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These are the initiatives that will be on the ballot in the 
California General Election in November [I'll save the 
editorial comments for some other time]:


Prop 155, School Bond Act of 1992
	Authorizes $900,000,000 in general obligation bonds for 
K-12 school construction, re-construction and repairs.

Prop 156, Rail Passenger and Clean Air Bond Act of 1992
	Authorizes $1,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds
to aquire rights-of-way, capitial expendatures, and rolling
stock for inter- and intra-city rail and urban transit systems

Prop 157, Toll Highways, termination of tolls
	Requires than any state-owned toll road or highway leased 
to a private entity will be toll-free after the lease expires or
35 years (whichever comes first).  

Prop 158, Office of California Analyst
	Moves the Legislative Analyst from the legistlature to
an independent constitutional postition, and removes the office
from the legislature's budget.

Prop 159, Auditor General, Joint Legistlative Audit Committee
	Same as 158, but its about the Auditor General this time.

Prop 160, Property Taxation; veteran's exemption; surviving spouse
	Extends exemption from property tax from disabled veterans
to an unmarried surviving spouse; also creates exemption for
unmarried surviving spouse of a person who died on active-duty.

Prop 161, Terminal Illness
	Permits any mentally competent adult who is diagnosed as
terminally ill to give a revokable instruction permitting his or
her doctor to terminate the adults life in a painless and humane
manner.  Eliminates criminal and civil liability for health-care
practitioners and facilities carrying out the instruction.

Prop 162, Public Employees Retirement Systems
	Puts all control of PERS investments and administration
to a PERS board; sets some requirements for operation of the 
system; eliminates ability of the legistlature to tamper with
composition of and selection criterion for PERS board without
approval of voters in area where PERS members (public employees)
are employed.

Prop 163, Taxation of Food Products
	Repeals 'snack tax', prohibits new sales or use taxes on
food products currently exempt.

Prop 164, Term Limits
	Extends Prop 140 limits to all California members of the
US Congress and Senate; 6 of 11 years for House, 12 of 17 for the
Senate.

Prop 165, Welfare. Budget Process
	Empowers governor to declare fiscal emergency under
certain conditions, and allows the governor to order the following
measures:
	* reduction of state employee salaries, or ordering of
		furloughs
	* eliminate or reduce COLAs in AFDC, SSI/SSP and IHSS
	* reduce AFDC by 10%
	* limits aid to new residents
	* provide incentives for school attendence

Prop 166, Basic Health Care
	Requires employers to provide basic health-care coverage
for their employees and dependents; restricts employee contributions
to no more than 2% of their wages; specifies all types of
health-care benefits to be provided.

Prop 167, State Taxes
	Increases tax rates for maximum personal-income taxpayers
and alternative minimum tax rates; Increases tax rates for
corporations and premium rates for insurers; increases liability 
for California taxes on California busineses doing business outside
of California; orders reappraisal of corporate real property upon
change of ownership; reduces renters credit and repeals 'snack tax'

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