NAACP CA/HI Lifetime members & Positions on State Ballot Measures on the November  5, 2024 ballot

NAACP CA/HI Positions On State Ballot Measures

YES on Proposition 2, Repair Local Public Schools
A “yes” vote supports issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.

YES on Proposition 3, Marriage Equality
A “yes” vote supports this constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 (2008), which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, and declared that a “right to marry is a fundamental right” in the California Constitution.

 

YES on Proposition 4, Connecting More Californians to Clean, Safe Drinking Water 
A “yes” vote supports issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects.

YES on Proposition 5, Lower The Vote Threshold To Fund Housing Projects And Public Infrastructure 
A “yes” vote supports lowering the vote threshold from 66.67% to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure.

 

YES on Proposition 6, End Slavery in California
A “yes” vote supports amending the state constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime and authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to award credits to incarcerated persons who voluntarily participate in work assignments.

 

YES on Proposition 32, Minimum Wage Increase
A “yes” vote supports increasing the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026 for all employers and thereafter adjusting the rate annually by increases to the cost of living.

 

NO on Proposition 33, Protect the Future of Affordable Housing
A “no” vote opposes repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which prohibits rent control on single-family homes and houses completed after February 1, 1995.

YES on Proposition 34, Protects Patients, Stops the Corporate Drug Ripoff
A “yes” vote supports: requiring health care providers that spent over $100 million in any 10-year period on anything other than direct patient care and operated multifamily housing with over 500 high-severity health and safety violations to spend 98% of revenues from the federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care; penalizing violators of the initiative with loss of tax-exempt status and licenses to operate health insurance plans, pharmacies, and clinics; and permanently authorizing Medi-Cal RX in state law.

YES on Proposition 35, Protect Care for 15 Million Medi-Cal Patients & All Californians
A “yes” vote supports permanently authorizing a tax on managed care organizations based on monthly enrollees, which is set to expire in 2026, and requiring revenues to be used for increased Medi-Cal programs.

NO on Proposition 36, Allows Felony Charges And Increases Sentences For Certain Drug And Theft Crimes 
A “no” vote opposes this initiative that makes changes to Proposition 47 (2014), thereby maintaining certain drug and theft crimes as misdemeanors.