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Proposition 8: California Marriage Protection Act
Outlaws same-sex marriage by adding the following words to the state Constitution: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
Proposition 9: ‘Marsy’s Law’: the Victims’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008
Broadens role of victims and victims’ families in parole hearings and restricts frequency of hearing.
Proposition 10: The California Renewable Energy and Clean Alternative Fuel Act
Authorizes $5 billion in bonds ($9.8 billion with interest), much of which would provide rebates to buyers of hybrids and other alternative-fuel cars and fund research.
Proposition 11: Voters FIRST Act
Redistricting Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Would transfer the power to re-draw Assembly, state Senate, and Board of Equalization district lines, once every 10 years after census data come in, from the political parties and elected officials to a 14-member citizens’ commission.
Proposition 12: California Veterans Bond
Would extend the current Cal-Vet program which helps veterans buy homes and farms with lower interest rates. Veterans’ payments historically have covered the cost of servicing the state bonds, but if they don’t, lenders are repaid from the state’s general fund. The Cal-Vet program began in 1921 and currently is available only to veterans who served before 1977. The measure would allow those who have served since them to take advantage of the program. (www.asianjournal.com)
(Published October 29, 2008 p.mgzn3 LAMDWK)
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