2012 California Proposition 31

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Proposition 31
November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)

Two-Year State Budget Cycle Initiative
Results
Choice
Votes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes4,642,08839.48%
Light brown x.svg No7,115,16660.52%
Valid votes11,757,254100.00%
Invalid or blank votes00.00%
Total votes11,757,254100.00%

California Prop 31 2012 Percent No.png
Results by county
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The 2012 California Proposition 31 was officially titled "State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." and was a California ballot measure that appeared on the ballot in the November 2012 California elections. The initiative would have established a two-year state budget, allowed the Governor to make budget cuts in fiscal emergencies, would have prevented the state Legislature from spending more than $25 million without creating spending cuts or other budget offsets, and would have allowed local governments the ability to transfer certain amounts of property taxes among themselves instead of the state. [2] [3] Although the law was supported by the California Republican Party multiple conservative groups came out against proposition 31 including members of the tea party movement who viewed the law as a way to undermine property rights. [4] [5] [6]

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Analysis

If Proposition 31 had passed it was estimated that the state government would have suffered a loss of $200 million as these funds would have been transferred to local governments. [7]

Editorial endorsements

NewspaperPosition
Bay Area Reporter Oppose
Fresno Bee Support
Los Angeles Daily News Support
Los Angeles Times Oppose
Modesto Bee Support
Orange County Register Oppose
Sacramento Bee Oppose
San Diego Union-Tribune Support
San Francisco Bay Guardian Oppose
San Francisco Chronicle Support
San Jose Mercury News Support
Ventura County Star Oppose

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References

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  2. "TEXT OF PROPOSED LAWS: Proposition 31" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
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