NOV 2024 STATEWIDE BALLOT
California voters will decide TEN propositions on the ballot.
These positions were voted on by the AAPI FORCE Steering Committee, which includes: Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action (APEN Action), Chinese Progressive Association Action Fund (CPA AF), Filipino Advocates for Justice Action Fund (FAJ AF), Hmong Innovating Politics Action Fund (HIP AF), People Power Action Fund (PPAF), Pilipino Action Center (PAC).
In the U.S., Asian immigrants were barred from becoming naturalized citizens until 1952. Because of that, our communities were denied a vote in our democracy. Today, we’re still fighting to make sure every voter, regardless of what language we speak, is able to cast our ballots.
This election, AAPI FORCE-EF has prepared a variety of materials to educate voters about what's on the ballot. In addition to our positions in English, you can find translated versions of our proposition guide.
YES on Prop 2
Public Education Facilities Bond Measure
This $10 billion bond would pay for repairs and upgrades at CA public school buildings, some of which have languished with rot, mold, leaks, and other hazards due to lack of funds. K-12 schools would receive $8.5 billion and $1.5 billion would go to community colleges.
Position Endorsed by: CPA AF, FAJ AF, PAC, PPAF
YES on Prop 4
Parks, Environment, Energy, & Water Bond Measure
This $10 billion bond would pay for water projects (to provide safe drinking water, recycle wastewater, store groundwater, control floods), wildfire protection, protection from sea level rise, create parks, protect wildlife and habitats, and address extreme heat events.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
YES on Prop 6
Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment
This constitutional amendment would end involuntary servitude in state prisons, one of the last remnants of slavery.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
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YES on Prop 32
$18 Minimum Wage Initiative
This would increase the state minimum wage to $18/hr from $16/hr for all employees in California.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
YES on Prop 33
Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative
This would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (1995) which prevents cities and counties from limiting rents in many properties in California.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
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NO on Prop 34
Require Certain Participants in Medi-Cal Rx Program to Spend 98% of Revenues on Patient Care Initiative
This is a California Apartment Association-backed attack on AIDS Healthcare Foundation, meant to prevent the organization from funding rent control measures in the future.
Position Endorsed by: CPA AF, FAJ AF, PPAF, PAC
YES on Prop 35
Creation of New Healthcare Fund Initiative
This initiative is sponsored by California’s health care industry to raise more money for Medi-Cal and block lawmakers from using the cash to avoid cuts to other programs.
Position Endorsed by: CPA AF, PAC, PPAF
YES on Prop 3
Right to Marry and Repeal Proposition 8 Amendment
This constitutional amendment would enshrine the right to same-sex marriage into the California constitution, repealing Proposition 8 — a measure that defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
YES on Prop 5
Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Bond Measures to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment
This would make it easier for local governments to fund affordable housing and infrastructure projects. Most local governments in CA need two-thirds of voter approval to borrow money for projects. This prop would lower the required threshold to 55% for any borrowing to fund affordable housing construction and infrastructure projects.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
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NO on Prop 36
Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes
This initiative would undo Prop 47, which voters decided in 2014 to reclassify nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors and redirect funds toward schools, treatment programs, and victim services. This measure would further criminalize addiction and poverty, increase mass incarceration, and reduce funding for education, mental health, and homelessness prevention.
Position Endorsed by: APEN Action, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC
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Ballot Breakdown: Does Prop 1 help or harm our communities?
We are living in the midst of one of the biggest mental health, housing, and economic crises, and this Primary Election, all of these questions are on the ballot. We know that any cuts to mental health services to our community will leave community members with nowhere to go and without trusted lifelines for help. Our communities deserve more, but will Proposition 1 help or harm us?
Paid for by Force for Change Ballot Measure sponsored by Center for Empowered Politics.