2/ Starting with CA propositions. Most, to me, are an easy call, but there are always stumpers. The first, Prop 14, bond issuance for stem cell research is one. Science good! Stem cell research, so promising! But... latimes.com/california/story…
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3/ Argument against Prop 14 is that it isn't constructed to have adequate oversight as to allocation of funds—especially fraught in budget crunch. But otoh, don't we need to ride hard for science? latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
Atm, i have no clear rec.
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4/ CA Prop 15, biggest BFD on ballot, would reform commercial property tax—raising taxes on big corporations and wealthy landowners (excludes farmland). It begins to unroll the infamous Prop 13, which keeps property taxes in amber and hurts schools... latimes.com/california/story…
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5/ Voting YES on Prop 15 is a clear call for a more progressive tax code. Schools URGENTLY need the money given COVID.
YES ON PROP 15!!!!
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6/ Prop 16 would restore affirmative action as a factor in public employment & contracts and admission to California's university systems.
Against systemic racism? Vote yes on Prop 16.
This effort is underfunded and may fail. Spread the word. latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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8/ CA Prop 18: Allows 17-yos who will be 18 at time of general election to vote in primaries.
A) the kids are alright B) anything to help boost youth vote
Vote yes on Prop 18.
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9/ Prop 19: Another BFD property tax initiative pushed by real estate lobby. One that is—surprise!—massively misleading. Ok, here's the KEY background to EXISTING law you need to know: latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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10/ Got that? So if you're senior (or ~adjacent), disabled, or your house burned down you can ALREADY keep your existing property tax if you downsize (and other caveats). Prop 19 would preserve your lower tax rate if you buy something of HIGHER value, and would allow that 3X.
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11/ That is a clear give away to boomers (and, er, soon, GenXers) who want *more* expensive properties. Sorry, no, makes generational and racial inequalities worse
VOTE NO ON PROP 19.
(btw, @kalw has a briefs on every state/Bay Area ballot prop) kalw.org/post/california-pro…
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Another substantial change in Prop 19 limits the ability to *inherit* low property tax assessments. That one has the opposite balance: it reduces inherited inequality.
Inheritance of property tax assessments seems like the most insidious part of Prop 13.
This tipped me to YES.
Oct 16, 2020 · 6:05 AM UTC
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