Prop 64 What it does: Legalizes marijuana for adult use. Making Recreational Marijuana Legal Prop 64 What it does: Legalizes marijuana for adult use. 15% tax on retail sales of non-medical marijuana & taxes for cultivation. Prohibits marketing marijuana to minors. Regulates the marijuana businesses. Allows resentencing of those convicted for marijuana offenses.

Prop 64 Making Recreational Marijuana Legal Supporters/What they say: Ends criminalization that does more harm than good Establishes regulation of marijuana industry Generates new tax revenues Allocates new revenues responsibly Raised $24 Million largely from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Drug Policy Alliance California Medical Association California Democratic Party California NAACP Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom

Prop 64 Making Recreational Marijuana Legal Opponents / What they say: Increases marijuana use, including among minors Leads to more impaired driving & highway fatalities Harms underprivileged neighborhoods Weakens local control over cultivation & sale Raised $2.1 Million Senator Dianne Feinstein California Hospital Association California Republican Party California Association of Highway Patrolmen California Police Chiefs Association

Prop 64 Things to think about: Making Recreational Marijuana Legal Prop 64 Things to think about: The marijuana industry says their biggest problem is that all transactions are in cash (with customers, employees, even taxes!) Does the increased revenue for your city outweigh the risk of an all-cash business moving large sums of cash around?

Prop 64 Things to think about: Making Recreational Marijuana Legal Prop 64 Things to think about: Knowing that enforcement of the 0.08% blood alcohol standard has deterred drunk driving and possibly saved lives, How does this affect your thinking about our understanding of the influences of marijuana?

Prop 64 Things to think about: Making Recreational Marijuana Legal Prop 64 Things to think about: Big Tobacco’s profits and lobbying have hidden health effects and stymied regulations to curb tobacco use. Big Weed could realize the same profits and lobbying power. How could this change our ability to research marijuana effects?

Prop 62 What it does: Eliminates the death penalty. Repealing the Death Penalty Initiative Statute What it does: Eliminates the death penalty. Changes sentences of death row prisoners to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Requires prisoners to work and pay 60% of earnings as restitution. Saves around $150M per year in trials and death row housing.

Prop 62 Repealing the Death Penalty Supporters/What they say: – Will save the state $150 million per year – Achieves closure for victim’s families – Removes possibility of executing innocent people Raised $15.7 million largely from 3 reform/ social justice PACs Mike Farrell, Actor Many others Former Death Row Warden California Democratic Party Ron Briggs, author – Death Penalty Law Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom

Prop 62 Repealing the Death Penalty Opponents / What they say: Death penalty system is broken, but it should be mended, not ended Changing the appeals process is best fix Those on death row are the worst of criminals Raised $12.4 million largely from law enforcement PACs Mend, Not End, Death Penalty PAC Truth in Government PAC California Republican Party Law Enforcement Groups No on 62; Yes on 66

Prop 66 Death Penalty Court Procedures Initiative Statute What it does: Limits court appeals process for death penalty cases to 5 years. Makes additional lawyers eligible to represent death row inmates. Inmates sentenced to death could be housed at any state prison. Annual state court costs could increase by tens of millions of dollars in the short term; prison costs could decrease.

Prop 66 Death Penalty Court Procedures Supporters / What they say: Death penalty system is broken, but should be mended, not ended Speeding up death penalty appeals process will save $30 million annually Raised $13.2 million largely from 2 Law enforcement PACs CA to Mend Not End Death Penalty CA Peace Officers Org California Republican Party

Prop 66 Death Penalty Court Procedures Opponents / What they say: Prop 66 is confusing and poorly written; would be subject to costly legal challenges Additional layers of appeals and construction of new prison facilities would cost taxpayers millions Raised $17.2 million largely from 4 reform/ social justice PACs Senator Dianne Feinstein Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom CA Democratic, Libertarian & Green Parties Yes on 62; No on 66 PAC ACLU of California

Prop 62/66 Things to think about: Repeal/Speed Up Death Penalty Things to think about: Starting with Prop 62, repeal of the death penalty, was there a “fact” that you found compelling enough to vote yes? Or vote no? That you found surprising? With Prop 66, speeding up the death penalty process, was there a “fact” that you found compelling enough to vote yes? Or vote no? That you found surprising?

Prop 62/66 Things to think about: Repeal/Speed Up Death Penalty Things to think about: Studies show that knowing the punishment in advance is not a deterrent to committing a crime: What constitutes an adequate punishment for someone who takes a life? What constitutes adequate restitution for victim’s families?

Prop 62/66 Things to think about: Repeal/Speed Up Death Penalty Things to think about: 150 people convicted of murder have been found innocent since their initial conviction Due process for those sentenced: Adequate defense – qualified attorneys Timely carriage of justice? Cost to taxpayers?