Measures & Propositions :   Vote with the League!  

Yes, we in the League are totally nonpartisan.
That means we never make recommendations regarding 
political parties or candidates.


But, we do take positions on issues.
That sometimes includes Measures or Propositions on the ballot.

Once we have thoroughly studied an issue,
and decided to take a position,
we take action and advocate
to support or oppose
 laws, policies, bonds, or constitutional amendments
related to that issue. 

Measure/Proposition

LWV Recommendation

About the

Measure/Proposition

  Measure C

School Bonds

SESD 
Sunnyvale Elementary

School District

League of Women Voters
of
Cupertino-Sunnyvale

Recommends

YES

Measure C will allow the Sunnyvale School District to create and enhance facilities essential to an outstanding education for all students from transitional kindergarten to award-winning middle schools. 

The district has shown it is a good steward of the taxpayer’s money as evidenced by its high credit rating and its successful management of previous bond programs.

Passage of Measure C will help ensure Sunnyvale continues to have excellent schools that benefit the entire community.

 Proposition 1

Mental Health Care and
Addiction Treatment Reform &
Bonds to Build Places for
Treatment and Supportive Housing

California Legislature

League of Women Voters
of
California

Recommends

No

Although California has a critical need to resource better mental health and addiction services and to address our crisis of homelessness, the League of Women Voters of California opposes Proposition 1 for a number of important reasons. While the additional housing resources offered through Prop 1 are sorely needed, they do not outweigh its flaws. 

• The  measure was rushed, with last-minute amendments that opened the door to the possibility of funding involuntary treatment in locked facilities.
  
  
• Prop 1 does not increase overall funding for mental health services for counties –  more of the money received by counties is required to be used for housing of a certain group of patients and for other support services like assistance finding employment and accessing educational opportunities.
  
  
• The measure earmarks where funds are to be used, instead of allowing legislatures to make decisions about how the money should be spent. Earmarking restricts counties and the state from redirecting funds in the future to alternative models of care or to other emerging and essential needs.  
  
  
  

Read More Detail

• AB 531 (Chapter 789, Statutes of 2023), Irwin. The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023
  
• SB 326 (Chapter 790, Statutes of 2023), Eggman. The Behavioral Health Services Act

The purpose of these laws is to ensure that a greater share of county Mental Health Services Act funding shall be used, and new bonds issued, to build treatment facilities and housing for people with mental illness and substance use disorders as well as housing for other homeless individuals.

•  Shift roughly $140 million annually of existing tax revenue for mental health, drug, and alcohol treatment away from counties to the state
• Increase state bond repayment costs by $310 million annually for 30 years