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A look at government policy and the intersection of numerous topics.

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Prop P would continue funding projects like Prop A has since the '90s. Descanso Gardens, pictured here, received some of that funding.
In 1992, L.A. County voters approved a tax called Prop A to fund a wide variety of projects for parks and open spaces.
The water level in Lake Oroville, north of Sacramento, seen in 2011 and 2014, shows the severe degree of California's drought. | Photos: Courtesy Paul Hames and Kelly Grow, California Department of Water Resources
Perhaps due to the state's parched condition, legislators in Sacramento finally voted to put an overhaul of the state's water system.
Money
California is $300 billion in debt, a total it owes largely to pension and retiree health benefits.
Under Prop 45, the California Insurance Commissioner, currently Dave Jones, pictured above, would be given veto power over health insurance rate increases.
If you thought Obamacare settled thing when it comes to health insurance, think again.
Vicodin, shown here, is among the prescription drugs that would be under tighter control if Prop 46 passes.
Medical errors, sometimes due to doctors abusing drugs or alcohol are addressed in Prop 46.
Prop 47 would reclassify low-level felonies, possibly reducing California's prison overcrowding problem.
Learn more about Proposition 47.
Proposition 48 would allow one tribe to build and operate a casino 38 miles from its reservation, and allow another tribe, whose land is even farther away, to collect revenue from the casino.
Prop 48 gives voters a chance to strike down or enact a bill lawmakers passed last year.
LGBT protest in the Castro District
California is one of the most diverse states in the country.
Mount San Jacinto State Park, near a former juvenile detention center where Riverside County officials are mulling stationing inmate firefighters.
County officials eye a shuttered detention center for use as a camp to place juvenile inmate fire crews near fire-prone wildlands.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed nine laws to clean up assisted living facilities in September.
Assisted living homes have come under fire for mistreating residents.
A study released today by the University of Southern California reveals that a majority of veterans have a difficult time transitioning to civilian life after leaving the military and returning to L.A. County.
A majority of veterans who leave the military and return to Los Angeles County are unprepared for the transition.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) funded construction of the Cranberry Part assisted living facility in Clio, MI.
And which type of senior care is best for your loved ones?
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