Category: Propositions

Recommendations on Statewide Ballot Measures

This article is available here as a flyer (pdf) to download, print and distribute. Haga clic aquí para descargar una traducción al español. The Peace and Freedom Party recommends: Proposition 51, a $9 billion school bond (with $1 billion going…

Proposition 64 – YES

Support the Adult Use of Marijuana Act In 1996, California voters passed the country’s first medicinal marijuana initiative, Proposition 215. In 2010, we had the opportunity to be the first state to end cannabis prohibition for all with Proposition 19,…

Proposition 58 – YES

Restore Bilingual Education Proposition 227, passed in 1998, required that all California public school students, especially children whose native language is other than English, be taught in English-only programs. A greatly reduced number of schools continue to offer bilingual education,…

Proposition 62 – YES with reservations

It is important to vote yes to repeal the death penalty in California, although we are opposed to the provision to automatically impose life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In addition to repealing the state death penalty, Prop 62…

Proposition 66 – NO

The Death Penalty Procedure Regulation Initiative changes the procedures governing state court appeals and petitions that challenge death penalty convictions and sentences. It would facilitate capital punishment. The pro-death lobby readily admits “California’s current death penalty system is broken.” Their…

Proposition 51 – NO

The Peace and Freedom Party is for full funding for public schools. We also strongly advocate for using the wealth that rightly belongs to the whole society to fund our basic needs. This $9 billion school bond (with $1 billion…

Proposition 61 – YES

The official summary about Prop. 61 states that it “Prohibits state from buying any prescription drug from a drug manufacturer at a price over lowest price paid for the drug by United States Department of Veterans Affairs.” That seems fairly…

Proposition 65 – NO

The Carry-Out Bag Revenue Initiative redirects money collected from the sale of carry-out bags by grocery or other retail stores to a special fund administered by the Wildlife Conservation Board. It was placed on the ballot by the plastic bag…

Proposition 67 – YES

The plastic Bag Ban Veto Referendum upholds the contested existing legislation that would phase out single-use plastic bags. SB 270 was passed in 2014, but has been put on hold pending this referendum. This referendum would uphold and implement an…