“Yes” on Proposition 36, the “Three Strikes Reform Act”

By Steve Cooley, George Gascon and David Mills 

The Three Strikes Reform Act, Proposition 36, is supported by a broad bipartisan coalition of law enforcement leaders, civil rights organizations and taxpayer advocates because it will:

1) Make the punishment fit the crime

Precious financial and law enforcement resources should not be improperly diverted to impose life sentences for some non-violent offenses.    Read more »

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Yes on Proposition 34 — End the Death Penalty in California

By Gil Garcetti, Jeanne Woodford and Jennifer Waggoner 

Evidence shows more than 100 innocent people have been sentenced to death in the U.S., and some have been executed!

(Proposition) 34 means we’ll never execute an innocent person in California.

Franky Carrillo was 16 when he was arrested and wrongly convicted of murder in Los Angeles.    Read more »

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Proposition 37: Beware of Trial Lawyers Lurking in Your Food

By Tom Scott 

Readers of this page know to look at the fine print of ballot initiatives for tricks and hidden agendas by California’s most entrenched special interests.

When it comes to Proposition 37, you may want to look at not only the fine print but look in your refrigerator and kitchen pantry as well.    Read more »

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Vote “Yes” on Proposition 37

By Dr. Michelle Perro, Rebecca Spector and Grant Lundberg 

Voting yes on Proposition 37 means three things:

You will have the right to know what’s in your food and whether your food is produced using genetic engineering.

Food will be labeled accurately. Food labels will have to disclose if the product was produced through genetic engineering.    Read more »

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A Smart Private Sector Solution: Wellness Programs Create a Healthy Workforce and Save Money

By Elizabeth Parker

As small business owners continue to deal with the economic downturn and soaring health care costs, there’s growing interest in workplace prevention and wellness programs to improve the health of employees, which lower costs and ensure a productive workforce.

Strategic investments in proven prevention programs — rather than treating people after they’re sick — can have a visible impact in dollars, workforce productivity and quality of life.    Read more »

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Vote “No” on Proposition 35

By Maxine Doogan and Manual Jimenez 

Proposition 35 falls short of its promise and voters ought to send it back to the drawing board.

Criminalization does not bring protection.

If passed, California will be writing another blank check to the proponents of Proposition 35.

This shortsighted ballot measure relies on a broad definition of pimping.    Read more »

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‘Yes’ on Proposition 35*

In California, vulnerable women and children are held against their will and forced into prostitution for the financial gain of human traffickers. Many victims are girls as young as 12.

Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises in the world and it’s happening right here on California’s streets and online where young girls are bought and sold.    Read more »

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State-Imposed Fire Fees – A Bad Approach For All Californians

By Diane Dillon 

California’s rural county residents will soon be receiving bills from the State of California for fire services under a 2011 legislative scheme known as State Responsibility Area Fees. These new fees are unfair, costly and do not reflect that rural residents — much like urban dwellers — are already paying for local fire services.      Read more »

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Vanity Thy Name is Governor

By Katy Grimes

First there was the bullet train to nowhere.

Now there are the tunnels to nowhere.

Gov. Jerry Brown seems hell-bent on creating a legacy. Unfortunately, it also appears that most of California’s legislators make decisions based on legacy as well.

Lawmaking by legacy rarely bodes well.

Brown announced Wednesday that the state intends to build two large tunnels to move water from Northern California to Southern California under the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.    Read more »

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Why Vote against Proposition 30? Let’s Count a Few of the Reasons

By Aaron McLear 

Proponents of Proposition 30 have been giving voters a lot of reasons to reject their $50 billion tax hike lately.

In the past couple of weeks, they’ve rejected something voters want — pension reform — and enacted something they don’t — the $200 billion bullet train. They’ve awarded pay raises to legislative staff and have been caught hiding tens of millions of dollars for parks.    Read more »

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