California Online Voter Guide

May 2009 Special Election
18th Edition

Proposition 1F - Elected Officials’ Salaries. Prevents Pay Increases During Budget Deficit Years. Pass

Legislative Constitutional Amendment

Official Summary:

• Encourages balanced state budgets by preventing elected Members of the Legislature and statewide constitutional officers, including the Governor, from receiving pay raises in years when the state is running a deficit.

• Directs the Director of Finance to determine whether a given year is a deficit year.

• Prevents the Citizens Compensation Commission from increasing elected officials’ salaries in years when the state Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties is in the negative by an amount equal to or greater than one percent of the General Fund.

What a Yes or No Vote Means

A “YES” vote on this measure means: Members of the Legislature, the Governor, and other elected state officials could not receive salary increases in certain cases when the state General Fund is expected to end the year with a deficit.

A “NO” vote on this measure means: A commission established by voters in 1990 could continue to give salary increases to Members of the Legislature, the Governor, and other elected state officials in any year, including cases when the state General Fund is expected to end the year with a deficit.

Official Voter Guide page

This page features the Legislative Analyst's analysis, pro-con arguments, legislative votes and the full proposition text.

Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information

• Yes on Proposition 1F

Peter Newman
484 B Washington Street, Suite 130
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (831) 626-3563
Email: info@reformforchange.com
Web site: www.reformforchange.com

• No on Proposition 1F

  Pete Stahl
  Pete Rates the Propositions
  Email: NoOn1F@PeteRates.com
  Web site: www.PeteRates.com

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 1F

  State Senator Abel Maldonado
  Lewis K. Uhler, President, National Tax Limitation Committee
  Joel Fox, President, Small Business Action Committee

• No on Proposition 1F

  Pete Stahl, Author, Pete Rates The Propositions

News Stories

This page provides excerpts from and links to news coverage of the propositions on the ballot.

Follow the Money

Proposition 1F Campaign funds raised through May 2, 2009
Position	Support			Oppose
Total Raised	$13,659,999			No contributions reported
Top Donors	Name	Amount		Name	Amount
	Governor Schwarzenegger's California Dream Team Burbank, CA	$4,179,263
	A. Jerrold Perenchio Partner, Chartwell Partners, LLC Los Angeles, CA	$1,500,000
	California Teachers Association Burlingame, CA	$1,451,714		.
	Chevron Corporation San Ramon, CA	$500,000
	California Alliance For Jobs - Rebuild California Committee Sacramento, CA	$400,000

 

Note: several ballot measure committees are supporting or opposing more than one proposition on the ballot. Total amounts raised represent the grand totals raised by these committees in support of multiple propositions.

Detailed information about all contributors for and against Proposition 1F 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".

 

 

Proposition 1A Proposition 1B Proposition 1C Proposition 1D Proposition 1E Proposition 1F

This page was first published on April 14, 2009 | Last updated on July 26, 2010
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