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HealthVote.org Makes Sense of California Health Ballot Measures

June 2009

To help California voters and the media assess health-related initiatives on statewide ballots, the California HealthCare Foundation and the Center for Governmental Studies collaborated to produce HealthVote.org.

HealthVote.org provides a regularly updated, one-stop, nonpartisan resource for information on statewide health-related ballot initiatives. The site includes in-depth background, official ballot summaries, TV ad analyses, news, editorials, and statewide poll results. Updates are available on the site and in regular emails.

HealthVote.org covered two ballot measures during the state's 2009 special election:

• Prop. 1D: Protects Children's Services Funding. Helps Balance State Budget. Amends Prop. 10 (enacted in 1998) by cutting $1.68 billion over five years from First 5 (state early childhood development programs). In the first year, Prop. 1D would take $340 million from First 5 reserve accounts and $268 million in new revenues. Prop. 1D would continue to reduce the funding available for First 5 programs by approximately $268 million per year until 2014. (Rejected by voters on May 19, 2009.)
• Prop. 1E: Mental Health Services Funding. Temporary Reallocation. Helps Balance State Budget. Amends the Mental Health Services Act (Prop. 63 of 2004) to cut about $230 million per year for two years from the expansion of state mental health services. Prop. 1E would divert Prop. 63 revenues to the federally mandated Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program. (Rejected by voters on May 19, 2009.)

Comprehensive coverage of each measure includes:

• Facts and Analysis: Enter the no-spin zone to get the who, what, and why of each measure.
• For and Against: Read the official ballot summary, arguments, and rebuttals in an easy-to-read format.
• MoneyWatch: Follow the money to find out who contributed how much to each campaign and how the money was spent.
• AdWatch: View the ads and track estimated expenditures statewide or by market.
• NewsWatch: Read the latest news articles, editorials, and media coverage.
• PollWatch: Find statewide, non-partisan polling data from the campaign season.
• Proposition History: Read a detailed background and history, including court decisions, campaign strategies, and research on the effects of ballot measures.

Site visitors can also follow the progress of all health-related propositions adopted by voters since 2004 -- Prop. 3 (2008) and Props. 61, 63, and 71 (2004) -- with follow-up analyses and media coverage.

To take advantage of the information and features offered at HealthVote.org, access the site through the link below.

External Links

HealthVote.org

The Center for Governmental Studies