Bonds for Public School and College Facilities

Constitutional Right to Marriage

Bonds for Water, Wildfire, and Climate Risks

Bonds for Affordable Housing and Infrastructure

Eliminates Forcing Inmates to Work

Raises Minimum Wage

Local Government Residential Rent Control

Restricts Spending of Prescription Revenues

Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal

Increased Sentencing for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes

To repair and upgrade local elementary /middle schools; improve school safety/ security, repair electrical systems; replace outdated plumbing to provide safe, clean drinking water; construct a new school to relieve overcrowding; upgrade classrooms to meet modern technology standards; shall Weaver Union School District’s measure to issue $20,000,000 in bonds at legal rates be adopted, raising approximately $1,500,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, at rates averaging $28 per $100,000 assessed value, with oversight, annual audits, all funds used locally?

To modernize/construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; repair or replace leaky roofs/HVAC systems; make health and safety improvements; and improve physical education facilities and fields, shall the Hilmar Unified School District measure authorizing $43,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, raising on average $2,400,000 annually as long as bonds are outstanding at approximately $56 per $100,000 of assessed value, be adopted, with annual audits, independent citizens’ oversight, no money for administrator salaries and all money spent locally?

To repair/upgrade neighborhood schools, leaky roofs, outdated electrical systems, plumbing; remove asbestos, lead paint, mold; provide safe drinking water; reduce overcrowding by building school facilities; make security/fire/safety improvements; shall Merced City School District’s measure authorizing $80,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, be adopted, levying approximately $30 per $100,000 of assessed valuation (raising $5,500,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, requiring audits, oversight, public spending disclosure, all funds for local schools?

To enhance funding for public safety services in Merced County, including the Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney’s Office, and Fire Department; and to provide direct allocations to city public safety departments in the County, shall Merced County enact a 0.5% retail transactions (sales) and use tax raising an estimated twenty-five million dollars annually for 30 years, with citizen oversight, annual audits, and funds that cannot be taken by the State?