CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES There Are Twelve State Propositions on the Ballot This Year
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1 WHAT IS STUDENT MEDIA? Student Media is home to multiple print and TABLE OF CONTENTS broadcast organizations at UCSC. These student- led orgs produce media in a variety of genres for General Resources for Santa Cruz County and the greater student body. State of California 4 Student Media provides an opportunity for students to think critically about the world they Presidential Candidates 6 live in, and to create thoughtful, intentional media. Students work with each other and advisors to U.S. Congress 9 craft content that will last long beyond their time at UCSC. California State Ballot Measures 12 Student Media is a part of SOMeCA, which also includes SOAR and Cultural Arts & Diversity. California State Senate 16 ABOUT THIS GUIDE California State Assembly 16 In preparation for the upcoming election and to ensure Student Media is creating timely content, Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge 18 several students established the Student Media Elections Committee. Santa Cruz County Supervisor, First District 19 The Elections Committee works on producing media with the goal of informing, educating, and Santa Cruz County Ballot Measures 20 empowering student voters. Santa Cruz City Council 21 This guide provides information on statewide races and ballot initiatives, but much of the second half is intended for those voting in Santa Santa Cruz County Board of Education 25 Cruz County. That said, we believe that voters throughout California will still be able to find the School Districts 27 guide valuable. Thank you for reading and sharing. While this guide is based on extensive research, Santa Cruz County Special Districts 32 we know that it does not contain everything there is to know about this election. We hope readers use this as a jumping off point to conduct their own research in preparation for the elections. 2 3 GENERAL VOTING RESOURCES For voters in California Check your registration status: voterstatus.sos.ca.gov Register to vote: registertovote.ca.gov Track your ballot: wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov Continuing students who have previously lived in Santa Cruz can register in Santa Cruz County or whichever county they moved back to. If a continuing student wants to register in Santa Cruz County, but receive their mail-in ballot at a different address, they will need to update their MAILING ADDRESS through the registration portal in order to receive it. Other resources: Voter Registration and Outreach Guide from the Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Office WHAT YOU’RE VOTING ON Report of Registration for California, showing You’ll decide whether the current President of the president, Donald Trump, should breakdowns of voter registration by different serve a second term as president, or demographics United States be replaced by another presidential candidate. Ballot Box/Polling Place Locator for California; The information on this page will be updated closer You’ll decide who should represent California’s 18th and 20th to the election. We also encourage you to check your U.S. Congress congressional districts, depending on county’s elections site for more detailed information. where you live in Santa Cruz county. 4 5 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES JOE BIDEN DONALD TRUMP KAM Current Position: Current Position: E A 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee ENC LA H 45th President of the United States E P A Experience: IK Current position: RR Experience: M Current position: United States Senator I 47th Vice President of the United States (2009-2017) President of the Trump Organization (1971-2017) 48th Vice President of from California S the United States Delaware Senator (1973-2009) Experience: California Senator Owner of Miss Universe brand (1996-2015) Experience: Governor of (2017-present), Attorney General founder/president of the Biden Foundation Producer and host of the reality-television Indiana (2013-2017), U.S. House of California (2011-2017), District as vice president, Biden worked on the program The Apprentice (2003-2015) of Representatives for Indiana’s 2nd Attorney of San Francisco (2004-2011) following: as president, Trump has: congressional district (2001-2013). As Supports: Affirmative action; access to Vice President, Pence has served as the head abortion; increasing gun control; partial the Middle Class Task Force withdrawn from various international of the White House Coronavirus Task Force decriminalization of sex work; No War the implementation of the Recovery partnerships and agreements and head of the Advisory Commission Against Iran Act; rejoining the Act been impeached by the House of on Election Integrity. Paris Agreement and ending U.S. payroll tax cuts during economic Representatives for soliciting Supports: Stricter border security support for international oil and laws against hiring of non- recovery Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, extraction projects. citizens; overturning of Roe V. the White House Task Force to but was later acquitted by the Opposes: Capital Senate Wade Supreme Court ruling punishment; Nicolás Protect Students From Sexual Opposes: Abortion and the Maduro’s actions in Assault overseen construction of 15 federal funding of abortion; Venezuela; Boycott, Divest, the Cancer Moonshot miles of new border wall along same-sex marriage and same- and Sanctions movement Taskforce the U.S.-Mexico border sex civil unions; scientific targeting Israel. Learn more at Learn more at evidence of climate change 6 joebiden.com donaldjtrump.com 7 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES U.S. CONGRESS BIDEN ON THE ISSUES TRUMP U.S. House of Representatives District 18 Biden’s plan for a “Clean Energy CLIMATE CHANGE Trump, who withdrew from the Revolution” involves achieving a Paris Climate Accords shortly 100% clean energy economy and reaching after becoming president, has recently Anna G. Eshoo (D) net-zero emissions no later than 2050 by questioned scientific evidence of climate demanding Congress enact legislation that change. During his presidency, Trump incentivize the deployment of clean energy has worked to dismantle most of the Current position: Incumbent candidate innovations and establishes an enforcement major climate and environmental policies Experience: Chaired one of the first mechanism to keep the country on track. enacted under Obama’s presidency. As of Biden also plans to sign several executive July, 2020, 68 of 100 policies have been Congressional hearings on COVID-19 to orders on Day One to “make progress and eliminated. Trump has not offered a plan to prompt action from Trump administration; significantly reduce emissions.” address climate change going forward. voted in favor of CARES Act; voted to impeach Trump in December 2019 Biden will work to protect the HEALTH CARE First promised during his Supports: reducing student loan debt, Affordable Care Act passed by campaign in 2016, Trump plans to combating climate change, expanding Obama in 2010, and plans to build on the replace the Affordable Care Act with a new Affordable Care Act by “giving Americans healthcare plan that will “force insurance affordable healthcare, protecting net more choice, reducing healthcare costs, and companies to compete for their customers neutrality making our health care system less complex with lower costs and higher-quality service.” Opposes: Citizens United SC ruling to navigate.” He also wants to stand up to As of September, 2020, this plan has not yet the abuse of power by drug corporations been revealed to the public. by limiting prices of drugs and allowing consumers to buy prescription drugs from other countries, among other things. Rishi Kumar (D) If elected, Biden plans to respond COVID-19 While public health officials to COVID-19 with widely available including Dr. Anthony Fauci have testing, eliminating cost barriers to care and felt unsatisfied with Trump’s response Current position: Hi-Tech executive; treatment, and developing a vaccine. He to COVID-19 thus far, Trump believes Saratoga City council member; community intends to put scientists and public health his administration’s actions were “early organizer leaders at the forefront of communication and aggressive.” He has made conflicting Experience: Prevented San Jose Water with the American people. Additionally, statements about the effectiveness of masks Company rate increases; 86,000 Seniors Biden believes such experts should be the and the severity of the virus, but has stated ones making public health decisions, not in recent press conferences that there will campaign to help provide groceries and politicians. Biden also plans on emphasizing be a vaccine produced in the near future. medications during the pandemic support for at-risk communities and The federal government has released a Supports: Medicare for All, Green New individuals, as well as protecting our health plan for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine Deal care workers and first responders. starting next year. This plan would focus Opposes: campaign funding from PACs or on healthcare workers and those with special interest groups increased vulnerability. 8 9 U.S. CONGRESS U.S. House of Representatives District 20 WHAT YOU’RE You’ll decide which VOTING ON Propositions measures on the Jimmy Panetta (D) ballot should be written into law in California. Current Position: Incumbent candidate Experience: Afghanistan war veteran, former deputy district attorney Supports: Immigration reform that You’ll decide the provides pathway to citizenship for representative farmworkers, their families and DACA State Senate for District 17 in recipients; federal funding to support California’s State women’s rights and equality in the justice & State Senate and District 29 system Assembly in California’s State Assembly. These two houses make up the California State Legislature, the branch of state government that Jeff Gorman (R) holds lawmaking powers. Current Position: Small business owner Experience: Supports: First and Second Amendment Rights, limited federal government, limited federal government spending on COVID- related support Opposes: Green New Deal, Medicare for All, previous impeachment efforts 10 11 CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES There are twelve state propositions on the ballot this year. These propositions can Opponents: Students for Fair Admissions, PROP. 19 create new laws or change old ones.