Education bond money

With Proposition 51, public K-12 schools and community colleges would receive $9 billion in school bonds. This additional money would go towards construction and updates of the schools.

Hospital fee program

Proposition 52 would make it more difficult for the California Legislature to take funds meant for Medi-Cal programs and use them elsewhere.

Bond voting

This infrastructure proposition, Proposition 53, would require statewide votes on future revenue bonds over $2 billion. Right now revenue bonds are considered obligation bonds, which did not need voter approval.

Legislative bills

Proposition 54 would require bills to be placed online for public viewing three days prior to a final vote on the bill. This proposition would also allow for more freedom in live videoing of legislative action.

Personal income tax

Proposition 55 plans to increase the percentage of personal income tax on incomes of $250,000 or higher, from one percent to three percent. The proposition would require the new rates stay in place until 2030. The additional tax money would go towards schools and government healthcare programs.

Cigarette packs tax

With Proposition 56, the sales tax on cigarette packs, including e-cigarettes, would increase by $2 per pack. The additional tax money would go towards healthcare and tobacco-control programs. A similar proposition failed in 2012.

Felony trials

Proposition 57 would allow for prisoners who behave well, by showing interest in education and have good behavior as well as not having committed a violent crime, to receive early release. This would also prohibit a juvenile from being directly sent to the adult court.

Bilingual public school education

Proposition 58 seeks to remove the ban on bilingual education from the 1998 Proposition 227. The new proposition would allow the school district or county office of education to make the decision on having bilingual education or not.

State position on case

In response to a Supreme Court ruling on federal campaign spending, Proposition 59 asks voters to decide if they would like to see a repeal of this decision or not. The proposition allows voters to share their opinion on money spent in politics, since the repeal would require an appeal to the U.S. Constitution.

Porn films

Proposition 60 would require those in porn films to use condoms during explicit sex scenes. If passed, producers could be penalized for not enforcing this in their movies.

Prescription drug prices

Proposition 61 intends to ban state agencies from paying more for a prescription drug than the lowest price from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The proposition relates only to the state as the purchaser and state agencies as those paying for it.

Death penalty

Two opposing propositions, 62 and 66, on the death penalty will duel on the ballot this year. Proposition 62 seeks to repeal the death penalty put in place by the 1978 proposition for criminals who committed heinous crimes to receive the death penalty. A similar proposition failed in 2012. Proposition 66 seeks to speed up the death penalty process through new time limits for the court to adhere to in death penalty cases.

Ammunition

Proposition 63 would stop the sale and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines. Several other portions of the proposition would instate background checks on buying ammunition, different felony charges for gun theft and regulations on felons having guns.

Marijuana

Through Proposition 64, a California proposition has arisen for the second time to legalize recreational marijuana. The first proposition of this nature in 2010 after the legalization of medical marijuana was passed in 1996. The current proposition would allow marijuana and hemp to be legally sold to those over the age of 21.

Plastic grocery bags

Propositions 65 and 67 both discuss the usage of plastic grocery bags. Proposition 65 would enact the transferring of fees charged for paper or plastic grocery bags to environmental programs. Proposition 67 allows the public to ratify or deny the 2014 bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown to ban plastic grocery bags.