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General Election Results
CTA Recommended YES on Proposition 3 -- Passed
Children's Hospital Bond Act of 2008
Prop. 3 is a statewide bond that provides $980 million to modernize and expand the state’s children’s hospitals – including the five hospitals on UC campuses – to improve the health, welfare and safety of California’s children.
CTA Recommended NO on Proposition 4 -- Failed
Protect Teen Safety
Prop. 4 puts the health and safety of California teenagers at risk. Doctors, pediatricians, nurses and counselors, including the California Medical Association, the California Nurses Association, and the California Association of School Counselors, oppose Prop. 4 because of the health risks it poses for teenage girls.
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CTA Recommended NO Proposition 6 -- Failed
Prop. 6 requires massive new spending as public schools face the worst budget crisis in history and educators organize to stave off cuts to education programs. Prop. 6 worsens the budget crisis by spending almost one billion dollars each year on ineffective programs that aren’t proven to reduce crime. Prop. 6 takes one billion dollars from the state’s general fund without providing one penny in new revenue, putting funding for schools, colleges, fire protection and effective public safety efforts at risk.
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CTA Recommended NO Prop. 8 -- Passed
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Support Equality for All
CTA believes that all people should be allowed equal protections under the law. California’s constitution should guarantee the same freedoms and rights to everyone – no one group should be singled out to be treated differently. Prop. 8 mandates one set of rules for gay and lesbian couples and another set of rules for everyone else. That’s not fair. California laws should treat everyone equally.
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Fact vs. Fiction
CTA Recommended NO Proposition 9 -- Passed
Prop. 9 is a costly, unnecessary and misleading initiative designed to exploit Californian’s concerns for crime victims. It preys on our emotions in order to rewrite the state constitution in a way that will increase prison overcrowding and cost the state and local counties hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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