PBI-Manatt Quiz: Ballot Measure Mash-Up

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Ballot Measure Mash-Up

Ellen Shiau, Ph.D. & Randi Aho

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1. Which of the following is a form of direct democracy that allows voters to reject a law passed by the State Legislature?

An initiative

A recall

A referendum

A people’s proposition

2. Which of the following is true of citizen-initiated ballot initiatives?

They cannot be removed from the ballot

They can be removed by proponents before a designated deadline

They can be removed by a vote of the State Legislature before a designated deadline

They can be amended after they qualify for the ballot

3. In November, California voters will vote on Proposition 33, which would effectively repeal the 1995 Costa-Hawkins Act by:

Imposing statewide rent control

Removing rent controls from single-family homes

Removing rent controls from apartments built after 1995

Allowing counties and cities to impose rent control on any type of housing

4. Proposition 36 would roll back some of the criminal sentencing changes enacted through 2014’s Proposition 47. What did Proposition 47 do?

Reduced the criminal penalty for some drug possession charges

Increased the criminal penalty for some drug possession charges

Created a new class of crime called a “treatment-mandated felony”

Prohibited criminal citations of unhoused residents who sleep in public places

5. Before it was overturned by the California Supreme Court in 1966, Proposition 14—passed by 65 percent of voters in 1964—repealed which piece of legislation signed into law by Governor Pat Brown?

Water Resources Development Bond Act

Donahoe Higher Education Act

California Fair Employment Practices Act

Rumford Fair Housing Act

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