The List of Ballot Measures in California Will Not Stop Growing

California's November ballot will have many issues for voters to approve or reject. The LA Times Opinion page recently noted that the general election will have at least 12 statewide initiatives in addition to local measures.

Hopefully voters will not got confused by a long ballot that will have the presidential race, local congressional races, state legislative and local races in addition to the ballot measures. The initiatives will cover a broad range of subjects that will be on the ballot through out the state. Some deal with social issues, others are requirements for solar usage and others are bond.

Below is a list of the ballot measures that will impact public works in California. This from another LA Times article.

California ballot measures:

Proposition 1: "Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century." Authorizes issuance of $9.95 billion of general obligation bonds to create a high-speed passenger train network beginning with a line between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Proposition 3: "Children's Hospital Bond Act." Authorizes issuance of $980 million in bonds to build, renovate and equip children's hospitals.

Proposition 7: "The Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008." Establishes mandatory renewable energy threshold for the L.A. Department of Water and Power and other government utilities.

Local Measures

There will also be local measures that will be on the November Ballot. We will not know what the final list will look like until Friday, August 08.

LA County: Sales Tax to improve public transportation

San Diego City Schools: $1 Billion+ School Bond

The big question is if the presidential election gets called early, who will vote on these measures? Usually when the winner of the presidential election is called in an eastern and earlier timezone, many voters on the west coast believe that they don't have to vote. Their absence really hurts the chances of other local issues passing.