EDUCATION - ACTIVISM - CONSERVATION

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Voter education

There are many state propositions and local measures that effect our three E's of sustainability-ecology,economy, and equity. In the coming weeks we will be sharing with you some of our thoughts for you consider when you vote. We strongly recommend that you do your own research and make your own decisions based on your values. That's what voting is all about.

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yes_on_c.jpgMeasure C -- Town of Fairfax

- Recyclable bag ordinance -- The town of Fairfax is proposing an ordinance mandating the use of recyclable paper or reusable bags by retail establishments. The measure is designed to cut down on the use of plastic bags. The measure must gain a majority vote to pass.


Measure Q -- County of Marin

- Passenger rail tax -- Proposes a 20-year, quarter-cent sales tax to fund a 70-mile passenger railroad and parallel bicycle-pedestrian path along the publicly owned Northwestern Pacific Railroad right of way from Cloverdale, at the north end of Sonoma County, to Larkspur. The tax measure requires two-thirds support to pass.

 

 

Frame9Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air polution, global warning greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Read the Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_3001-3050/ab_3034_bill_20080826_chaptered.html

California High-Speed Rail Authority: http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/

Official Title and Summary: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/vig_06/general_06/pdf/proposition_1a/entire_prop1a.pdf


 

 

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Wikipedia info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition_2


Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?


Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?


Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?


Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?


Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?


Please Read why so many people/environmental groups etc. are against prop. 7

http://www.noprop7.com/whoopposes7.html


Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?


Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?


Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?


Proposition 11 Redistricting

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?


Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?


 

 
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