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PROP
16

IMPOSES NEW TWO-THIRDS VOTER APPROVAL REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL PUBLIC ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SUMMARY

Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures

Requires two-thirds voter approval before local governments provide electricity service to new customers or establish a community choice electricity program using public funds or bonds. Fiscal Impact: Unknown net impact on state and local government costs and revenues—unlikely to be significant in the short run—due to the measure's uncertain effects on public electricity providers and on electricity rates.

WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS

YES A YES vote on this measure means: Local governments would generally be required to receive two-thirds voter approval before they could start up electricity services or expand electricity service into a new territory.
NO A NO vote on this measure means: Local governments generally could continue to implement proposals involving the start-up or expansion of electricity service either through approval by a majority of voters or actions by governing boards.

ARGUMENTS

PRO Proposition 16 is the Taxpayers Right to Vote Act. It requires two thirds voter approval before local governments can spend or borrow public money to enter the retail electricity business. In tough economic times like these, taxpayers should have the final say in how government spends our money.
CON Proposition 16 does two things: First, it drastically limits your choices on who provides you with electricity. Second, it lets the for-profit utilities in California raise your electricity rates again and again, by protecting their monopoly and eliminating competition. For more choice and lower electric bills, NO on Proposition 16.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For

YES On 16/Californians to
   Protect Our Right to Vote
2350 Kerner Blvd., Suite 250
San Rafael, CA 94901
info@taxpayersrighttovote.com
www.taxpayersrighttovote.com

Against

Taxpayers Against the PG&E Powergrab,
  Sponsored by Local Power, Inc. and
  The Utility Reform Network
Mindy Spatt
5429 Madison Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95841
(415) 929-8876 x306
www.powergrab.info