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summercomfort) wrote2020-10-15 11:53 pm
summercomfort) wrote2020-10-15 11:53 pm
I voted!
Keeping track of how I voted on the various Ballot Measures here
Prop 14: Stem Cell Research - No, because it should be federally funded, not state-funded
Prop 15: Taxes on Commercial Property - This closes the prop 13 loophole, but only for commercial properties. I voted no because I don't want them passing it on to small business renters.
Prop 16: Affirmative Action - Yes. duh. Shouldn't have ended it in the first place.
Prop 17: Voting rights for parolees - Yes.
Prop 18: Allow 17yo to vote in the primary election if they'll be 18 by the general. Yes. duh. Get the kiddos to care about primaries *and* to practice the thing called voting!
Prop 19: Property tax changes: allow 3x transfer of property value for seniors across all counties, end inheritance property of > $1mil unless you live there. I ended up going with a very grudging yes -- the first half of this is designed to incentivize seniors to move out of places like Silicon Valley and into retirement homes in other counties, thereby increasing the housing stock around here. I don't like that they now get to move houses 3x while keeping their tax shelter, and that they can even upgrade. But oh well, if it helps free up housing stock in this area, I guess I'm sort of okay with it.
Prop 20: Changes to Criminal Penalties and Parole: makes more petty thefts count as felonies (lowering bar from $950 to $250), makes it harder to have parole hearings, collects DNA on misdemeanors. No, because the current thing works just fine.
Prop 21: Allow local jurisdictions to pass Rent Control on buildings >15 years old (versus current, which is buildings built before 1995). Yes. This was one of my big problems with Costa-Hawkins
Prop 22: Count Uber and Doordash drivers as contractors, give them 1.25xminimum wage but only when they're driving, some health care offerings for drivers of >15 hrs/wk. This one is interesting because I feel like Uber and the drivers are counting work hours differently -- are you working only when you're driving someone? or when you are waiting around? If it's the latter, how will Uber calculate that? Anyway, I voted no.
Prop 23: Require kidney dialysis clinics to have a doctor always on staff. No -- current clinics have dialysis nurses which work just fine. Passing this will result in closing of some clinics. Yes, the 2 major dialysis clinics are making bank, but if they're not, they're just gonna close clinics.
Prop 24: Consumer Privacy Laws "sidegrade" -- gives individuals more control over data, but only through individual petitions, also raises the ceiling for when companies have to actually comply (changing from devices to households), and establishes some sort of agency to deal with it. Ultimately, a "No" of "let's wait and see how the current law (passed 2 years ago) goes.
Prop 25: End money bail and replace with "unbiased scientific risk assessment instrument". Yeesh. I dithered on this one so much. On the one hand, money bail sucks. On the other hand, the replacement option seems to be completely opaque. Like, it's going to be racist either way. Ultimately I went with a very tentative Yes because at least it'd get rid of the predatory bail lenders, with an expectation that, given how California works, there'll probably be a proposition on the ballot in a few years that will articulate how the "risk assessment instrument" should work. But this is one where every time I think about it, I flip-flop.
Local measures:
- Yes to allowing RVs to park on our streets, even though I feel like it does make turns on narrow streets unsafe
- Yes to keeping the commuter rail funded
- Yes to water district funding
There were 9 people running for 4 slots in the City Council. I voted for the guy who has been very vocal for renters and BLM, the new guy whose website actually has some good position papers, the woman who used to be a state assemblywoman, and the current mayor.
We also had to vote for hospital directors???? For a hospital that's not covered in my plan???? And a judge that's just a name???? anyway yay voting.
Prop 14: Stem Cell Research - No, because it should be federally funded, not state-funded
Prop 15: Taxes on Commercial Property - This closes the prop 13 loophole, but only for commercial properties. I voted no because I don't want them passing it on to small business renters.
Prop 16: Affirmative Action - Yes. duh. Shouldn't have ended it in the first place.
Prop 17: Voting rights for parolees - Yes.
Prop 18: Allow 17yo to vote in the primary election if they'll be 18 by the general. Yes. duh. Get the kiddos to care about primaries *and* to practice the thing called voting!
Prop 19: Property tax changes: allow 3x transfer of property value for seniors across all counties, end inheritance property of > $1mil unless you live there. I ended up going with a very grudging yes -- the first half of this is designed to incentivize seniors to move out of places like Silicon Valley and into retirement homes in other counties, thereby increasing the housing stock around here. I don't like that they now get to move houses 3x while keeping their tax shelter, and that they can even upgrade. But oh well, if it helps free up housing stock in this area, I guess I'm sort of okay with it.
Prop 20: Changes to Criminal Penalties and Parole: makes more petty thefts count as felonies (lowering bar from $950 to $250), makes it harder to have parole hearings, collects DNA on misdemeanors. No, because the current thing works just fine.
Prop 21: Allow local jurisdictions to pass Rent Control on buildings >15 years old (versus current, which is buildings built before 1995). Yes. This was one of my big problems with Costa-Hawkins
Prop 22: Count Uber and Doordash drivers as contractors, give them 1.25xminimum wage but only when they're driving, some health care offerings for drivers of >15 hrs/wk. This one is interesting because I feel like Uber and the drivers are counting work hours differently -- are you working only when you're driving someone? or when you are waiting around? If it's the latter, how will Uber calculate that? Anyway, I voted no.
Prop 23: Require kidney dialysis clinics to have a doctor always on staff. No -- current clinics have dialysis nurses which work just fine. Passing this will result in closing of some clinics. Yes, the 2 major dialysis clinics are making bank, but if they're not, they're just gonna close clinics.
Prop 24: Consumer Privacy Laws "sidegrade" -- gives individuals more control over data, but only through individual petitions, also raises the ceiling for when companies have to actually comply (changing from devices to households), and establishes some sort of agency to deal with it. Ultimately, a "No" of "let's wait and see how the current law (passed 2 years ago) goes.
Prop 25: End money bail and replace with "unbiased scientific risk assessment instrument". Yeesh. I dithered on this one so much. On the one hand, money bail sucks. On the other hand, the replacement option seems to be completely opaque. Like, it's going to be racist either way. Ultimately I went with a very tentative Yes because at least it'd get rid of the predatory bail lenders, with an expectation that, given how California works, there'll probably be a proposition on the ballot in a few years that will articulate how the "risk assessment instrument" should work. But this is one where every time I think about it, I flip-flop.
Local measures:
- Yes to allowing RVs to park on our streets, even though I feel like it does make turns on narrow streets unsafe
- Yes to keeping the commuter rail funded
- Yes to water district funding
There were 9 people running for 4 slots in the City Council. I voted for the guy who has been very vocal for renters and BLM, the new guy whose website actually has some good position papers, the woman who used to be a state assemblywoman, and the current mayor.
We also had to vote for hospital directors???? For a hospital that's not covered in my plan???? And a judge that's just a name???? anyway yay voting.
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Ah, ballot initiatives. We have one about making companies release the information needed to fix cars.