A Progressive Voters Guide to the California Ballot

FEATURING MARCY WINOGRAD – The state of California is the nation’s most populous and yet during Presidential elections is simply left out of the equation, being a solidly blue state. Presidential campaigns simply don’t make it out to the Left Coast once the primary elections are over. But, as a state that has for years legislated through Propositions on the ballot—for good or ill—this year is no different. Voters are being asked to decide on a slate of far-reaching propositions that have the potential to influence national trends and decision making on things like the gig economy, medical technology, education funding, and mass incarceration.

Prop 14: NO (Issues Bonds for Privatized Medical Research)

Prop 15: YES (Closes Corporate Property Tax Loopholes-$$$ for Schools)

Prop 16: YES (Allows for Affirmative Action at Colleges)

Prop 17: YES (Restores Voting Rights to Parolees)

Prop 18: YES (Grants Voting Rights to 17-Year Olds.)

Prop 19: NEUTRAL (Changes tax assessment transfers).

Prop 20: NO (Reverses Criminal Justice Reforms)

Prop 21: YES (Expands Rent Control)

Prop 22: NO (Exempts Uber, Lyft from Employee Benefits)

Prop 23: YES (Requires Doctors or Nurse Practitioners at Dialysis Clinics)

Prop 24: NO (Enacts Pay to Play to Keep Personal Data Private)

Prop 25: NO (Replaces Cash Money Bail with Risk Assessment Tool)

Marcy Winograd, co-founder of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party, a 2020 DNC delegate for Bernie Sanders representing Santa Barbara, California, and is a member of the Steering committee of the Santa Barbara Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).