California Statewide Direct Primary Election Tuesday June 5, 2018 Polls Are Open From 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day! + + + + +OFFICIAL VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE+++++ Certificate of Correctness I, Alex Padilla, Secretary of State of the State of California, do hereby certify that the measures included herein will be submitted to the electors of the State of California at the Primary Election to be held throughout the State on June 5, 2018, and that this guide has been correctly prepared in accordance with the law. Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State in Sacramento, California, this 12th day of March, 2018. Alex Padilla, Secretary of State VOTER BILL OF RIGHTS YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS: The right to vote if you are a registered voter. The right to get help casting your ballot 1 You are eligible to vote if you are: 6 from anyone you choose, except from your • a U.S. citizen living in California employer or union representative. • at least 18 years old • registered where you currently live The right to drop off your completed • not currently in state or federal prison 7 vote-by-mail ballot at any polling place in or on parole for the conviction of a California. felony • not currently found mentally The right to get election materials in a incompetent to vote by a court 8 language other than English if enough people in your voting precinct speak that language. The right to vote if you are a registered voter 2 even if your name is not on the list. You The right to ask questions to elections will vote using a provisional ballot. Your 9 officials about election procedures and vote will be counted if elections officials watch the election process. If the person determine that you are eligible to vote. you ask cannot answer your questions, they must send you to the right person for an The right to vote if you are still in line when answer. If you are disruptive, they can stop 3 the polls close. answering you. The right to cast a secret ballot without The right to report any illegal or fraudulent 4 anyone bothering you or telling you how to 10 election activity to an elections official or vote. the Secretary of State’s office. On the web at www.sos.ca.gov ✆ The right to get a new ballot if you have made By phone at (800) 345-VOTE (8683) 5 a mistake, if you have not already cast your By email at [email protected] ballot. You can: Ask an elections official at a polling place for a new ballot, Exchange your vote-by-mail ballot for a new one at an elections office or at your polling place, or Vote using a provisional ballot. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN DENIED ANY OF THESE RIGHTS, CALL THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S CONFIDENTIAL TOLL-FREE VOTER HOTLINE AT (800) 345-VOTE (8683). 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE QUICK-REFERENCE GUIDE 5 PROPOSITIONS 68 Authorizes Bonds Funding Parks, Natural Resources Protection, Climate Adaptation, Water Quality and Supply, and Flood Protection. 8 69 Requires That Certain New Transportation Revenues Be Used for Transportation Purposes. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. 14 70 Requires Legislative Supermajority Vote Approving Use of Cap-And-Trade Reserve Fund. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. 18 71 Sets Effective Date for Ballot Measures. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. 22 72 Permits Legislature to Exclude Newly Constructed Rain-Capture Systems From Property-Tax Reassessment Requirement. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. 26 OVERVIEW OF STATE BOND DEBT 30 CANDIDATE STATEMENTS 37 POLITICAL PARTY STATEMENTS 86 VOTER INFORMATION Voter Bill of Rights 2 Tips for Military and Overseas Voters 89 Top Contributors to Statewide Serve as a Poll Worker on Election Day 90 Candidates and Ballot Measures 7 Check Your Voter Status Online 91 Find Your Polling Place or a Vote Center 7 Pre-Register at 16. Vote at 18. 91 Elections in California 32 Election Day Information 92 The Voter’s Choice Act 33 Conditional Voter Registration 92 Information About Candidate Statements 34 Voter Registration 93 County Elections Offices 84 Voter Registration Privacy Information 93 Important Notice about the Text of Proposed Laws 85 Provisional Voting 94 Assistance for Voters with Disabilities 88 Dates to Remember 95 Visit the Secretary of State’s Website to: • Research campaign contributions and lobbying activity cal-access.sos.ca.gov OR powersearch.sos.ca.gov/ • View this voter guide in other languages www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov • Check your registration status and registration information voterstatus.sos.ca.gov • Find your polling place or a vote center on Election Day www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place OR voterstatus.sos.ca.gov • Get vote-by-mail ballot information www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail/ • Read helpful information for first-time voters www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-california • Watch live election results after polls close on Election Day vote.sos.ca.gov • Learn about exciting improvements coming to elections in Madera, Napa, Nevada, San Mateo, and Sacramento counties VotersChoice.sos.ca.gov 3 Secretary of State Dear Fellow Californians, There is no greater right than the right to vote. America’s democracy thrives when every eligible voter participates. Through voting, you can select your local, state and national leaders and ensure that your voice is heard. The Statewide Direct Primary is Tuesday, June 5. The election is fast approaching. I encourage you to participate in your most fundamental right as a citizen of the United States of America. All of the information is presented here as a reference for you. This Voter Guide can help you make informed decisions. It includes impartial analysis, arguments in favor and against numerous ballot measures, declarations of the candidates, the Voter Bill of Rights and other important information. This guide is also available online on the California Secretary of State website: www.VoterGuide.sos.ca.gov. You can check your voter registration status anytime by visiting VoterStatus.sos.ca.gov. You can download our VOTE CALIFORNIA app on your smartphone or tablet and access critical election information and look up your nearest polling location. And, you can visit PowerSearch.sos.ca.gov if you would like to learn more about who is financing each of the candidates or propositions on the ballot. If you have any questions about how to vote, or how to register to vote, you can contact the office of the Secretary of State by calling toll free 1-800-345-VOTE (8683). To obtain the contact information of your local county elections officials, visit the Secretary of State website at: www.sos.ca.gov/county-elections-offices. Thank you for your commitment to the future of both our state and nation. The Statewide Direct Primary Election is Tuesday, June 5. Your vote is important. Your vote is your voice. Be heard. VOTE! 4 QUICK-REFERENCE GUIDE PROP AUTHORIZES BONDS FUNDING PARKS, NATURAL RESOURCES PROP REQUIRES THAT CERTAIN NEW TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, WATER QUALITY AND REVENUES BE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. 68 SUPPLY, AND FLOOD PROTECTION. 69 LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. SUMMARY Put on the Ballot by the Legislature SUMMARY Put on the Ballot by the Legislature Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for: parks, Requires that certain revenues generated by a 2017 natural resources protection, climate adaptation, water quality transportation funding law be used only for transportation and supply, and flood protection. Fiscal Impact: Increased state purposes and generally prohibits Legislature from diverting bond repayment costs averaging $200 million annually over funds to other purposes. Fiscal Impact: No direct effect on the 40 years. Local government savings for natural resources- amount of state and local revenues or costs but could affect related projects, likely averaging several tens of millions of how some monies are spent. dollars annually over the next few decades. WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS A YES vote on this A NO vote on this A YES vote on this A NO vote on this YES measure means: The NO measure means: The YES measure means: The NO measure means: The state could sell $4.1 billion in state could not sell $4.1 billion Legislature will be required Legislature in the future could general obligation bonds to in general obligation bonds to under the State Constitution to change current law, allowing it fund various natural resources- fund various natural resources- continue to spend revenues to spend a portion of the related programs such as for related programs. from recently enacted fuel revenues from recently enacted habitat conservation, parks, taxes and vehicle fees on fuel taxes and vehicle fees on and water-related projects. transportation purposes (such purposes other than as repairing roads and transportation. improving transit). ARGUMENTS ARGUMENTS California faces I’m not here to tell Prop. 69 guarantees Sacramento’s broken PRO droughts, wildfires, CON you that addressing PRO existing CON promises have led to floods, and other challenges to drought, water, parks, climate, transportation taxes can ONLY a rundown, outdated, and our water and natural coastal protection, and outdoor be used for transportation congested transportation resources. YES ON 68: Invests access is wrong. Borrowing for improvement projects. It system throughout California. in natural resources and them is wrong. California has prevents the legislature from Proposition 69 protects disaster prevention, cleans up enough debt. It has the worst redirecting these funds for transportation money that will contaminated drinking water, balance sheet of all 50 states. non-transportation purposes. not fix or build any new roads. increases local water supplies, The last thing the State of Prop. 69 protects taxpayers.