STATE PROPOSITIONS
Prop 13:
Exempts seismic retrofits from property taxes. This might be a good incentive to get older buildings reinforced.
Prop 14:
The Top-Two Primaries Act.
Prop 15:
The California Fair Elections Act, creating public financing for Secretary of State elections in 2014 and 2018.
Prop 16:
PG&E's effort to make it harder to create public power districts by requiring a 2/3rds vote.
Prop 17:
Mercury Insurance's effort to gut the Prop 103 consumer protections. See
Naomi Seligman's post for more on this initiative.