Proposition 76 was rejected by voters in the November 2005 election.
One of Governor Schwarzenegger’s three proposed reforms in the upcoming special election is Proposition 76, known as the “State Spending and School Fund Limits Initiative”.
Prop. 76 is but the latest in a series of ballot box constitutional amendments, starting with Prop. 4 in 1978 and, most recently, the Governor’s own Prop. 58, approved by voters in March of 2004.
Also called the California Live Within Our Means Act by its proponents, Prop. 76 would limit state spending based on an average of recent revenue growth and grant the governor new authority to unilaterally reduce state spending during certain fiscal situations. It would also undo some of the provisions laid out by Prop. 98, a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 1988.
In a recurring California Connected feature, we ask high school debate students to dissect the initiative and tell us how they would vote, if only they could. This time, it’s the students of Arcadia High School in Arcadia.
- California Connected Guide to Prop. 76 Voting Guides
- Arcadia High School
- League of Women Voters of California “OPPOSES Proposition 76–School Funding. State Spending,” and argues “Proposition 76 … would give any Governor the sole power to reduce spending, even for programs California voters have enacted through previous initiatives.”
- Proposition 76: The Live Within Our Means Act, JoinArnold.com, supports the measure, adding: “Our Legislature is addicted to spending taxpayers’ money.”
- Proposition 98: An Introduction, The California Budget Project, which “engages in independent fiscal and policy analysis and public education with the goal of improving public policies affecting the economic and social well-being of low and middle income Californians.”
October 15th, 2005 at 7:00 pm
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