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Two of the measures — a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/05/brown-wades-into-water-bond-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multibillion-dollar bond for water needs\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-rainy-day-fund-20140516-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constitutional amendment to enhance the state’s rainy day budget fund\u003c/a> — will shed \u003ca href=\"http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/press-releases/2014/db14-056.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the numbers assigned by Secretary of State Debra Bowen\u003c/a> of Proposition 43 (water) and Proposition 44 (budget).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behold the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/WaltersBee/status/498928359544348672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new designations\u003c/a>: Proposition 1 for water, Proposition 2 for the budget reserve. By day’s end, Gov. 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And even then, why a new number for the proposition \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_44,_Rainy_Day_Budget_Stabilization_Fund_Act_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to enhance the state budget’s reserve fund\u003c/a> — a proposal \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed on the ballot back in May\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the new numbers, say officials, was a necessity. A spokesperson for Secretary of State Bowen confirmed that even a new \u003cem>version\u003c/em> of a water bond would have required a new proposition number. Hence Prop 43 has now been replaced by Prop 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop 2, though, seems to have been born for a more practical reason: The two measures, one almost universally lauded (enhanced budget reserve fund) and one not at all universally lauded (water), now will be symbolically linked at the top of the ballot. They will, backers hope, stand out from Propositions 45 through 48 when a voter scans the fall ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/11/prop-49-removed-from-california-fall-ballot/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 49, as we reported yesterday, has been blocked from a vote on Nov. 4.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political watchers count on voters seeing such measures as a package deal, even though there are no legal strings between the two. And for incumbents like Gov. Jerry Brown and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature, Prop. 1 and Prop. 2 could be portrayed (accurately or not) as a one-two effort to fix what needs fixing in California as the politicians who wrote them also ask voters for another term in office. Or some message to that effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will it work? Recent history offers backers both hope and despair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2006, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/State-voters-back-infrastructure-bonds-2485090.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders placed five bond measures on the fall ballot\u003c/a> (the same ballot on which Schwarzenegger sought re-election), Propositions 1A through 1E. The $36 billion package was approved by voters and was an electoral alphabet soup for which Schwarzenegger urged passage at almost every campaign event. The takeaway for political consultants: The symbol of the package was more powerful than any one bond measure. In fact, some believe that the weaker propositions were boosted by their more popular ballot siblings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, 2009 showed the downside of a package deal. In that year’s special election — held in the midst of California’s fiscal free fall — \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2009/05/19/special-delivery-from-voters-no-x-5/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voters rejected all five measures crafted by Schwarzenegger and a bipartisan group of legislative leaders\u003c/a>. Again, it was up to voters whether to buy the notion of the measures being an all-or-nothing deal … and it was a huge gamble that came up short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, a key criticism of the 2009 statehouse election package was that the unified “yes” campaign had no core constituency. It tried so hard to appeal to everyone that it actually didn’t appeal to any one group enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2014 is undoubtedly a different year. But again, consider the politics. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build two massive 35-mile-long tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta would cost about $25 billion. Now some California water districts are thinking about raising property taxes to pay their share of the project, aimed at moving water more easily from Northern California to cities and farms in the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Proposition 13, which was passed in 1978, property tax increases require a two-thirds vote of approval. But Paul Rogers, managing editor of KQED Science and environmental reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, has learned that some water agencies contend they are not bound to a public vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major water districts claim that since the bond act to create the State Water Project — the massive system of dams and canals that moves water from north to south — predated the passing of Prop. 13, they can raise property taxes without public approval. The State Water Project was approved under Gov. Pat Brown, the current governor's father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Basically, in the fine print of that bond act, it said that water districts that were going to pay for the State Water Project could use property taxes along with water rates to pay for it,\" Rogers said. \"Now that was in 1960. Voters didn't pass Proposition 13 until 1978. So legally the water districts contend, and it looks like the law is pretty clear, that they do have this right grandfathered in to raise property taxes without a vote of the people to pay for Jerry Brown's — the son's — new $25 billion project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Fiedler of the Santa Clara Valley Water District offered justification for the property tax hike. From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_26198239/property-taxes-could-pay-25-billion-delta-tunnels\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News report\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Because this is a tax that was already voted on, it was a pre-Prop. 13 measure,\" said Jim Fiedler, the district's chief operating officer. \"Because it was adopted by voters prior to that date, it doesn't qualify for the two-thirds requirement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if there was any limit to how much higher property taxes could be raised if the Delta tunnels project has cost overruns, similar to the Bay Bridge or high-speed rail projects, Fiedler said he didn't know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's a good question. That's a decision our board would make,\" he said. \"But it would be in public hearings, not behind closed doors.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Rogers said that more than 20 water districts have this pre-Prop. 13 taxing authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Valley Water District currently charges $36 per year, money that goes to pay bond debt and other costs of the State Water Project. The district wants to raise that to $60 over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to an interview with Paul Rogers below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/160024846\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Politics of Property Tax Hikes in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Politically, in California, raising property taxes is kind of a third-rail issue since 1978,\" Rogers said. \"It's what gave rise to the modern conservative movement. We still argue over Prop. 13 today, and polls show that it's actually quite popular. People don't want to overturn it. What's going to be interesting here is to see whether there will be push-back from taxpayer organizations like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hjta.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association\u003c/a>, which is not happy about this, or even environmental groups who don't like the tunnels because they think it's going to hurt the Delta by taking too much water out. So you're having these very weird coalitions starting to be built. Anti-tax groups on the right, environmental groups on the left saying, 'Hey, hey, we don't think you should use this property tax mechanism.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water agencies are expected to pay for $17 billion of the $25 billion tab either through property taxes or higher water rates. 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Most political observers view that 2009 bond as doomed because it's so expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg said the increase was an attempt to win Republican support by spending more money a top GOP priority: reservoirs and other water storage projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bond ... is the last chance — and maybe even the last day — that they will ever see $2 billion of surface storage in a proposed bond on the floor of the state Senate,” he told reporters before the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/155836151&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to increasing California’s storage capacity, the latest version of the bond would authorize $3 billion for safe drinking water projects, including $100 million for local groundwater development plans. 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