes the state to sell $9.2 billion in general obligation bonds for K-12 schools ($6.7 billion) and higher education facilities ($2.5 billion).
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This measure amends the California Constitution to restrict the conditions under which state transportation funds, including gas tax revenues, revenues from fees and taxes on motor vehicles and their use, and funds in the Public Transportation Account, can be loaned to the state General Fund. Specifically, loans to the state General Fund in any fiscal year must be repaid within that fiscal year, except that repayment may be delayed up to 30 days after a state budget is enacted for the subsequent fiscal year. Loans extending over a fiscal year may be made only if the Governor declares a state of emergency which would result in a significant negative impact to the General Fund, or if there is a decrease in General Fund revenues from the previous year's level. Loans extending over a fiscal year must be repaid in full within three fiscal years.
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Under this measure, a voter could not cross party lines when voting for delegates to a political party's presidential nominating convention. A voter would only be permitted to vote for delegates to a presidential nominating convention of a political party with which the voter is affiliated. Accordingly, county elections officials would be required by this measure to prepare additional and separate partisan presidential primary ballots for the selection of delegates to presidential nominating conventions for the sole use of persons registered with that political party.
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This measure places new restrictions on the use of traps and poisons to capture and kill specified mammals for various purposes.
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This measure requires the state to enter into a specific compact allowing certain Class III gambling activities on Indian lands for those tribes that agree to sign the agreement. The measure also requires the Governor to negotiate a separate tribal-state compact with any tribe that wants a different compact.
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This measure prohibits both the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the sale of horsemeat for human consumption in California. In addition, horses could not be sent out of California for slaughter in other states or countries for human consumption. Under the measure horses include any horse, pony, burro, or mule. The measure establishes felony and misdemeanor criminal penalties for violations of these provisions.
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This measure provides tax credits to individuals and corporations for certain expenditures they make that reduce emissions of pollutants into the air. For example, a trucking company that modifies the engines on its older, heavy-duty diesel trucks so that the fuel burns more cleanly could be eligible for a tax credit under the measure. A tax credit reduces the amount of taxes paid to the state by an individual or corporation. Under the measure, a maximum total of $218 million in tax credits would be available for award each fiscal year until January 1, 2011. This maximum amount may be reduced under specified circumstances when there is a drop in the state's General Fund revenues. Credits not awarded in one year may be carried over and awarded in a later year.
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This measure makes various changes to the state's education system (grades kindergarten through twelve--K-12). Specifically, it: (1) creates a state Office of the Chief Inspector of Public Schools, (2) Increases the responsibilities of school site councils and principals, (3) alters the state qualifications that must be met by teachers in California, (4) requires teachers to keep lesson plans on the subjects they teach, and (5) prevents the state from reducing funding for the existing kindergarten through grade three (K-3) class size reduction program. Mandates the expulsion of students possessing unlawful drugs at school.
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This measure prohibits assessment of utility tax, bond payments or surcharges for payment of costs of nuclear power plants/related assets; limits authority of electric companies to recover costs for non-nuclear generation plants; prohibits issuance of rate reduction bonds and assessments on customers for payment of bond principal, interest, and related costs; provides judicial review of Public Utilities Commission decisions relating to electric restructuring and financing costs by writ of mandate; may provide up to 20% electricity rate reduction for residential and small commercial customers of investor-owned utilities by January 1, 1999; restricts customer information dissemination.
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