(Recommendations are in Red)
Placer County Measures:
Passing
No - Measure F (Placer County) Requires Simple Majority to pass; Shall Placer County Code Article 3.08 governing the civil service system for employees of the County be amended so that the civil service commission will serve as a hearing body for employee grievances, disciplinary appeals, and such other matters for which a hearing is provided, but that the County's human resources department shall perform all other duties and responsibilities beyond those hearings? It is not clear what this replaces. Without understanding that, I would vote no.
Passing
Yes - Measure G (Placer County) Requires Simple Majority to pass; Shall Article V, Section 503 of the Placer County Charter be amended to give the County Executive Officer final authority for the appointment, suspension and removal of appointive department heads other than County Counsel? Seems reasonable, since the Exec gets fired by the board of supervisors if he or she or they screws up.
Passing
No - Measure H (Placer County) Requires Simple Majority to pass; Shall Article VI, Section 608 of the Placer County Charter be amended to remove bid threshold requirements in the Charter that contradict with state law? This is BS. When there is a conflict, the superior law takes precedence.
Passing
Yes - Measure I (Placer County) Requires Simple Majority to pass; Shall Article IV, Section 403 of the Placer County Charter be amended to require that an elected official of the County must be a resident of the County for thirty (30) days prior to filing nomination papers, and must maintain residency within the County during their entire term? This looks like a Carpet bagger prohibition. Is this a sideways attack on McClintock? This looks like a idea to correct a problem that does not exist. Candidates currently have to disclose where they live.
State Proposition:
14 is winning by a small margin sadly
No - Proposition 14. Bonds. Issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research institute. This is a continuing expense without benefits for voters. This is tax payer funding of a business that state officials want to fund. They are using our money for a project that would be better funded by the private sector.
15 is failing as we hoped.
No - Proposition 15. Taxes. Requires commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on market value and dedicates revenue. This is the first step to erode the protections for Proposition 13. They argue that business should pay more. They ignore that business pass on all costs to consumers (Us). They also ignore that the state miss-spends our money. Giving the state more money is always a mistake. This is also another move that will drive businesses out of California. This is a terrible idea and they are just trying to fool us into voting for it. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association says vote no on Prop 15 & 19.
16 is failing strongly as we hoped. This was a brazen attempt to implement discrimination.
No - Proposition 16. Affirmative Action (the restoration of affirmative action in favor of minority groups). Repeals Proposition 209 (1996). Proposition 209 made it illegal to discriminate discriminate or grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, or contracting. This measure is actually the oposite of fair. This measure will allow preferences for different groups in every aspect of our lives. Proposition 209 made it illegal to discriminate for any reason. Proposition 209 was the ultimate fairness. Proposition 16 is by definition unfair and is a sneaky attempt to impose affirmative action and preferences using race and sex. This is a fascist socialistic measure to destroy fairness in our lives. Vote No No No…..
17 Currently winning sadly
No Proposition 17. Suffrage. Restores the right to vote to people convicted of felonies who are on parole. There is already a path for felons to regain the right to vote after they serve their parole time. They also must repay their fines. This measure relieves the felons from paying and serving their full sentences. This is another soft on criminals measure from the socialist left that leaves the victims holding the bag.
18 is failing as we hoped
No Proposition 18. Suffrage. Allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primaries and special elections. This is just stupid. Does anyone really believe a 17 year old should be making major decisions that will effect our government, taxes and justice system. If you have kids, you know how foolish this is. The arguement for 18 year olds voting, was that they were able to serve in the military. There is no reasonable argument to move this to an even more imature age.
19 is currently winning sadly
No - Proposition 19. Taxes. Changes tax assessment transfers and inheritance rules. This measure has some good in it, but there is more bad for middle class home owner. It increases the taxes on many transfers of ownership from parents to children and grand children. It help people moving within the state to a bigger house. I’m voting no, because there is expected to be new. tax revenues if this passes. That suggests that this is net bad for tax payers. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association says vote no on Prop 15 & 19.
20 No is winning sadly. The campaign did a poor job of explaining this measure.
Yes - Proposition 20 Law Enforcement. Makes changes to policies related to criminal sentencing charges, prison release, and DNA collection. There are some good changes that make it clearer when charging criminals. There are new catagories that adds serial crimes and organizated crime. This isn’t perfect, but Jerry Brown is against it, so it cannot be all bad. Kevin Killey sent me details on how this measure corrects past errors; "Partially reverses both Prop. 47, which empowered calculator-wielding thieves to repeatedly steal up to $950 of merchandise; and Prop. 57, which prematurely released “non-violent” domestic abusers, sex traffickers, and arsonists. I will be enthusiastically voting YES. "
21 is going down in flames…..
No - Proposition 21. Housing. Expands local governments' power to use rent control. Rent control is a bad idea. It removes economic reasons to build appartments and rental housing. Everywhere this happens, it goes badly. This is another socialistic attack on a free economy. It will also crush our states housing based economy. This is the type of change that will continue the exit from our state. It has never gone well when government steps into the housing arena. They ruin communities and destroy neighborhoods.
22 is winning
Yes - Proposition 22. Business. Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts several labor policies related to app-based companies. The Gig economy has helped our state. Uber and Lift have done a great job and it all started here. Our lawmakers are brain dead in how often they try to destroy businesses. Their argument that drives should have more benefits is counter to the entire idea of a Gig Job. Drives set their hours and decide what they want to do. No one is forced to work for them. Yes, removes the over reach by our state in regulating successful businesses in ways that would destroy them. Our state legislature is attempting to detroy businesses that work for everyone. This measure removes that moronic law.
23 is going down in flames….
No - Proposition 23. Healthcare. Requires physician on-site at dialysis clinics and consent from the state for a clinic to close. I don’t want the state deciding anything about Healthcare. This is a move by one company to esentially make it illegal for other dialysis providers to stay in business. This should be a solid no for everyone.
24 is currently winning as we hoped
Yes - Proposition 24. Business. Expands the provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and creates the California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and enforce the CCPA. This seems like a very good start in recovering our privacy and choices about what we share. They should have added some controls on Facebook and Twitter and their terrible fascist behaviors.
25 is failing as we hoped
No - Proposition 25 Trials. Replaces cash bail with risk assessments for suspects awaiting trial. Cash bail has worked for hundreds of years. Since SB 10 criminals have been freed withour bail and commited new crimes within hours including murder. The experiment of no cash bail failed in a ball of fire. Vote No. This is a terrible idea. In Portland and Seattle laws like this have allowed rioters to be arrested for violence and looting to be released within an hour of being arrested. The arrested people are back in the protest again looting, rioting and violence.