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SoCal Matters
Why Does This California Voter Guide Cost $12 Million?
Season 2024
Episode 23
Each page of the most recent primary voter guide cost about $118,000, according to the California Secretary of State's office. That adds up to a total of about $12 million for the entire guide — the majority of which was devoted to a single ballot proposition (Prop 1). Sameea Kamal reports for CalMatters.
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1:20
Prop 36 would undo some aspects of Prop 47 by reinstating harsher penalties for theft and drug crime

1:55
Prop 35 would allocate MCO tax revenues to raise Medi-Cal payments for doctors.

1:40
Prop 34 would restrict how certain healthcare providers use federal discount drug program funds.

1:20
Prop 33 seeks to allow cities to expand rent control, overturning limits set by Costa-Hawkins.

1:45
Prop 32 seeks to raise California's minimum wage to $18 by 2025.

1:55
Prop 6 would ban involuntary labor for California prisoners.

1:31
Prop 5 would lower the voter approval needed for affordable housing bonds from two-thirds to 55%.

1:45
A new proposition aims to remove an outdated same-sex marriage ban from California's constitution.

1:20
A proposition could raise $10 billion to fix and update California schools.

2:02
New legislation delays pollution control requirements for oil wells near homes.

1:55
A new audit reveals gaps in California's community college transfer system.

2:02
UC campuses face criticism over inconsistent protest policies and enforcement.