—A referendum to overturn Senate Bill 10, an historic legislative effort to do away with cash bail for criminal defendants and replace it with a system of evaluating them for flight risk. Bail bond agents facing eradication of their industry are sponsoring a referendum that would void the new law and have odd-bedfellows support from some bail opponents who don’t think the new law goes far enough.
—An initiative sponsored by the California Association of Realtors to make it easier for those over 55 or disabled to sell their homes and transfer their Proposition 13-limited tax assessments to new properties, regardless of their value. It would, realtors hope, generate more housing purchases.
—An initiative to give local governments authority to impose rent control, sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, whose similar measure was rejected by voters in 2018.
—An initiative by law enforcement groups to partially repeal Proposition 57, a 2016 measure sponsored by former Gov. Jerry Brown that softened penalties for felonies deemed to be non-violent. Critics of Proposition 57 contend it went too far and is too lenient on those who commit serious and even violent crimes.
—An initiative backed by unions and other pro-tax organizations to remove some of Proposition 13’s property tax limitations from commercial properties such as hotels, office buildings and warehouses. Although the “split roll” measure qualified, its sponsors, concerned that it might fail, proposed a revised version they thought would be more likely to pass. However, it’s one of the proposals still in the signature-gathering phase, so the original version is likely to remain on the ballot and face an uphill battle for approval.