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We now know how many propositions we’ll be voting on in the fall: 10. Wednesday was the final deadline to qualify for the November ballot, which makes it official.
We also set a state record: eight measures qualified but were then taken off the ballot — the largest number in a single election year.
Here’s a breakdown of what made it to your ballot and why so many ballot measures were withdrawn in the last few weeks. (Keep in mind that this is just state measures. We won’t know the status of local ballot measures for a couple more weeks.)
The 5 measures proposed by citizens
California allows any voter to put an initiative on the ballot if they can gather enough signatures to qualify. This year’s threshold was 546,641 signatures. Initiative supporters spent the last few months talking to potential voters at grocery stores, shopping centers and community events in hopes of collecting their signatures.
Raising the minimum wage
This would make California raise the minimum wage by $1 an hour each year until it reaches $18. The current minimum wage is $16 an hour. Many local governments have minimum wages above the state’s, including the city of L.A., where it’s $16.78 an hour and will go up to $17.28 an hour on July 1. Â
Rent control
This would repeal a law, known as Costa Hawkins, that limits the type of housing subject to rent control. Right now, cities can’t impose rent control laws on any housing…
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