Voter Guide 2020: California Propositions

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Our goal for this guide is to be bipartisan and educational for anyone - whether you are a political expert or first-time voter. Here is a overview of our guide.

📮 The Voting Tips Page

Gives tips to follow when filling out your ballot to ensure your voice is heard on Election Day 2020.

🗂️ The Propositions Table

Introduces the propositions, compares media outlets and political party endorsements, and links to prop pages.

☑️ The Prop Pages

Lists official arguments and arguments from the media outlets and political parties. Links to Ballotpedia page.

🎙️ The Endorsement Entities Table

Lists the media outlets and political parties along with the official links to their endorsements.

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Voting Tips

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Click the prop number to view each Prop page for more information

🗂️ Propositions

Proposition	Topic	Description	SFC	SDU-T	ACLU	LA Times	Mercury	OC Reg	Desert Sun	CA DEM	GOP	Proposition
🧬 Prop 14	Bonds	$5.5-billion bond for the state’s stem cell research institute.	No	N/A	N/A	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	🧬 Prop 14
🏢 Prop 15	Taxes	Property tax “split roll” for commercial and industrial real estate.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	🏢 Prop 15
🎒 Prop 16	Education	Repeal of ban on affirmative action in state programs.	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	🎒 Prop 16
🗳️ Prop 17	Suffrage	Restoring parolees’ right to vote.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	🗳️ Prop 17
🔞 Prop 18	Suffrage	Right to vote in primaries for some 17-year-old Californians.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	🔞 Prop 18
🏡 Prop 19	Taxes	Transfer of property tax assessments when homes are sold.	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Neutral	🏡 Prop 19
⛓️ Prop 20	Crime	Criminal justice reform rollbacks.	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	⛓️ Prop 20
💵 Prop 21	Housing	Rent control authority for local jurisdictions.	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	💵 Prop 21
🚗 Prop 22	Business	Treating app drivers as independent contractors.	Yes	N/A	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	🚗 Prop 22
🏥 Prop 23	Healthcare	Chronic dialysis clinic requirements.	No	No	N/A	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	🏥 Prop 23
🔐 Prop 24	Business	Expand the state’s consumer data privacy laws.	No	N/A	No	Yes	No	No	No	Neutral	No	🔐 Prop 24
💰 Prop 25	Trials	Replace cash bail with risk assessments.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	No	💰 Prop 25

🎙️ Endorsement Entities

Entity	Listed as	Political Bias	Endorsements Page
San Francisco Chronicle	SFC	Left	https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2020/voter-guide/endorsements/
The San Diego Union-Tribune	SDU-T	Left	https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2020endorsements
American Civil Liberties Union SoCal	ACLU	Lean Left	https://www.aclusocal.org/en/2020ballotguide
Los Angeles Times	LA Times	Lean Left	https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-09/la-times-endorsements-november-2020-election-trump-biden
The Mercury News	Mercury	Lean LeftPro Business	https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/30/our-election-endorsements-for-the-nov-3-races-and-ballot-measures/
Orange County Register	OC Reg	Lean RightLibertarian	https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/07/our-endorsements-for-the-12-state-ballot-measures/
The Desert Sun	Desert Sun	Lean Right	https://www.desertsun.com/opinion/editorials/
California Democratic Party	CA DEM	Political Party	https://cademorg-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/28204844/CDP-PropEnsorsements__Interactive.pdf
Republican Party	GOP	Political Party	https://www.cagop.org/s/endorsements

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