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From Marijuana to the Death Penalty:What Nonprofits & Philanthropy Need to Know About California's Ballot Propositions

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TODAY’S WEBINAR

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

TODAY’S WEBINAR

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JanMasaoka,CEO

CaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits

@CalNonprofits@NorCalGrant

@SDGrantmakers@socalgrantmaker#CalPolicyForum

From Marijuana to the Death Penalty:What Nonprofits & Philanthropy Need to Know About California's Ballot Propositions

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MelissaBreachExecutiveDirectorLeagueofWomenVotersofCalifornia

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NancyBerlinPolicyDirectorCalNonprofits@CalNonprofits

TODAY’S WEBINAR

Agenda• LegislativeUpdate

NancyBerlin,PolicyDirector,CaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits

• TheBallotPropositionPictureJanMasaoka,CEO,CalNonprofits

• Whichpropositionsaremostcriticaltothenonprofitcommunity,andhowcanwebethinkingaboutthem?

• NancyBerlin,PolicyDirector,CaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits• MelissaBreach,ExecutiveDirector,LeagueofWomenVotersinCalifornia• ChrisHoene,ExecutiveDirector,CaliforniaBudgetandPolicyCenter

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

NancyBerlinPolicyDirectorCalNonprofits

TheCaliforniaLaw-MakingTugofWar

GUN CONTROL

MINIMUMWAGE

BALLOT PROPOSITIONS OVERVIEW

17 state propositions

PROPOSITION 55: Tax Extension to Fund Education & Healthcare

Extension of the Proposition 30 income tax increase onhigh income taxpayers

SUPPORTS OPPOSES

CaliforniaDemocraticPartyLeagueofWomenVotersofCaliforniaGovernorJerryBrown

CaliforniaRepublicanPartyCaliforniaChamberofCommerce

$46millionHospitalassnsPublicemployeeunions

$0

PROPOSITION 54: Public Display of Bills Prior to Vote

Proposition 54:Require that every bill is published in print and online at least 72 hours before each house of the legislature can vote on it

SUPPORTS OPPOSES

CaliforniaRepublicanPartyHowardJarvis TaxpayersAssoc.LeagueofWomenVotersofCaliforniaCaliforniaAssociationofNonprofits

CaliforniaDemocraticPartyCaliforniaLaborFederation

$7.9millionCharlesMunger $0

TAKING POSITIONS ON PROPOSITIONS AND VOTER MOBILIZATION

YES,youcanlobbyonBallotMeasures1. Publiclyendorseoropposemeasures2. Organizevolunteerstogathersignatures3. Paystafftogathersignatures4. Contributeorloanmoneytocampaigns5. Hostcampaignevents6. Registervotersandencouragethemtovoteyes

ornoonaspecificmeasure7. Proposeanddraftaballotmeasure

TAKING POSITIONS ON PROPOSITIONS AND VOTER MOBILIZATION

1. Do not support or oppose candidates.2. Measure and report lobbying activities.

• Insubstantial Part Test (measures the percent of activity an organization spends on lobbying) OR

• 501 (h) Expenditure Test (measures how much money an organization spends on lobbying)

3. Visit BolderAdvocacy.org & read Worry-Free Lobbying For Nonprofits.

Compliance

TAKING POSITIONS ON PROPOSITIONS AND VOTER MOBILIZATION

1. Registervoters(staff,clients,members,etc.)2. Provideunbiasededucationonballot

measures1. Votewithyourmission2. Voter’sEdgeCaliforniawidget

www.votersedge.org/ca3. EasyVoterGuideeasyvoterguide.org4. ProsandConspresentationscavotes.org

3. Supportvoterturnout4. Vote

ImpactwithoutLobbying

Taking positions on propositions, and voter mobilization

Can nonprofits & foundations take positions on state and local ballot measures?

http://www.nonprofitvote.org/documents/2010/09/nonprofits-and-ballot-measures-en.pdf

http://www.bolderadvocacy.org/navigate-the-rules/ballot-measures

http://www.bolderadvocacy.org/tools-for-effective-advocacy/toolkits/ballot-measures/foundations-and-ballot-measures

PROPOSITION 64: Legalizing recreational marijuana

Legalizes recreational marijuana and hemp under state law and establishes certain sales and cultivation taxes

SUPPORTS OPPOSES

CaliforniaDemocraticPartyCannabis IndustryAssociationofCalif.CaliforniaMedicalAssociationNationalLatinoOfficersAssociation

CaliforniaRepublicanPartyCalifornia HospitalAssociationCaliforniaAssn.ofHighwayPatrolmenSenatorDianneFeinstein

$4.1millionSean Parkerandaffiliates$2millionFundforPolicyReform

$264,000SmartApproachestoMarijuana$25,000CaliforniaTeamsters

PROPOSITION 62 & 66: Death Penalty

Propositions 62 and 66:If both pass, the one with the most “yes” votes would

supercede the other.

Prop 62:DeathPenaltyRepeal Proposition66:DeathPenaltyCourtProcedures.Speedsupappealsprocess.

For: Calif DemocraticPartyMALDEF,ACLU$1millionReedHastings(Netflix)$1millionNickMcKeown

For: CalifRepublicanPartyCalif DistrictAttorneysAssn$751,000Califpeaceofficersassns

Against: CalifRepublicanPartyCalifDistrictAttorneysAssociation$75,000Peaceofficerassociations

Against: CalifDemocraticPartyCaliforniaLaborFederation$281,000ACLUs

PROPOSITION 59: Advisory to overturn Citizens United Act

Proposition 59:Instructs California elected officials use their authority to overturn the Citizens United decision, potentially through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution

SUPPORTS OPPOSES

CaliforniaDemocraticPartyCalifornia CommonCause

LosAngelesTimesLeague ofWomenVotersofCalifornia

$62,000NextGenCA$61,000TomSteyer

$0

SPEED ROUND!

Prop56 Tobaccotax increaseIncreases thecigarettetaxby$2.00perpack,withequivalentincreasesonothertobaccoproductsandelectroniccigarettes

Prop58 Bi-lingualeducationAllowsnon-Englishlanguagestobeusedinclassrooms(whenteachingEnglishforexample)

SPEED ROUND!

Prop52 HospitalfeerevenuetoMedi-CalWouldrequirevoterapproval (now:legislature)tochangeuseofcertainhospitalfeesfrombeingusedtomatchfederalmoney tofundMedi-Calservices

Prop57 Parolefornon-violentcriminals,andproceduresforassigningcasestojuvenile oradultcourt

SPEED ROUND!

Prop53 Require voterapprovalforrevenuebondsofmorethan$2billion

Prop60 Requirecondomsforactors inpornographicfilms

SPEED ROUND!

Prop61 Drug pricestandards

Prop65&Prop67

Plasticbags

65: moneyfrombagsalestogotowildlifefund

67:ratifybanonplasticbags

SPEED ROUND!

Prop63 GuncontrolBackgroundchecksforammunition purchasesandbanonlarge-capacityammunitionmagazines

Prop51 Schoolfacilitybonds$9millioningeneralobligationbonds

LOOKING FOR RESOURCES?

www.votersedge.org

www.ballotpedia.org

http://www.calnonprofits.org/programs/voteyourmission

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