September 2018 – Page 2 – California Council of Churches IMPACT

Proposition 10: Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. Initiative Statute. Recommendation: SUPPORT

Proposition 10 is another approach to California’s housing crisis. Although the state has 12 % of the nation’s population, we have 22% of the nation’s homeless. Rents … Read More ›

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Proposition 11: Requires Private-Sector Emergency Ambulance Employees to Remain on Call During Work Breaks. Changes Other Conditions of Employment. Initiative Statute. Recommendation: OPPOSE

Proposition 11 is proposed by the corporations that own private ambulance services as a way of thwarting a lawsuit on ambulance employee meal and break … Read More ›

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Proposition 12: Establishes New Standards for Confinement of Certain Farm Animals; Bans Sale of Certain Non-Complying Products. Initiative Statute. Recommendation: OPPOSE

In 2008 California Council of Churches IMPACT supported Proposition 2 that would improve the quality of confinement for farm animals. Federal standards and legal findings affected … Read More ›