Some Other Ballot Measures To Watch

Walter OlsonVoters will face the usual wide array ofstate and local ballot measures tomorrow, and my colleagues have already done an excellent job reviewing many of the highlights. In particular, you should check out Chris Edwards ’s posts onincome,sales, andproperty tax measures, andwho contributes, as well as onmarijuana legalization measures under consideration in four states, Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota.Michael Tanner has looked at California measures related to poverty, including important votes on rent control andfreelance work.Amid a host of generally dispiriting propositions before San Francisco voters,Proposition H, backed by Mayor London Breed, makes for a bright spot. It is aimed at easing openings of storefront businesses and “would streamline the planning process and require that permits be processed within 30 days if the request already complies with zoning rules and the applicant is in a neighborhood commercial district. ”Sharky Laguana, who heads the city ’s small business commission, says it “is outrageous that it should take 16 months and $200,000 to open an ice cream store” in the city due to permitting hassles.Also in California, statewide Proposition 16 would enable the reintroduction of racial preferences into state government and state universities,repealing Proposition 209, which voters adopted in 1996. A recent poll shows Prop 16to be failing with voters by a margin of 37 to 50 per...
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