Peace and Freedom Party Workers Voter Guide

Candidate slogan as printed: “Community over Corporations!”

Candidate slogan as printed: "For working people, not billionaires"

Prop 3 would make permanent the higher income tax rates on the top brackets that fund education. It affects only single filers earning at least $361,000 or joint filers earning at least $721,000, with 89% of revenue allocated to K–12 schools and 11% to community colleges.

Would allow the state and local governments to create programs that provide candidates with public funds under spending limits and eligibility rules. It repeals the ban on public financing of campaigns, enacted in 1988.

Would change the way recalled state officers are replaced. The office would be left vacant until it is filled according to state law, in the same way other vacancies are filled: by succession, by appointment or by a later special election, depending on the office.

Would establish a second mortgage homebuyer program for some homebuyers on newly constructed homes only and issue $25 billion in bonds to fund the program. These bonds would be paid off by the homebuyers, not the taxpayers. We are opposed because new home construction often promotes suburban sprawl, impacting the environment in several ways, including using up open space and necessitating longer commutes. Prop 37 does not limit the cost of the new homes.

Would issue bonds to establish an Immunology and Immunotherapy Research Institute affiliated with the University of California. The bonds would be paid off by taxpayers and the research used by drug companies to develop therapies with high price tags. We need a progressive way to fund the research, public ownership of pharmaceutical production, and universal free health care.

Would require voters to present government-issued identification and require election officials to use government data to confirm voter citizenship and report verification rates. There is little to no evidence that non-citizens vote. The “government data” is full of errors and will be used to keep working class and minority citizens from voting.

Prop 40 would levy a one-time 5% tax on the accumulated wealth of billionaires in California to fund health care programs, such as Medi-Cal, which have faced cuts by the Trump administration.

Placed on the ballot by billionaires, these measures would cancel the billionaires’ tax even if proposition 40 passes.

Placed on the ballot by billionaires, these measures would cancel the billionaires’ tax even if proposition 40 passes.

Would require supermajorities for local initiatives to enact taxes whose proceeds are dedicated to a specified purpose. Supermajority requirements are undemocratic.

Would prohibit federally-qualified healthcare clinics from spending less than 90% of their annual revenue on mission-related purposes. It is sponsored by unions of healthcare workers and opposed by hospital management.

Proposition 45 changes the California Environmental Quality Act, taking a sledgehammer to environmental review of and public comments about most land use and public works projects.