[GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 141: GPCA position on Proposition 70 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund.

[June Brashares]

The arguments for & against Prop 70 are now up on the Secretary of State's
website at
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/statewide-direct-primary-june-5-2018/public-display/
.

The official entities listed in the voter guide that will be mailed out in
April include:
*In support of Prop 70:* Gov Brown, Chamber of Commerce, and Republican Asm
Chad Mayes, CA State Firefighters Association, and the Western United
Dairymen.
*In opposition to Prop 70:* Senator Ben Allen, Assemblymember Todd Gloria,
League of Women Voters, California League of Conservation Voters, Tom
Steyer, and Coalition for Clean Air. Several other groups are also named in
the con arguments.

 Some of the organizations opposing Prop 70 have started a website at website
at: https://stopprop70.org/ <https://stopprop70.org/> that they plan to
build out over next few months.

I am planning to vote for GPCA to *OPPOSE * Prop 70.


June Brashares
SGA Delegate from Sonoma County

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:33 PM, GPCA Votes <gpca.votes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ranked Choice Vote ID #141
> Ranked Choice Vote: *GPCA position on Proposition 70: ACA 1 (Resolution
> Chapter 105, statutes of 2017), Mayes. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve
> Fund.*
> Ranked Choice Vote Administrators: Victoria Ashley, Brian Good, Laura
> Wells, Eric Brooks, Mike Goldbeck
> Discussion  02/12/2018 - 03/25/2018
> Voting  03/26/2018 - 04/01/2018
> Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time
>
> *Background*
>
> This is the ranked choice vote for the GPCA to take a position on
> Proposition 70: ACA 1 (Resolution Chapter 105, statutes of 2017), Mayes.
> Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund.
>
> The choices are to rank 'endorse', 'oppose', 'no position' and/or
> 'abstain.' Delegates can rank as many or few of these options in their
> order of preference.
>
> An 'endorse' vote would mean the GPCA would endorse Proposition 70.
> An 'oppose' vote means the GPCA would oppose Proposition 70.
> A 'no position' vote means the GPCA would not take a position on
> Proposition 70.
> An 'abstain' vote means the voter is not expressing a preference, but is
> voting to help achieve quorum.
> Any of these position that receives 2/3 after all preferences are
> transferred is the position of the party. If neither 'endorse' nor
> 'opposes' receive 2/3, the GPCA's position will be 'no position'.
>
> The proposition is listed below, along with the Legislative Counsel’s
> digest and a link to the full text.
>
> *Proposition 70*
>
> ACA 1 (Resolution Chapter 105, statutes of 2017), Mayes. Greenhouse Gas
> Reduction Reserve Fund.
>
> The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State
> Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and
> regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the
> state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms.
> Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected
> by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be
> deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon
> appropriation.
>
> The California Constitution requires appropriations from the General Fund
> of the state to be passed by a 2/3 vote of the membership of each house of
> the Legislature and requires a majority vote to pass appropriations for the
> public schools and appropriations in the Budget Bill and in other bills
> providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
>
> This measure would create the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund, in
> which all moneys collected by the state board as part of a market-based
> compliance mechanism beginning January 1, 2024, and until the effective
> date of specified legislation would be deposited. The measure would require
> all moneys in the fund to be available upon appropriation for specified
> purposes and would require a bill making those appropriations to be passed
> by a 2/3 vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature. The
> measure would require all new moneys collected as part of a market-based
> compliance mechanism after the effective date of that specified legislation
> to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The measure would
> prohibit a specified sales tax exemption from being applied until the
> effective date of that specified legislation.
>
> Link to full text: http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.
> gov/ballot-measures/pdf/aca-1.pdf
>
> *Candidates*
> Endorse
> Oppose
> No Position
> Abstain
>
> Full details are available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/
> 141_gpcapositionprop70
>
> *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes at sfgreens.org
> <gpca-votes at sfgreens.org>*
>
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