PROPOSITION 32 Veteran’s Bond Act of 2000. The Cal-Vet Farm and Home Loan Program has provided loans to more than 400,000 wartime veterans since its establishment after World War I. Read more...

PROPOSITION 33 Legislature. Participation in Public Employees’ Retirement System. Members of the California Legislature are not allowed to count their years in public office toward their retirement pension under the current Constitution. Read more...

PROPOSITION 35 Public Works Projects. Use of private contractors for engineering and architectural services. The current backlog in road and school construction cries out for a solution, but Proposition 35 is not the answer. Read more...

PROPOSITION 34 Campaign Contributions and Spending. Limits. Disclosure. Our entire political system is in desperate need of campaign finance reform. The powerful influence bought by corporations and wealthy donors breeds corruption and perpetuates the notion that elections can be bought. Read more...

PROPOSITION 37 Fees. Vote requirements. Taxes. Currently, the state can impose a “regulatory fee” on an activity, business or person, such as oil or tobacco companies, for specific purposes such as conducting research on the environmental and health effects of their industry and to provide money for treatment or cleanup programs. Read more...

PROPOSITION 39 School Facilities. 55 percent Local Vote. Bonds, taxes. Accountability requirements. Many of California’s public schools are overcrowded, underfunded and in desperate need of expansion and repair. Read more...

  David Rigsby Rigsby is a second-year political science student who plans on voting. You should too. You can reach him at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by David Rigsby It always hits me that I’ve been living in a bubble when I find myself learning about current events from the opening monologues of Jay Leno and David Letterman. Read more...