October 7
This measure amends the Constitution to prohibit any party to marriage from being restored to the state of an unmarried person during the other party’s lifetime unless the marriage can be nullified under state law. This measure would in effect remove the option of divorce and make nullification or the death of a spouse the only options for ending marriage in this state.
September 2
This measure states that it repeals existing prohibitions on marijuana use, cultivation, possession, transportation, and sale. The measure also requires that state and local governments stop spending funds to enforce or prosecute any law that prohibits such marijuana-related activities. Under the measure, federal, state, and local governments would be authorized to tax the manufacture, sale, and use of marijuana.
September 9
This measure (1) legalizes various marijuana-related activities, (2) allows local governments to regulate these activities, (3) permits local governments to impose and collect marijuana-related fees and taxes, and (4) authorizes various criminal and civil penalties.
September 2
This measure makes major changes in the state and local tax system. It would establish a wealth tax, tax people when they die or leave the state, and make changes to the personal income tax (PIT).
August 19
This measure proposes to (1) legalize various marijuana-related activities, (2) regulate the commercial production of marijuana, (3) impose and collect marijuana-related fees and taxes, and (4) authorize various criminal and civil penalties.
September 1
This measure repeals three business income tax provisions passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor as part of the September 2008 and February 2009 budget agreements. Under current law, the provisions will take effect starting in tax years 2010 or 2011.
July 30
This measure calls a state constitutional convention, specifies rules for the election of 400 convention delegates (five from each State Assembly district), outlines procedures of the convention, provides for state payment of various convention expenses, and mandates a process for approval or rejection of the convention’s constitutional amendments and revisions.
July 30
This measure amends the Constitution to allow voters to call a constitutional convention through an initiative measure. The measure states that it is an amendment to the Constitution submitted through the initiative process. The measure describes what may be included in an initiative measure that calls for a state constitutional convention.
July 15
This measure amends the Constitution to lower the vote requirement necessary to pass the budget bill and other General Fund appropriations from two-thirds to three-fifths (60 percent). The lower vote requirement would also apply to measures to increase state taxes. This measure does not amend the section of the Constitution that requires a two-thirds vote for bills to take effect immediately. Some trailer bills, therefore, would still be subject to the requirement for a two-thirds vote in order to take immediate effect.
July 7
This measure places new voter approval requirements on local governments before they can use “public funds”—defined broadly in the measure to include tax revenues, various forms of debt, and ratepayer funds—to start up electricity service, expand electricity service into a new territory, or to create a community choice aggregator (CCA).
June 26
This measure would amend state law to require that the 120 Members of the California Legislature be tested for illegal drug use and habitual alcohol use on the first Monday in December every two years (the first day of the Legislature’s two-year regular sessions).
June 25
This measure amends the Constitution to limit when the Legislature could hold sessions. Specifically, the Legislature would be limited each year to holding regular sessions in (1) a 30-day period beginning on the first Monday in January and (2) a 60-day period beginning on the first Monday in May. In addition, the Legislature would be allowed to reconvene for up to five additional days to reconsider bills that were vetoed by the Governor. Accordingly, regular sessions of the Legislature would be limited to no more than 95 days per year.