Proposition 2: Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.

A "yes" vote supports issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.

A "no" vote opposes issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.

Proposition 32: Increase the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour.

A "yes" vote supports increasing the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026 for all employers and thereafter adjusting the rate annually by increases to the cost of living.

A "no" vote opposes this ballot initiative, thereby maintaining the existing law which set the minimum wage to $16 per hour for all employers as of January 2024.

Proposition 33: Repeals Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act.

A "yes" vote supports: 

• Repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (1995), thereby allowing cities and counties to limit rent on any housing and limit the rent for first-time tenants. 

• Adding language to state law to prohibit the state from limiting "the right of any city, county, or city and county to maintain, enact or expand residential rent control.

A "no" vote opposes repealing Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which prohibits rent control on single-family homes and houses completed after February 1, 1995.

Proposition 34: Requires health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care.

A "yes" vote supports: 

• Requiring health care providers that spent over $100 million in any 10-year period on anything other than direct patient care and operated multifamily housing with over 500 high-severity health and safety violations to spend 98% of revenues from the federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care;

• Penalizing violators of the initiative with loss of tax-exempt status and licenses to operate health insurance plans, pharmacies, and clinics; and • Permanently authorizing Medi-Cal RX in state law.

A "no" vote opposes this initiative to penalize health care providers who spend revenues from the federal discount prescription drug program on purposes other than direct patient care.

Proposition 35: Permanently authorizes a tax on managed care organizations to fund Medi-Cal program.

A "yes" vote supports permanently authorizing a tax on managed care organizations based on monthly enrollees, which is set to expire in 2026, and requiring revenues to be used for increased Medi-Cal programs.

A "no" vote opposes permanently authorizing a tax on managed care organizations based on monthly enrollees, thereby allowing it to expire in 2026.

Proposition 36: Increase penalties for certain drug crimes and theft convictions and allow a new class of crime to be called treatment-mandated felony.

A "yes" vote supports making changes to Proposition 47 approved in 2014, including:

• Classifying certain drug offenses as treatment-mandated felonies;

• Increasing penalties for certain drug crimes by increasing sentence lengths and level of crime;

• Requiring courts to warn individuals convicted of distributing illegal drugs of their potential future criminal liability if they distribute deadly drugs like fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine; and

• Increasing sentences for theft based on the value of the property stolen.

A "no" vote opposes this initiative that makes changes to Proposition 47 (2014), thereby maintaining certain drug and theft crimes as misdemeanors.

Proposition 3: Repeal Proposition 8 and establish a right to marry.

A "yes" vote supports this constitutional amendment to:

• Repeal Proposition 8 (2008), which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, and

• Declare that a "right to marry is a fundamental right" in the California Constitution.

A "no" vote opposes this constitutional amendment, thus keeping Proposition 8 (2008), which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, in the California Constitution.

Proposition 4: Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects.

A "yes" vote supports issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects.

A "no" vote opposes issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects.

Proposition 5: Lower the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure.

A "yes" vote supports lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds (66.67%) to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure.

A "no" vote opposes lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds (66.67%) to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure.

Proposition 6: Remove involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime from the state constitution.

A "yes" vote supports amending the state constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime and authorize the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to award credits to incarcerated persons who voluntarily participate in work assignments.

A "no" vote opposes this amendment, thereby maintaining the constitutional provision that authorizes the use of involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.

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