Cheat sheet: Statewide and local proposition recommendations

Since I know I took up a lot of space with all my Important Thoughts™ on the statewide ballot measures (part 1, part 2), here are all my recommendations in handy tabulated form – with internal links, even, so you can jump to specific ones.

Again, the “utilitarian” recommendation is trying to answer whether the initiative is good or bad in isolation; the “anti-clutter” recommendation is for people who want to send a message to legislators and activists to work out their disagreements through non-ballot avenues wherever possible, and are willing to vote against slightly good initiatives to get this across.

Proposition number	Brief description	Utilitarian recommendation	Anti-clutter recommendation
51	School bonds	Yes	Yes
52	Hospital fee	Yes	No
53	Public vote, $2b+ revenue bonds	No	No
54	Legislative transparency	Yes	No
55	Income tax extension	Yes	Yes
56	Tobacco tax increase	Yes	Yes
57	Parole and juvenile justice	Yes	Yes
58	Bilingual education	Yes	Yes
59	Citizens United	Yes	No
60	Condoms in adult films	No	No
61	Prescription drug pricing	No	No
62	Death penalty abolition	Yes	Yes
63	Gun and ammunition control	Yes	No
64	Marijuana legalization	Yes	Yes
65	Bag fees	No	No
66	Death penalty procedures	No	No
67	Plastic bags: affirm existing ban	Yes	Yes