California Online Voter Guide

November 2010 Statewide General Election

20th edition

Proposition 23 - Suspends Air Pollution Control Laws Requiring Major Sources of Emissions to Report and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions That Cause Global Warming Until Unemployment Drops Below Specified Level for Full Year. Failed

Initiative Statute

• Official Summary

• What a Yes or No Vote Means

• Official Voter Guide page
• Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
• Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
• News Stories

• Follow the Money/Top 5 Donors

 

Official Summary:

• Suspends State law that requires greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, until California's unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters.

• Suspends comprehensive greenhouse–gas–reduction program that includes increased renewable energy and cleaner fuel requirements, and mandatory emissions reporting and fee requirements for major emissions sources such as power plants and oil refineries.

What a Yes or No Vote Means

A YES vote on this measure means: Certain existing and proposed regulations authorized under state law ("Assembly Bill 32") to address global warming would be suspended. These regulations would remain suspended until the state unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent or lower for one year.

A NO vote on this measure means: The state could continue to implement the measures authorized under Assembly Bill 32 to address global warming.

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 23

  Yes on 23—A coalition of taxpayers, small business,
  firefighters, labor, agriculture, transportation,
  food producers, energy and forestry companies
  and air quality officials
  1215 K Street, Suite 2260, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (866) 247-0911
  Email: info@yeson23.com
  Web site: www.yeson23.com

• No on Proposition 23

  No on 23: Californians to Stop
  the Dirty Energy Proposition
  Phone: (888) 445-7880
  Email: info@factson23.com
  Web site: www.Factson23.com

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 23

  Kevin Nida, President, California State Firefighters' Association
  John Kabateck, Executive Director, National Federation of Independent Business/California
  Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

• No on Proposition 23

  Jane Warner, President, American Lung Association in California
  Linda Rosenstock, M.D., Dean, UCLA School of Public Health
  David Pacheco, President, AARP California

News Stories

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

Follow the Money

Proposition 23 - Top Five Donors (as of 10/17/10)
Position	S U P P O R T			O P P O S E
Total Raised * (as of 10/17)	$9,087,508			$27,057,988
Top Donors (as of 10/17)	Donor information	Amount		Donor Information	Amount
	Valero Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX	$4,075,315		Thomas Steyer, Hedge Fund Manager, Farallon Capital Management, San Francisco, CA	$5,000,000
	Tesoro Companies, Long Beach, CA	$1,540,637		National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA	$3,000,000
	Flint Hills Resources, Wichita, KS	$1,000,000		No on 23 Committee of the NRDC Action Fund to Stop the Dirty Energy Proposition, Sacramento, CA	$1,590,250
	Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC, Findlay, OH	$500,000		Vinod Khosla, Venture Capitalist, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Park, CA	$1,037,267
	Adam Smith Foundation, Smithville, MO	$498,000		L. John Doerr, Venture Capitalist, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Palo Alto, CA Ann Doerr, Homemaker, Palo Alto, CA Environmental Defense Action Fund Say No to Prop 23 Committee, New York, NY James F. Cameron (no city, state, occupation or employer disclosed) Gordon E. Moore, Retired, Woodside, CA	$1,000,000 each

 

• Total amount raised includes all contributions received in 2009 and through September 30, 2010, plus contributions of $5,000 or more received between October 1-17, 2010.

Detailed information about all contributors for and against Proposition 23 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 September 6, 2010 | Last updated on January 27, 2011
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