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Proposition 12 Official Title: Bond: Parks, Water and Coastal Protection Act. Bond Act Results YES 63.2% NO 36.8% Official election results are available from the Secretary of State's web site. Campaign Web Sites & Contact Information Follow the Money Who Signed the Ballot Arguments For More Information... Official Summary: Provides for a bond issue of two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) to provide funds to protect land around lakes, rivers, and streams and the coast to improve water quality and ensure clean drinking water; to protects forests and plant trees to improve air quality; to preserve open space and farmland threatened by unplanned development; to protect wildlife habitats; and to repair and improve the safety of state and neighborhood parks. Appropriates money from state General Fund to pay off bonds. Fiscal Impact: State cost of about $3.6 billion over 25 years to pay off both the principal ($2.1 billion) and interest ($1.5 billion) costs on the bonds. Payments of about $144 million per year. Costs potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually to state and local governments to operate property bought or improved with these bond funds. Web Sites YES Yes on Proposition 12   Support Neighborhood Parks NO none Contact Information YES   Bryan Blum Californians for Safe Neighborhood Parks and Clean Water 926 J Street #612 Sacramento, CA 95814   blum@safeparks.org NO   Senator Ray Haynes State Capitol Sacramento, Ca 95814     (916) 445-9781   bonds@rayhaynes.org Who Signed the Ballot Arguments YES   Robert Stephens Chair, National Audubon Society-California Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa Chair, Californians for Safe Parks Allan Zaremberg President, California Chamber of Commerce Gail Dryden, President, League of Women Voters of California Jacqueline Antee, State Pres., American Assoc. of Retired Persons, (AARP) Larry McCarthy, President, California Taxpayers' Association       NO   Ray Haynes, California Senator Brett Ganlund, California Assemblyman Carl McGill, Chairman, Black Chamber of Commerce of L.A. County Lewis K. Uhler, President, The National Tax-Limitation Committee For More Information, CVF Recommends...   Secretary of State's Vote 2000 Text of the Measure Official Pro/Con Arguments Analysis by the Legislative Analyst   Easy Reading Voter Guide   The League of Women Voters Pro/Con Analysis   Original Bill Information and History   The California Journal Next Proposition

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