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2010 California Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Energy

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
June 8, 2010	California	Proposition 16: Imposes New Two-Thirds Voter Approval Requirement For Local Public Electricity Providers. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	California	Proposition 23: Suspends Implementation of Air Pollution Control Law (AB 32) Requiring Major Sources of Emissions to Report and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions that Cause Global Warming, Until Unemployment Drops to 5.5 Percent or Less for Full Year. Initiative Statute.	Failed

Finance and Banking

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
June 8, 2010	California	Proposition 17: Allows Auto Insurance Companies To Base Their Prices In Part On A Driver's History Of Insurance Coverage. Initiative Statute.	Failed

Housing and Property

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
June 8, 2010	California	Proposition 13: Limits On Property Tax Assessment. Seismic Retrofitting Of Existing Buildings. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.	Passed

Transportation

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
June 8, 2010	California	Proposition 17: Allows Auto Insurance Companies To Base Their Prices In Part On A Driver's History Of Insurance Coverage. Initiative Statute.	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	California	Proposition 21: Establishes $18 Annual Vehicle License Surcharge to Help Fund State Parks and Wildlife Programs. Grants Surcharged Vehicles Free Admission to All State Parks. Initiative Statute.	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	California	Proposition 22: Prohibits the State from Borrowing or Taking Funds Used for Transportation, Redevelopment, or Local Government Projects and Services. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.	Passed