SaysWho? Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Nevada constitutionally protects same-sex marriage. Florida votes for a $15 minimum wage, a big progressive victory. The lesson Democrats should take from Florida’s $15 minimum wage vote WWW.VOX.COM Florida voted for Trump. It also voted for a $15 minimum wage. Marijuana legalization is extremely popular around the nation. Cannabis legalization measures set to pass in 5 states TECHCRUNCH.COM Cannabis legalization was on five state ballots yesterday and ran the table. Voters in Oregon, where cannabis is already legal, also approved a measure addressing street drugs and another that sought to legalize psychedelic mushrooms’ therapeutic use. Of the five states that voted on cannabis, four states approved legal recreational marijuana for adults age 21 […] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Prop 17 passed which allows people on parole for felony convictions to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Tennessee's constitution doesn't allow ballot initiatives! WOMP WOMP. We're probably the worst fucking state in this entire goddamned union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I was curious as to why California's Proposition 25 to replace cash-based bail with flight risk assessment-based bail failed. What I discovered was that the ACLU and the Pre-Trial Justice Institute both came out in strong opposition to the proposition as they claimed that the algorithms that would be used for the flight risk assessment would be even more unfair to minorities/poor than cash bail. Naturally, the vultures of the bail bonds industry poured money into the campaign as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Naturally, the vultures of the bail bonds industry poured money into the campaign as well. King Stahlman is a legend in San Diego! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Virginias amendment 1, a bad redistricting commission, passed Virginia amendment 2, allowing a property tax deduction on vehicles for disabled veterans passed with like 86% I voted against both. Whomp whomp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Illinois' Fair Tax Amendment unfortunately failed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Weed is legal in NJ which I support but honestly dislike it when I walk around outdoors and smell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Sports gambling in MD, baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Weed is legal in NJ which I support but honestly dislike it when I walk around outdoors and smell it. Not in my backyard air! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx8402 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 We legally changed our name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 34 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Virginias amendment 1, a bad redistricting commission, passed Virginia amendment 2, allowing a property tax deduction on vehicles for disabled veterans passed with like 86% I voted against both. Whomp whomp. Yep - I voted "No" on both as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Not in my backyard air! I would put a bubble up if I could bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 hour ago, 69los said: Sports gambling in MD, baby! It is alot of fun tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Yep - I voted "No" on both as well. Why no on the Veteran one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Massachusetts had two initiatives in the ballot. A right to repair measure easily passed, but the move to rank voting failed by 10 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 yeah yeah... but what did they vote to call the Washington Football team? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 In Utah, you can no longer be enslaved for committing a crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 In Oregon, medicinal use of psilocybin is now legal, though the language of the measure was somewhat vague, so I'll be interested to see how it's implemented. Also, all street drugs are decriminalized for personal use. If caught with drugs, you can either pay a $100 fine or go to a rehab center that, as I understand it, is paid for by the sate. I'm not sure if the amount classified as "personal use" will change. But drug possession of any kind is no longer a felony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 In CA (probably) Failed to tax commercial properties based on current market value Failed to allow affirmative action Did not pass a new tough on crime prop Will not allow local governments to implement rent control Passed a complex amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act Did not replace cash bail with algorithmic risk assessments Passed the Uber/Lyft prop to prevent drivers from being employees I'm disappointed in the failure to tax commercial properties at market rates. Prop 13 from 1978 is rather sacrosanct in CA, and it basically prevents property tax from changing until ownership changes hands. I understand it's necessity at the time, but now I think it's a huge driver of our poor housing market. Even as a homeowner, I'd rather scrap the whole thing, but doing it just for commercial properties seemed reasonable. My guess is that anything that gets close to Prop 13 is just a no-go. I'm very interested to see how the amended CCPA works. I don't think anyone really knows the exact effects this change will have, but it seems like it'll go from a basically useless law to one with at least some teeth. I was personally in favor of getting rid of cash bail. I understand people are uncomfortable with algorithms, but I that risk goes down when you're aware of potential issues and actively looking for problems. Certainly cash bail isn't a great system. I'm most disappointed by the passing of prop 22, the Uber/Lyft one. I do think that the law it's amending (AB 5) is far from perfect, but I think this was a terrible precedent to set. I feel like people largely voted on the idea that their VC funded taxi rides will get slightly more expensive. Even if 22 is a good idea, I couldn't righly vote for a thing that requires an incredible 7/8ths of both chambers in the CA Legislature to amend. It's now far more difficult to change how we pay Uber drivers than it is to change our state constitution and that's just silly. Frankly, I'm surprised it's even allowed for a voter proposition to be so impossible to change. On an extremely local level, I was happy to see Measure E pass. It allows for buildings of more than 30ft to be built around our sports arena. I'm in favor of basically anything that allows more building or density, but we've got a poor record of actually passing those kinds of things. The area in question is technically "costal," but it's not exactly a beach community, and I think it could really benefit from some real development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 You forgot the Prop 23, State Dialysis Clinics require a doctor at the clinic at all times, report infections every 3 months and clinics could not discriminate based on insurance - Is NOT going to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Fizzzzle said: In Oregon, medicinal use of psilocybin is now legal, though the language of the measure was somewhat vague, so I'll be interested to see how it's implemented. Also, all street drugs are decriminalized for personal use. If caught with drugs, you can either pay a $100 fine or go to a rehab center that, as I understand it, is paid for by the sate. I'm not sure if the amount classified as "personal use" will change. But drug possession of any kind is no longer a felony. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 10 hours ago, ThreePi said: Illinois' Fair Tax Amendment unfortunately failed. Yep, and Pritzker announced the day afterward that the only way forward now is crushing austerity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 10 hours ago, SimpleG said: Why no on the Veteran one ? Don't need to give a very specific tax credit, ripe for fraud, written into the state constitution for a very small subset of people all for $~400/year for a new car 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Don't need to give a very specific tax credit, ripe for fraud, written into the state constitution for a very small subset of people all for $~400/year for a new car I only asked cause it seemed a bit off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 8 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: In Utah, you can no longer be enslaved for committing a crime. Always leading the country with such progressive changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, SimpleG said: Always leading the country with such progressive changes Well Utah was the first state to allow women to vote so that their husbands could tell them how to vote to keep Mormon influence alive and well in the state. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 11 hours ago, TwinIon said: On an extremely local level, I was happy to see Measure E pass. It allows for buildings of more than 30ft to be built around our sports arena. I'm in favor of basically anything that allows more building or density, but we've got a poor record of actually passing those kinds of things. The area in question is technically "costal," but it's not exactly a beach community, and I think it could really benefit from some real development. The apartments with a good view will sell out fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 51 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: The apartments with a good view will sell out fast! There's no view there other than the view of getting hit by a plane if the building is higher than 30 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: There's no view there other than the view of getting hit by a plane if the building is higher than 30 feet. Free plane ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Remarkableriots said: Free plane ride! Also as far as apartments with a nice view selling out fast, I'm doubtful of that as well. Apartments in San Diego are a rip off, especially nice ones. The apartments next to Petco Park for instance. A 1 bedroom 1 bath 679 square foot apartment is going for $2,655 a month (This is actually cheaper than I thought it would be but still a rip off ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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