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Election Results: California Propositions, What Passed & Didn’t?

According to Ballotpedia.org, in California13 statewide ballot propositions were on the ballot for elections in 2020.

Uber, Lyft, and Doordash sponsored a ballot initiative that would define app-based drivers as independent contractors and not employees, as well as enact several labor and wage policies. It was approved.

Californians decided two citizen-initiated measures, the Criminal Sentencing Initiative and Cash Bail Referendum, designed to amend or repeal criminal sentencing and supervision laws passed during the second tenure of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown (2011-2019).

ballot initiative to amend Proposition 13 (1978) was on the ballot. The proposal would tax commercial and industrial properties based on market value, rather than their purchase price plus the lesser of inflation or 2 percent.

After Proposition 10 was defeated in 2018, Californians voted on a modified rent control ballot initiative in 2020.

Here are the results: X = failed, Green = passed.

March 3, 2020:

Type Title Subject Description Result
BI Proposition 13 Bonds Issues $15 billion in bonds for school and college facilities
Defeated

November 3, 2020:

Type Title Subject Description Result
CISS Proposition 14 Bonds Issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research institute
 
CICA Proposition 15 Taxes Requires commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on market value and dedicates revenue
 
LRCA Proposition 16 Affirmative Action Repeals Proposition 209 (1996), which says that the state cannot discriminate or grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, or contracting
Defeated
LRCA Proposition 17 Suffrage Restores the right to vote to people convicted of felonies who are on parole
Approved
LRCA Proposition 18 Suffrage Allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primaries and special elections
Defeated
LRCA Proposition 19 Taxes Changes tax assessment transfers and inheritance rules
 
CISS Proposition 20 Law Enforcement Makes changes to policies related to criminal sentencing charges, prison release, and DNA collection
Defeated
CISS Proposition 21 Housing Expands local governments' power to use rent control
Defeated
CISS Proposition 22 Business Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts several labor policies related to app-based companies
Approved
CISS Proposition 23 Healthcare Requires physician on-site at dialysis clinics and consent from the state for a clinic to close
Defeated
CISS Proposition 24 Business Expands the provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and creates the California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and enforce the CCPA
Approved
VR Proposition 25 Trials Replaces cash bail with risk assessments for suspects awaiting trial
Defeated

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