County by County Endorsements

Statewide Special Election!!!

May 19, 2009

 Statewide endorsements for all counties below:

Building Trades Council Endorses
Ballot Measures to Implement the State Budget

Yes on 1-A, 1-C, 1-D, 1-E

PROPOSITION 1-A (State Finance)
Extends several tax increases in the budget for an additional two years, through 2012-13; and requires a contribution of 3% of annual general fund revenues into a "rainy day" fund. Significantly, permissible uses of this fund include one-time expenditures such as infrastructure projects.

PROPOSITION 1-C (State Lottery)
Allows borrowing against future lottery revenues to help balance the 2009-10 budget.

PROPOSITION 1-D (Tobacco tax redirect)
Redirects tobacco tax revenues to the state general fund.

PROPOSITION 1-E (Proposition 63 redirect)
Redirects Proposition 63 revenues to the state general fund.

The board took no position on two other measures, Proposition 1-B (Education Finance), and Proposition 1-F (Legislature Salaries).