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PROP. 64 - LIMITS ON PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF UNFAIR BUSINESS COMPETITION LAWS
Some of the propositions take a law degree to figure out. For example, Prop 64 deals with a certain kind of business lawsuit and asks voters to decide who will be allowed to file such lawsuits. Should a person or group have to suffer damage or injury before they can file a suit? David Okarski takes a closer look at Prop 64. |
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PROP. 66 - LIMITATIONS ON "THREE STRIKES" LAW
Three strikes and you're out. It's a catchy sports metaphor that transformed crime and punishment in California. But after ten years, critics say three strikes might be too severe and they propose Proposition 66 as a way to fix it. Stephanie O'Neill Noe looks at how the
Three Strikes Law came about and the pros and cons of reforming it. |
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PROP. 67 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Los Angeles's emergency rooms are in trouble. Seven have closed over the past year along with the hospitals that supported them. But now doctors say they have a way of stabilizing our ERs until policy makers can come up with a long-term cure. It is Proposition 67, but as David Okarski tells us, Proposition 67 also includes a tax on your phone bills. Would a tax on cell phones help keep emergency rooms open? |
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PROP. 68 & 70- NON-TRIBAL COMMERCIAL GAMBLING EXPANSION
One of the most complicated decisions facing voters this November is between two competing propositions, both dealing with Indian gaming. They are Propositions 68 and 70. Both measures would make Indian tribes pay a fair share of casino profits to the state government. Toni Guinyard takes a closer look at Props 68 and 70. Should California share the profits from Indian casinos? And who decides what's fair in a fair share? |
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PROP. 69 - DNA SAMPLES
We've seen it on cop shows a thousand times. A suspect is brought into the station, booked and fingerprinted. But now imagine that if, in addition to fingerprints, suspects must give police a DNA sample. That's what Proposition 69 is calling for. Stephanie O'Neill Noe looks at the pros and cons of DNA sampling. |
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PROP. 71 - STEM CELL RESEARCH
Last year, President Bush announced strict limitations on using federal dollars for stem cell research, embryonic stem cell research in particular. But now Proposition 71 is calling for three billion dollars over ten years to fund just that kind of research in California. Proponents of Proposition 71 say it holds great promise for curing dozens of diseases, but critics say it's experimenting with human life. Kevin Smith looks at whether Proposition 71 is the right medicine for California. |
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PROP. 72 - HEALTH CARE COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS
The growing number of people and families without health insurance is at the heart of a lot of our health system problems. Proposition 72 would require certain companies to provide health insurance for their workers. As Toni Guinyard tells us it’s a much-needed benefit that would come at a cost.
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A CLOSER LOOK: LESS PUBLICIZED PROPOSITIONS
Professor of Politics, Mona Field, an elected Trustee on the L.A. Community College Board and author of a college textbook on California politics. Field discusses the propositions on the long California ballot, from Prop. 59 to 63. |
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