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A PROJECT OF CAPITOL RESOURCE INSTITUTE WWW.CAPITOLRESOURCE.ORG Dear Friends,

In this unprecedented time, Californians have gone into hiding due to the novel coronavirus. California’s politicians are no different. Despite contacting every candidate multiple times, many have ignored or refused to answer our questions for the Faith, Family, and Freedom Voter Guide. In the future, we hope that many more candidates will be eager to share their stances with voters.

At Capitol Resource Institute, we have made it our goal to advocate and defend a culture of family values in California. For years we have researched legislation and spoken to legislators on behalf of all of our supporters regarding issues that matter to them. We hope to accomplish the same goal through the Faith, Family, and Freedom Voter Guide.

There are many who are calling the 2020 election the most important election to date, but we at Capitol Resource Institute understand that every election holds equal importance. The right to vote is an important cornerstone to our republic. Active participation is required to maintain and keep a healthy republic.

Our hope for the Faith, Family, and Freedom Voter Guide was to create a nonpartisan document that educated the voter on where candidates stand on issues that matter to YOU. We surveyed every candidate for the , Assembly, and U.S. House of Representatives to bring you the most accurate portrayal of where they stand. We have also provided additional information regarding the propositions you will see on your ballot.

Elections hold an important place in our republic because it is an opportunity for the citizens to determine the path they want their state or nation to embark upon. You have the opportunity to be an agent of change in your communities.

Thank you for your support throughout the years. At Capitol Resource Institute, we hope Californians concerned for family values, religious liberty, and freedom will continue to make their voice heard for years to come. Whether you are submitting an absentee ballot or are heading to the polls on November 3rd, make sure your voice is heard.

Sincerely,

Karen England Executive Director Capitol Resource Institute 2020 Proposition Guide 02

Californians voting their values is more critical now than ever before. Casting your vote for President, Congress, and your state and local representatives is the best way to make your voice heard. This year, your vote on the ballot initiatives is also critical. There are 12 total propositions on the ballot carefully and completely explained for you here.

Proposition 14 – Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research above mentioned. It would open the door for politicians and Decision: OPPOSE those in positions of power to play favorites, rather than make decisions by merit and experience. Authorizes $5.5 billion state bonds for: stem cell and other medical research, including training; research facility Proposition 17 – Restores Right to Vote After Completion construction; administrative costs. Dedicates $1.5 billion of Prison Term to brain-related diseases. Prop 14 would allocate a total Decision: OPPOSE $7.8 billion that the state cannot afford due to the current economic environment. This proposition also would be Restores voting rights upon completion of prison term to funding a state agency that already received $3 billion back persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving in 2004 for stem cell research, and there has been little to no a prison term. Prop 17 amends California’s Constitution to actual results from the agency. Moreover, stem cell research is grant violent criminals the right to vote before completing their now being fully funded by the federal government and private sentence including parole. It would allow criminals convicted of enterprises. heinous crimes like murder, rape and child molestation to vote before paying their debt to society and denies justice to the Proposition 15 – Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial victims of their crimes. and Industrial Property Decision: OPPOSE Proposition 18 - Permit 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primary and Special Elections Taxes such properties based on current market value, instead Decision: OPPOSE of purchase price, and increases property taxes on commercial Amends California Constitution to permit 17-Year-Olds to properties worth more than $3 million providing $6.5 billion vote in Primary and Special Elections if they will turn 18 by the to $11.5 billion in new funding to local governments and next General Election and be otherwise eligible to vote. Prop schools. Prop 15 is a ‘split roll’ initiative aimed at dismantling 18 would allow high school students to vote on measures like the protections offered to homeowners and business owners tax increases, without knowing the full impact of their vote in in Prop 13. It is a $12.5 billion property tax increase that raises the long run. This is unwise. The Law prohibits younger teens our cost of living and makes everything we buy – food, gas, from smoking, drinking and even tanning because research utilities, day care and health care – more expensive. shows the logic and reasoning area of their brains is not fully developed. Those abilities are vital to responsible voting. Proposition 16 – Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions Proposition 19 – Changes Certain Property Tax Rules Decision: OPPOSE Decision: OPPOSE Allows homeowners who are over 55, disabled, or wildfire/ Permits government decision-making policies to consider disaster victims to transfer primary residence’s tax base to race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in order to address replacement residence, changes taxation of family-property diversity by repealing constitutional provision prohibiting transfers, and establishes a fire protection services fund. such policies. Prop 16 would repeal the Affirmative Action Prop 19 makes property tax protections more portable Amendment (Prop 209), which outlawed discrimination on the but less heritable: will lower your taxes if you move, but 2020 Proposition Guide 03

potentially raise them for your kids when they inherit your Proposition 23 – On-Site Medical Professional Required by home, effectively eliminating Proposition 58. Prop 19 also State for Kidney Dialysis Clinics eliminates a similar measure, Proposition 193, which gives Decision: OPPOSE the same protection to transfers between grandparents and Requires physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant grandchildren if the children’s parents are deceased. on site during dialysis treatment. Prohibits clinics from reducing services without state approval and from refusing to Proposition 20 – Restricts Parole for Certain Offenses treat patients based on payment source. As it already stands, Currently Considered to be Non-Violent approximately 80,000 Californians with kidney failure rely on Decision: SUPPORT dialysis to stay alive. Prop 23 would put dialysis patients’ lives Limits access to parole program established for non-violent at risk and hurt all Californians by making us wait longer to see offenders who have completed the full term of their primary our doctors and increasing health care costs by hundreds of offense by eliminating eligibility for certain offenses. Prop 20 millions annually, as well as force many community clinics to puts restrictions on the ability to apply for parole for specific shut down due to high costs. non-violent crimes. It partially reverses Proposition 47, which empowered calculator-wielding thieves to repeatedly steal Proposition 24 – Amends Consumer Privacy Laws up to $950 of merchandise. Prop 20 would also reverse part Decision: OPPOSE of Proposition 57, which prematurely released ‘non-violent’ Permits consumers to prevent businesses from sharing criminals, including but not limited to domestic abusers, sex personal information, correct inaccurate personal information, traffickers, and arsonists. and limit businesses’ use of “sensitive personal information,” including precise geolocation, race, ethnicity, and health Proposition 21 – Expands Local Governments’ Authority to information. Prop 24 reduces your privacy rights in California, Enact Rent Control on Residential Property as it allows “pay for privacy” schemes, makes workers wait Decision: OPPOSE years to learn what confidential information employers collect Allows local governments to establish rent control on on them, and makes it harder to stop tech giants from selling residential properties over 15 years old. Local limits on your information similar to the privacy law passed in the rate increases may differ from statewide limit. Prop 21 will European Union in May of 2018. make California’s housing crisis worse, as it undermines the strongest statewide rent control law in the nation, costs jobs, Proposition 25 –Money Bail Replacement with Public reduces home values, stops new housing from being built, Safety and Flight Risk System Referendum and eliminates homeowner protections while providing no Decision: OPPOSE protections for renters, seniors, veterans or the disabled. Voting referendum on a law replacing money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk. Prop 25 replaces cash Proposition 22 – Self-Employment for Ride-Hail and Other bail with a ‘risk assessment’ algorithm for pre-trial release. App-Drivers In the best hands, this is not ready for prime time; in the Decision: SUPPORT technologically challenged hands of California government, it Classifies app-based drivers as “independent contractors,” is a disaster in the making. Prop 25 was written by Sacramento instead of “employees,” and provides independent-contractor politicians to take away every Californian’s option to post bail drivers other compensation, unless certain criteria are met. and replaces this right with a new DISCRIMINATORY system of Prop 22 would create an exemption from AB 5 for drivers computer-generated PROFILING administered by government from Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash, while providing them with bureaucrats—costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars basic benefits and protections. Without this exemption, a year. the companies would likely stop offering their services in California, depriving state residents of convenient and affordable transportation and delivery services. U.S. House of Representatives Survey - Congressional 04

1 Do you support/oppose allowing par- government issued photo identification 7 Do you support/oppose the taxpayer ents to use tax credit, vouchers, or in order to vote? funding of the World Health Organization? education savings accounts to enable 4 Do you support/oppose restoring vot- 8 Do you support/oppose policies permit- their children to attend a public, pri- ing rights to felons? ting people to access public restrooms, vate or charter school of their choice? locker rooms, dressing rooms, and 5 Do you support/oppose universal back- 2 Do you support/oppose the full imple- showers, based on their gender identi- ground checks for gun sales? mentation of the Affordable Care Act? ty/expression? 6 Do you support/oppose the govern- 3 Do you support/oppose voter identifica- 9 Do you support/oppose allowing ment raising the minimum wage? tion laws requiring individuals to show a transgender women to play on female sports’ teams?

Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Chris Bubser (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 08 (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Mike Garcia (i) (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 25 Christy Smith (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Julia Brownley (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 26 Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Judy Chu (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 27 Johnny Nalbandian (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Adam Schiff (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 28 Eric Early (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Tony Cárdenas (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 29 Angélica Dueñas (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Brad Sherman (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 30 Mark Reed (R) S O S O S O O O O Pete Aguilar (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 31 Agnes Gibboney (R) S O S O O O O O O Grace Napolitano (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 32 Joshua Scott (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ted Lieu (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Candidates District 33 James P. Bradley (R) S O S O S O O O O Jimmy Gomez (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 34 David Kim (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Norma Torres (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 35 Mike Cargile (R) S O S S O O O O O Raul Ruiz (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 36 Erin Cruz (R)* S O S O O O O O O Karen Bass (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 37 Errol Webber (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Linda Sánchez (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 38 Michael Tolar (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Gil Cisneros (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 39 (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Lucille Roybal-Allard (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 40 C. Antonio Delgado (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Mark Takano (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 41 Aja Smith (R) S O S O O O O O O

KEY: (i) Incumbent NR No Response DNA Did Not Answer S Support O Oppose (D) Democrat (R) Republican * See question # 5 on FAQ U.S. House of Representatives Survey - Congressional Cont. 05

Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ken Calvert (i) (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 42 William O’Mara (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Maxine Waters (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 43 Joe Collins (R) S O S S S S O O O Nanette Barragán (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 44 Analilia Joya (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Katie Porter (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 45 Greg Raths (R) S O S O S O O O O

Candidates Lou Correa (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 46 James Waters (R) S O S O S S O O O Alan Lowenthal (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 47 John Briscoe (R) S O S O O O O O O Harley Rouda (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 48 Michelle Steel (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

KEY: (i) Incumbent NR No Response DNA Did Not Answer S Support O Oppose (D) Democrat (R) Republican * See question # 5 on FAQ State Assembly Survey 06

1 Do you support/oppose expanding the 4 Do you support/oppose defining mar- 8 Do you support/oppose the legaliza- number of charter schools? riage as being only between one man tion of assisted suicide? and one woman? 2 Do you support/oppose allowing par- 9 Do you support/oppose policies per- ents to use tax credit, vouchers, or 5 Do you support/oppose requiring pa- mitting people to access public re- education savings accounts to enable rental consent prior to a minor under strooms, locker rooms, dressing their children to attend a public, pri- 18 obtaining access to an abortion? rooms, and showers, based on their vate or charter school of their choice? gender identity/expression? 6 Do you support/oppose restoring vot- 3 Do you support/oppose voter identi- ing rights to felons? 10 Do you support/oppose allowing trans- fication laws requiring individuals to gender women to play on female sports 7 Do you support/oppose compre- show a government issued photo iden- teams? hensive sexual education, including tification in order to vote? LGBTQ specific health information in public schools, K-12?

Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Rick Herrick (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 33 (R) DNA S S DNA DNA O DNA DNA O O Steve Bennett (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 37 Charles Cole (R) S S S S S O O O O O Lucie Lapointe Volotzky (R) S S S S S O O O O DNA District 38 Suzette Martinez Valladares (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Luz Maria Rivas (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 39 Ricardo Benitez (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 40 Jennifer Tullius (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 41 Robin Hvidston (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (Independent)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 42 Andrew Kotyuk (R) S S S S S O O O O O (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 43 Mike Graves (R) S S S DNA S S O O O O (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 44 Denise Pedrow (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Candidates District 45 Jeffi Girgenti (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Lanira Murphy (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 46 (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Eloise Gomez Reyes (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 47 Matthew Gordon (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 48 (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Edwin Chau (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 49 Burton Brink (R) S S S S S O O S O O (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 50 Will Hess (D)* S S S S S O O S O O District 51 (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 52 Toni Holle (R) S S S S S O O O O O (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 53 Godfrey Santos Plata (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

KEY: (i) Incumbent NR No Response DNA Did Not Answer S Support O Oppose (D) Democrat (R) Republican * See question # 5 on FAQ State Assembly Survey Continued 07

Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Sydney Kalager (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 54 Tracy Bernard Jones (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 55 Andrew Rodriguez (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Eduardo Garcia (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 56 America Figueroa (R) S S S S S O O O O O (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 57 Jessica Martinez (R) S S S S S O O O O O Cristina Garcia (i) (D) * NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 58 Margaret Villa (Green Party)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Reggie Jones-Sawyer (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 59 Efren Martinez (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 60 Chris Raahauge (R) S S S S S O O O O O (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 61 Ali Mazarei (R) S S S S S O O S O O (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 62 Robert Steele (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Candidates Anthony Rendon (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 63 Maria Estrada (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Mike Anthony Gipson (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 64 Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Sharon Quirk-Silva (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 65 Cynthia Thacker (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 66 Arthur Schaper (R) S S S S S O O O O O Jerry Carlos (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 67 (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Melissa Fox (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 68 Steven “Steve” Choi (i) (R) S S S S S S O O O O Tom Daly (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 69 Jon Paul White (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Patrick O’Donnell (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 70 David W. Thomas (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

KEY: (i) Incumbent NR No Response DNA Did Not Answer S Support O Oppose (D) Democrat (R) Republican * See question # 5 on FAQ State Senate Survey 08

1 Do you support/oppose expanding the 4 Do you support/oppose defining mar- 8 Do you support/oppose the legaliza- number of charter schools? riage as being only between one man tion of assisted suicide? and one woman? 2 Do you support/oppose allowing par- 9 Do you support/oppose policies per- ents to use tax credit, vouchers, or 5 Do you support/oppose requiring pa- mitting people to access public re- education savings accounts to enable rental consent prior to a minor under strooms, locker rooms, dressing their children to attend a public, pri- 18 obtaining access to an abortion? rooms, and showers, based on their vate or charter school of their choice? gender identity/expression? 6 Do you support/oppose restoring vot- 3 Do you support/oppose voter identi- ing rights to felons? 10 Do you support/oppose allowing fication laws requiring individuals to transgender women to play on female 7 Do you support/oppose comprehen- show a government issued photo iden- sports teams? sive sexual education, including LGBTQ tification in order to vote? specific health information in public schools, K-12?

Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. S. Monique Limon (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 19 Gary Michaels (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Scott Wilk (i) (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 21 Kipp Mueller (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Abigail Medina (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 23 Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Anthony Portatino, Jr. (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 25 Kathleen Hazelton (R) S S S S S O O O O O Houan Salem (R) S S S S S O O O O O District 27 Henry Stern (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ling Ling Chang (i) (R)* S S S DNA O O O O O O District 29 Josh Newman (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Richard Roth (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Candidates District 31 Rod Taylor (R) S S S S S O O O O O Lena Gonzalez (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 33 Elizabeth Castillo (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Steven Bradford (i) (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 35 Anthony Perry (American Independent Party) O S S O O S S O S O John M.W. Moorlach (i) (R)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR District 37 Dave Min (D)* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

KEY: (i) Incumbent NR No Response DNA Did Not Answer S Support O Oppose (D) Democrat (R) Republican * See question # 5 on FAQ Voter Guide FAQ 09

1 Q: What is this voter guide? A: This is a non-partisan voter guide designed to inform California voters where California state Assembly, Senate, and U.S. Congressional candidates stand on issues concerning religious freedom, parental authority, traditional family values, and other cultural issues. Our goal is to give voters a general understanding of where candidates stand on issues that matter to them.

2 Q: Who is Capitol Resource Institute (CRI)? A: Capitol Resource Institute (CRI) is a premiere organization working throughout California to preserve and ad- vance a culture of family values in California. For years CRI has devoted our resources and time to researching and analyzing legislation in California related to family, parental rights, and religious freedom. Part of our advocacy is not only informing legislators on bills affecting California families, but also encouraging citizens to engage in the process by providing talking points and helpful tools to engage their representatives on issues that matter to them.

3 Q: When is the general election? A: The General Election is Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

4 Q: What races are included in this voter guide? A: The races included in this voter guide are for California State Senate, California State Assembly, and U.S. House of Representatives elections.

5 Q: Why didn’t the candidates from my district answer the questionnaire? A: We do not know why some candidates chose not to answer. We are disappointed and hope for their partici- pation in the future.

6 Q: What was the process of obtaining the candidates’ answers to the questions? A: At the beginning of August we mailed a copy of the questionnaire to all candidates and requested that they return a completed copy by the end of August. After the deadline, if the candidate had not mailed a completed questionnaire back, we followed up with all campaigns asking for the candidate to fill out the questionnaire. We contacted every campaign at least twice after the deadline to give all candidates the opportunity to participate.

7 Q: Can my church distribute this voter guide? A: Yes. This voter guide is approved to be distributed by any 501(c)(3) tax status church.

8 Q: How did you choose which questions to ask the candidates? A: The questions were carefully crafted by compiling a list of issues that our followers care about. Issues such as school choice and parental authority are reoccurring in our research and we crafted questions that address these issues.

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