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From Marijuana to the Death Penalty:What Nonprofits & Philanthropy Need to Know About California's Ballot Propositions
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TODAY’S WEBINAR
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
TODAY’S WEBINAR
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JanMasaoka,CEO
CaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits
@CalNonprofits@NorCalGrant
@SDGrantmakers@socalgrantmaker#CalPolicyForum
From Marijuana to the Death Penalty:What Nonprofits & Philanthropy Need to Know About California's Ballot Propositions
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ChrisHoeneExecutiveDirectorCaliforniaBudget&PolicyCenter
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MelissaBreachExecutiveDirectorLeagueofWomenVotersofCalifornia
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NancyBerlinPolicyDirectorCalNonprofits@CalNonprofits
TODAY’S WEBINAR
Agenda• LegislativeUpdate
NancyBerlin,PolicyDirector,CaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits
• TheBallotPropositionPictureJanMasaoka,CEO,CalNonprofits
• Whichpropositionsaremostcriticaltothenonprofitcommunity,andhowcanwebethinkingaboutthem?
• NancyBerlin,PolicyDirector,CaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits• MelissaBreach,ExecutiveDirector,LeagueofWomenVotersinCalifornia• ChrisHoene,ExecutiveDirector,CaliforniaBudgetandPolicyCenter
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
NancyBerlinPolicyDirectorCalNonprofits
TheCaliforniaLaw-MakingTugofWar
GUN CONTROL
MINIMUMWAGE
BALLOT PROPOSITIONS OVERVIEW
17 state propositions
PROPOSITION 55: Tax Extension to Fund Education & Healthcare
Extension of the Proposition 30 income tax increase onhigh income taxpayers
SUPPORTS OPPOSES
CaliforniaDemocraticPartyLeagueofWomenVotersofCaliforniaGovernorJerryBrown
CaliforniaRepublicanPartyCaliforniaChamberofCommerce
$46millionHospitalassnsPublicemployeeunions
$0
PROPOSITION 54: Public Display of Bills Prior to Vote
Proposition 54:Require that every bill is published in print and online at least 72 hours before each house of the legislature can vote on it
SUPPORTS OPPOSES
CaliforniaRepublicanPartyHowardJarvis TaxpayersAssoc.LeagueofWomenVotersofCaliforniaCaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits
CaliforniaDemocraticPartyCaliforniaLaborFederation
$7.9millionCharlesMunger $0
TAKING POSITIONS ON PROPOSITIONS AND VOTER MOBILIZATION
YES,youcanlobbyonBallotMeasures1. Publiclyendorseoropposemeasures2. Organizevolunteerstogathersignatures3. Paystafftogathersignatures4. Contributeorloanmoneytocampaigns5. Hostcampaignevents6. Registervotersandencouragethemtovoteyes
ornoonaspecificmeasure7. Proposeanddraftaballotmeasure
TAKING POSITIONS ON PROPOSITIONS AND VOTER MOBILIZATION
1. Do not support or oppose candidates.2. Measure and report lobbying activities.
• Insubstantial Part Test (measures the percent of activity an organization spends on lobbying) OR
• 501 (h) Expenditure Test (measures how much money an organization spends on lobbying)
3. Visit BolderAdvocacy.org & read Worry-Free Lobbying For Nonprofits.
Compliance
TAKING POSITIONS ON PROPOSITIONS AND VOTER MOBILIZATION
1. Registervoters(staff,clients,members,etc.)2. Provideunbiasededucationonballot
measures1. Votewithyourmission2. Voter’sEdgeCaliforniawidget
www.votersedge.org/ca3. EasyVoterGuideeasyvoterguide.org4. ProsandConspresentationscavotes.org
3. Supportvoterturnout4. Vote
ImpactwithoutLobbying
Taking positions on propositions, and voter mobilization
Can nonprofits & foundations take positions on state and local ballot measures?
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/documents/2010/09/nonprofits-and-ballot-measures-en.pdf
http://www.bolderadvocacy.org/navigate-the-rules/ballot-measures
http://www.bolderadvocacy.org/tools-for-effective-advocacy/toolkits/ballot-measures/foundations-and-ballot-measures
PROPOSITION 64: Legalizing recreational marijuana
Legalizes recreational marijuana and hemp under state law and establishes certain sales and cultivation taxes
SUPPORTS OPPOSES
CaliforniaDemocraticPartyCannabis IndustryAssociationofCalif.CaliforniaMedicalAssociationNationalLatinoOfficersAssociation
CaliforniaRepublicanPartyCalifornia HospitalAssociationCaliforniaAssn.ofHighwayPatrolmenSenatorDianneFeinstein
$4.1millionSean Parkerandaffiliates$2millionFundforPolicyReform
$264,000SmartApproachestoMarijuana$25,000CaliforniaTeamsters
PROPOSITION 62 & 66: Death Penalty
Propositions 62 and 66:If both pass, the one with the most “yes” votes would
supercede the other.
Prop 62:DeathPenaltyRepeal Proposition66:DeathPenaltyCourtProcedures.Speedsupappealsprocess.
For: Calif DemocraticPartyMALDEF,ACLU$1millionReedHastings(Netflix)$1millionNickMcKeown
For: CalifRepublicanPartyCalif DistrictAttorneysAssn$751,000Califpeaceofficersassns
Against: CalifRepublicanPartyCalifDistrictAttorneysAssociation$75,000Peaceofficerassociations
Against: CalifDemocraticPartyCaliforniaLaborFederation$281,000ACLUs
PROPOSITION 59: Advisory to overturn Citizens United Act
Proposition 59:Instructs California elected officials use their authority to overturn the Citizens United decision, potentially through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution
SUPPORTS OPPOSES
CaliforniaDemocraticPartyCalifornia CommonCause
LosAngelesTimesLeague ofWomenVotersofCalifornia
$62,000NextGenCA$61,000TomSteyer
$0
SPEED ROUND!
Prop56 Tobaccotax increaseIncreases thecigarettetaxby$2.00perpack,withequivalentincreasesonothertobaccoproductsandelectroniccigarettes
Prop58 Bi-lingualeducationAllowsnon-Englishlanguagestobeusedinclassrooms(whenteachingEnglishforexample)
SPEED ROUND!
Prop52 HospitalfeerevenuetoMedi-CalWouldrequirevoterapproval (now:legislature)tochangeuseofcertainhospitalfeesfrombeingusedtomatchfederalmoney tofundMedi-Calservices
Prop57 Parolefornon-violentcriminals,andproceduresforassigningcasestojuvenile oradultcourt
SPEED ROUND!
Prop53 Require voterapprovalforrevenuebondsofmorethan$2billion
Prop60 Requirecondomsforactors inpornographicfilms
SPEED ROUND!
Prop61 Drug pricestandards
Prop65&Prop67
Plasticbags
65: moneyfrombagsalestogotowildlifefund
67:ratifybanonplasticbags
SPEED ROUND!
Prop63 GuncontrolBackgroundchecksforammunition purchasesandbanonlarge-capacityammunitionmagazines
Prop51 Schoolfacilitybonds$9millioningeneralobligationbonds
LOOKING FOR RESOURCES?
www.votersedge.org
www.ballotpedia.org
http://www.calnonprofits.org/programs/voteyourmission
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