SO, TO SUM UP The Liberty Scale perspective on California Propositions for this ballot:
| # | How it Shifts the Power | Vote |
| 19 |  |
Yes |
| Would decriminalize adult marijuana use under California law. | ||
| 20 |  |
No |
| Would turn redistricting for Congress over to an appointed committee. | ||
| 21 |  |
Yes |
| Would finance the preservation of our State Parks through an $18 vehicle license surcharge. | ||
| 23 |  |
No |
| Would suspend (indefinitely) bipartisan bill AB 32, which protects our environment and air quality. (Written and financed by out of state oil companies.) | ||
| 24 |  |
Yes |
| Repeals $1.3 billion per year in tax giveaways to wealthy corporations | ||
| 25 |  |
Yes |
| Allows our elected representatives to do their jobs (and be held accountable) by removing the 2/3s majority hurdle for passing a budget. | ||
| 26 |  |
No |
| Makes it virtually impossible for the state to make corporations repay the costs they create for taxpayers, including environmental cleanup. | ||
| 27 |  |
Yes |
| Returns responsibility for redistricting to our elected representatives. |
You can click on the numbers to find the posts where each proposition is analyzed in detail.
Sometimes the posts come in two parts, so just click the next post when you get to the bottom of the page. (Links to the previous and next post appear just below the end of each post, the "up" link takes you to the beginning post in a series.)
You'll notice that I haven't posted about Proposition 22.
That's because it doesn't involve any shift in power between big wealth and the average citizen.
Prop. 22 is about infighting within government over the budget, and is only there because we have so stupidly tied the hands of our own government.
Were the legislature able to raise taxes, even the tiniest bit, on big wealth, California would not have a budget problem, we would be able to continue government services straight through the recession, when they are so dearly needed, on both local and state levels, and thus create jobs instead of more unemployment, and stimulate our own economy.
Prop. 22 is about different parts of government fighting over a pie that is way too small given what we, the citizens, need done.
So I have no recommendation on 22.
As for the rest—be sure to vote.
