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2009 May Special Election

The California Initiative Review (CIR) is a non-partisan, objective Internet publication which provides comprehensive, independent analyses of California Ballot initiatives and related issues.

CIR is written by law students in the California Initiative Seminar course and edited by a board of editors under faculty supervision. CIR is posted on the Internet as a public service to California.  CIR is produced under the auspices of the Capital Center for Government Law & Policy, at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law.

Introduction. The 2009 Budget Compromise

Proposition 1A. State Budget. Changes California Budget Process. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Proposition 1B. Education Finance. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Proposition 1C. Lottery Modernization Act. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Proposition 1D. Protects Children’s Services Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Proposition 1E. Mental Health Service Funding. Temporary Reallocation. Helps Balance State Budget. Initiative Statute.

Proposition 1F. Elected Officials’ Salaries. Initiative Constitutional Amendment

Report. Internet Voting: Looking Towards the Future

CIR 2009 Special Election. Full Publication