Entries from LAist tagged with 'prop2'
October 27, 2008
Photo by adshaw80 via Flickr Whether you're sitting in front of your absentee ballot or you're readying yourself for voting in person on November, you're looking at national and local elections as well as a slew of California ballot propositions -- 12 to be exact. Well, over the course of this election cycle, LAist writers have posted about 10 of the 12 propositions. We present to you our posts on each proposition, for a......
Continue Reading "LAist on the Propositions and Other Voter Guides"September 23, 2008
Marilyn Hall Patel, a U.S. District Judge in San Francisco, prohibited the American Egg Board (AEB) from spending $3 million in federal advertising dollars to put a stop to Proposition 2, a November ballot initiative that will give more humane treatment to farm animals (basically, it will let them move freely, be able to extend their legs in cages). The AEB is "funded by a national legislative checkoff" and "the board is appointed by the......
Continue Reading "Judge Stops Government from Fighting Prop 2"August 5, 2008
Photo not of Young Dems, but pretty cool shot anyway | Photo by ercwttmn via Flickr For left-leaning teens and young adults aged 14 through 35, the California Democratic Party has an official "youth arm" for them called the California Young Democrats. The organization has already taken a position on November's ballot, which is three months away as of yesterday. “Mobilizing young voters in California will be the key to victory on many important......
Continue Reading "California Young Democrats Take Positions on Props"