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Once more I’m writing summaries and recommendations on the propositions on the California ballot for people wanting more than warring assertions. Point of view not checked at the door. Although they come first on the ballot, I’m going to put Props 1 and 2 in a later installment, because they’re trickier. Hopefully tomorrow. After that…

We Californians have a pretty thin primary ballot this go-round, but here are my summaries and recommendations on the two propositions: 41: Yes. Prop 41 is a $600 million bond initiative for housing low-income and homeless veterans, but in a certain light it’s not even new spending. In 2008 the voters approved $900 million in…

In my series on the major California propositions, I’ve previously analyzed and made recommendations on Prop 30 (yes), Prop 31 (no), and Prop 35 (no) in this space. Election Day is nearing, and I felt less need to go into the others in detail, so I’ve ended the long analyses. Below are the others, both for the state…

This is the third in a continuing series of blog posts analyzing the major propositions on the November 2012 California ballot. Prop 30, Prop 31. As election day nears, I’m skipping through to a proposition people probably need the most education on: number 35. Proposition 35 is largely about sex trafficking. Its biggest provision is…

This is the second in a continuing series of blog posts analyzing the major propositions on the November 2012 California ballot. The post on Prop 30 can be found here. We Americans: we tend to care about constitutional structures almost as much as we do about the actual issues. Everyone has ideas about how to…

This is the first in a series of blog posts analyzing the major propositions on the November 2012 California ballot.Proposition 30 doesn’t require a lot of analysis to get to the main points. It does three basic things:1. Raise sales taxes by 1/4 of a cent for four years.2. Raise income taxes on the top…