As reported by the Sacramento Bee:
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!They aren’t yet officially on the November ballot, but 10 would-be fall initiatives are being readied with healthy fundraising efforts.
In the weeks since the May 20 deadline to submit initiative signatures, the campaigns pushing the measures have reported collecting more than $3.2 million. The biggest recipient has been the campaign to increase cigarette taxes by $2 a pack, to $2.87, with Save Lives California raising more than $1.1 million.
Almost all of that came from the California State Council of Services Employees, which donated $1 million on May 31.
Backers of the sentencing reform measure initiated by Gov. Jerry Brown have raised more than $765,000 since May 20. The bulk of that came from the California Democratic Party, which gave $500,000 to Californians for Public Safety and Rehabilitation on Wednesday. …
Any initiative that costs the taxpayers money or is sponsored by unions or Silicon Valley gets a huge “PHUKE YOU” no vote from me!
Any bond or new tax or even renewing a tax gets a solid NO
It would have been nice if the article had simply listed the 10 propositions.