PBI-Manatt Quiz: Prop Talk 2020

1. Proposition 16, the Repeal Proposition 209 Affirmative Action Amendment, would effectively accomplish which of the following?

Permit public universities the option to use racial quotas for admissions.

Require public institutions to use racial quotas for hiring.

Require public universities to factor race and ethnicity into admissions.

Permit public institutions to consider race, ethnicity, or gender in hiring decisions.

2. Proposition 15 would amend Proposition 13 (1978) by increasing property taxes on:

Residential properties worth more than $1.5 million dollars

Commercial and industrial properties worth more than $3 million dollars

Commercial and agricultural land worth more than $2 million dollars

Secondary residential properties worth more than $1 million dollars

3. Proposition 22 is a ballot measure that would amend Assembly Bill 5, which passed the legislature in 2019. What did AB5 do?

It ensured employee protections for “gig workers”

It reclassified “gig workers” from employees to independent contractors

It provided stipends for “gig workers” to use towards health insurance

It ensured independent contractor status for “gig workers”

4. Which of the following is true of the initiative process in California?

The Secretary of State must draft a brief circulating title and summary for each proposition.

California law requires that signature gatherers be qualified state voters.

State law requires that statewide voter-proposed initiatives go on the general election ballot in November.

The default effective date of approved measures is the day after the election.

5. How are ballot propositions assigned a number in California?

They are given numbers that proceed from the previous year’s propositions.

The count is reset to one (1) every ten years.

With each election they are given a number starting at one (1).

They are given a number by the measure’s author(s).

Prop Talk 2020