Taxes can be a valuable tool for a community looking to fix crumbling sidewalks and clean up its streets. But Proposition 5 would defeat the entire purpose of that. Read more...

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Proposition 12 is a ballot measure that would require calves, pigs and other livestock be kept in confinements large enough to allow the freedom of movement. Read more...

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Water problems that have long plagued California. What the state doesn’t need right now, though, is another free giveaway masked as a solution. Proposition 3 is the newest in a long line of spending for water infrastructure that has yet to produce any results. Read more...

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California’s housing crisis can’t be solved by a single proposition on the November ballot, but Proposition 1 will create a strong infrastructure for creating affordable housing and supporting those in need of it. Read more...

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The confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The passage of a self-serving, $1.5 trillion tax cut for the well-off. Numerous attempts to politically ax a now-cornerstone of the American health care system. Read more...

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