California Nov 2024 Propositions p1
Sep 19 2024
Prop 2. Authorizes bonds for public school and community college facilities.
"Authorizes $10 billion in state general obligation bonds for repair, upgrade, and construction of facilities at K–12 public schools (including charter schools) and community colleges."
Repayment is "$500 million per year over 35 years".
This is the kind of bond that's floated every few years, which if the previous ones passed means we're getting more and more debt and still have all those olds bonds to pay off.
Con argument is that it's more debt and K-12 and Community College enrollment has declined the last six years.
Con seems rather short sighted because if our economy improves more people move into the state which means more students and if we haven't kept our education infrastructure updated you get things like 40-student class sizes in WW2-era temporary buildings like I remember from my high school in the 1980's.
Voting: YES
Prop 3. Constitutional right to marriage.
"Amends California Constitution to recognize fundamental right to marry, regardless of sex or race. Removes language in California Constitution stating that marriage is only between a man and a woman. No change in revenues or costs for state and local governments."
Con argument seems to be misinformation.
Voting: YES
Prop 4. Authorizes bonds for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, and protecting communities and natural lands from climate risks.
"Authorizes $10 billion in state general obligation bonds for various projects to reduce climate risks and impacts: $3.8 billion for safe drinking water and water resilience; $1.95 billion for wildfire prevention and extreme heat mitigation; $1.9 billion for protection of natural lands, parks, and wildlife; $1.2 billion for protection of coastal lands, bays, and oceans; $850 million for clean energy; and $300 million for agriculture."
Repayment is "$400 million per year over 40 years".
Con is that these issues should be addressed in the general budget not by a proposition, which is an argument that moves the goals to somewhere where it will fail.
Voting: YES