February 2008 Presidential Primary Election

Proposition 93 – Limits on Legislators’ Terms in Office.

Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Summary

• Reduces the total amount of time a person may serve in the state legislature from 14 years to 12 years.

• Allows a person to serve a total of 12 years either in the Assembly, the Senate, or a combination of both.

• Provides a transition period to allow current members to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which they are currently serving, regardless of any prior service in another house.

• Fiscal Impact: This measure would have no direct fiscal effect on state or local governments.

What a Yes or No Vote Means

YES: A “YES” vote on this measure means: Members of the State Legislature could serve a maximum total of 12 years in office—without regard to whether the years were served in the Assembly or Senate. Some current Members could serve more than the 14 total years now allowed.

NO: A “NO” vote on this measure means: Members of the State Legislature could continue to serve a maximum total of 14 years in office—up to 6 years in the Assembly and up to 8 years in the Senate.

Full Text of Proposition 93/Proposed Law - (PDF)

Official Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information

• Yes on Proposition 93

  Committee for Term Limits and Legislative Reform
  1510 J Street, Suite 210
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (916) 443-7817
  Email: info@termlimitsreform.com
  Web site: www.termlimitsreform.com

• No on Proposition 93

  California Term Limits Defense Fund
  2331 El Camino Avenue
  Sacramento, CA 95821
  Phone: (916) 482-5000
  Email: CATermlimits@gmail.com
  Web Site: www.stopthepoliticians.com

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 93

  Betty Jo Toccoli, President, California Small Business Association
  Richard Riordan, Former California Education Secretary
  Susan Smartt, Executive Director, California League of Conservation Voters

• No on Proposition 93

  Allan Zaremberg, President, California Chamber of Commerce
  Joel Fox, President, Small Business Action Committee
  Teresa Casazza, Acting President, California Taxpayers’ Association

News Articles

• Prop. 93 provisions reduce years in office but aid some incumbents, by Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee, December 26, 2007.

Follow the Money

PROPOSITION 93 Campaign Finances through January 31, 2008
Position	Support			Oppose
Total Raised	$15,905,849			$7,448,613
Top Donors	Name	Amount		Name	Amount
	California State Council of Service Employees Issues Committee [Sacramento, CA]	$2,527,646		The Poizner Family Trust, [Rancho Santa Margarita, CA]	$2,500,000
	California Teachers Association Issues PAC [Burlingame, CA]	$2,000,100		CA Correctional Peace Officers Assoc. Truth in American Government Fund [Sacramento, CA]	$2,000,000
	AFSCME [Washington, DC]	$960,000		U.S. Term Limits, Inc [Fairfax, VA],	$1,500,000
	Committee to Protect California’s Future (Fabian Nunez, Treasurer) [Sacramento, CA]	$690,000		William Bloomfield, Chairman, Web Service CO./CEO, Baron Real Estate [Manhattan Beach, CA]	$350,000
				Term Limits America PAC [Fairfax, VA] Charles Munger, Physicist [Palo Alto, CA],   (tied)	$150,000
	California Democratic Party [Sacramento, CA]	$549,830

 

Detailed information about all contributors for and against Proposition 93 is available from campaign finance reports at Cal-Access, the Secretary of State's campaign disclosure web site. To view the most recent contributions, select a committee and click "Late and $5000+ Contributions Received".

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This page was first published on December 16, 2007 | Last updated on May 29, 2008
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