Quick Guide to Props » November 8, 2016 » Proposition 66

PROP

Death Penalty. Procedures. Initiative Statute.

Summary

Changes procedures governing state court challenges to death sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Fiscal Impact: Unknown ongoing impact on state court costs for processing legal challenges to death sentences. Potential prison savings in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Money Raised

Chart depicts total fundraising by all committees primarily formed for and against Prop 66.Totals are updated daily with contributions from Power Search and adjustments from the most recent Political Reform Division analysis.

Largest Contributions

Showing the 10 largest contributions to committees formed primarily for and against Prop 66 in the election cycle when it appeared on the ballot. Contributions in earlier election cycles and contributions between allied committees are excluded. For more information on funding for ballot measure campaigns, visit the Power Search campaign finance search engine.

Yes on Prop 66

Nicholas III, Henry T.
05/05/2016

$200,000

Peace Officers Research Association of California Political Issues Committee (PORAC PIC)
09/16/2016

$150,000

The California Association of Highway Patrolmen
09/30/2015

$100,000

Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs State PIC
10/05/2015

$100,000

Association of Deputy District Attorneys
10/12/2015

$100,000

The California Association of Highway Patrolmen
04/15/2016

$100,000

San Bernardino County Safety Employees' Benefit Association PIC
05/16/2016

$100,000

Peace Officers Research Association of California Political Issues Committee (PORAC PIC)
06/20/2016

$100,000

Peace Officers Research Association of California Political Issues Committee (PORAC PIC)
04/27/2016

$70,000

Peace Officers Research Association of California Political Issues Committee (PORAC PIC)
10/17/2016

$70,000

No on Prop 66

Fund for Policy Reform
09/15/2016

$1,970,000

Steyer, Thomas
10/13/2016

$1,500,000

Fund for Policy Reform
09/27/2016

$1,403,000

Fund for Policy Reform
07/07/2016

$1,000,000

Fund for Policy Reform
05/03/2016

$550,000

Graham, Paul
03/07/2016

$500,000

Laurene Powell Jobs, Including Emerson Collective, LLC
04/13/2016

$500,000

Open Society Policy Center Inc.
09/29/2016

$500,000

McKeown, Nicholas
10/03/2016

$500,000

Doerr, L. John
10/10/2016

$500,000

What your vote means

Yes

A YES vote on this measure means: Court procedures for legal challenges to death sentences would be subject to various changes, such as time limits on those challenges and revised rules to increase the number of available attorneys for those challenges. Condemned inmates could be housed at any state prison.

No

A NO vote on this measure means: There would be no changes to the state’s current court procedures for legal challenges to death sentences. The state would still be limited to housing condemned inmates only at certain state prisons.

Arguments

Pro

Our death penalty system is bogged down by decades of appeals. We need to reform it, not repeal it, by passing Proposition 66. Prop. 66 saves millions, brings closure to victims’ families and justice to brutal murderers. Innocent persons won’t be executed under Prop. 66. Victims’ families, DAs and law enforcement support Proposition 66.

Con

Prop. 66 is not real reform. We don’t know all of its consequences, but we do know this: it adds more layers of government bureaucracy causing more delays, costs taxpayers money, and increases California’s risk of executing an innocent person. Prop. 66 is a costly experiment that makes matters worse.

Campaigns

For

Kermit Alexander
Californians for Death Penalty Reform and Savings
520 Capitol Mall, Ste. 630
Sacramento, CA 95814
(800) 372-6417
info@noprop62yesprop66.com
www.noprop62yesprop66.com