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Back to SearchProposition 36: Increasing Penalties for Drug and Theft Crimes
In 2014, Californians passed Prop 47, a criminal justice reform measure aimed at sending fewer low-level offenders for drug and theft crimes to priso…
1 year, 11 months ago
Proposition 35: Funding Medi-Cal
As our Prop Fest series continues, KQED Health Correspondent Lesley McClurg joins us to explain Prop. 35, which aims to improve Medi-Cal access by ma…
1 year, 11 months ago
Proposition 34: Prescription Drug Spending (But Also ... Rent Control?)
Today, we take a closer look at Prop 34, which takes aim at how revenues earned through a federal drug pricing program are spent by a very specific n…
1 year, 11 months ago
Proposition 33: Removing State Limits on Rent Control
For nearly 30 years, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act has limited how far local governments can take rent control policies. This year, Propositio…
1 year, 11 months ago
Proposition 32: Minimum Wage Increase
As you know, California is already an expensive state to live in. When you add up rent, gas, and groceries, things get expensive real fast. Propositi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Proposition 6: Ending Forced Labor for Prisoners
In 1865, the U.S. ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude — except as punishment for conv…
2 years ago
Proposition 5: Lower the Voting Threshold to Pass Some Local Bonds
Bonds are a way for state and local governments raise money for projects—things like schools, infrastructure, or transportation. In part 4 of our Pro…
2 years ago
Proposition 4: Climate-Related Programs Bond
As Prop Fest continues we tackle Proposition 4, which asks voters to approve $10 billion in bonds to fund conservation and climate change related pro…
2 years ago
Proposition 3: Marriage Equality Amendment
In the second installment of our Prop Fest series we'll dig into Prop 3, which would enshrine the right to marriage for all couples into California's…
2 years ago
Proposition 2: School Facilities Bond
This is the first episode of our Prop Fest series, a collaboration from Bay Curious and The Bay podcasts, where we break down each of the 10 statewid…
2 years ago