Secretary Of State Bruce McPherson released the official number designations for the November ballot propositions this afternoon.
The Save Our Homes Initiative will be known as Proposition 90, which will reform and curtail the abuse of eminent domain for private property takings in California. I talked to Assemblywoman Mimi Walters, the lead champion of the initiative, today and she reported that all is going well with gaining the support and resources to carry this battle to the win this fall. It’ll be interesting to see the disinformation from the anti-90 crowd on the ‘costs to the taxpayer’ to condemn private property for public use. Well excuse me, but the landowner should be compensated for the highest and best use value of his or her land, not use the police power of EmDo to get it cheap for the government and certainly not to bully a cheap deal for a transfer to another private party for a strip mall, etc.
Other highlights from Secretary McPherson include:
-Prop 83, Jessica’s Law by Sen. George Runner and Assemblywoman Sharon Runner and Richard Gann.
-Prop 85, the followup to Prop 73, a parents right to notification before their minor child is whisked off to an abortion center. [It blows my mind that we even have to argue over this right] Prop 73 was the leading vote-getter of all propositions in last falls special election.
Plus: The Bonds. Also, Prop 1A, a semi-fix to "really, we mean it this time" have your Prop 42 gas tax dollars go into the Highway fund, and a bunch of dumb tax increases on gas, property, and tobacco.
I won’t list em all here, see todays updated Sec of State website to check em all out under Elections: Initiatives at www.ss.ca.gov