If I lived in New York City, I too would be nervous about the upcoming 9-11 terrorists trial. But then I have been nervous about another al-Qaeda attack since 9-12-01. I live in a small town in Utah and I don't fear an al-Qaeda attack here. I think that they will attack again when they are ready with WMD's. Al-Qaeda has vowed revenge for the Muslims whose death we have caused, at least in their opinion. They blame us for more than 10 million Muslim deaths in Iraq and around the world. Thus I expect that they will attack large population centers to cause the maximum number of deaths. New York would be a target whether the 9-11 trial is held there or not.
Some opponents of the trial say that we will provide the terrorists with a propaganda platform. However, we will be affirming our commitment to justice for all, not justice for all except Muslims. The advantage that the terrorists receive will be more than offset, in my opinion, by our demonstration to the world that we practice what we preach. Hopefully our example will make recruiting for al-Qaeda more difficult.
Some prefer unbridled capitalism. I prefer capitalism with a bridle. Opponents call capitalism with a bridle socialism. I prefer to think of it as compassionate conservatism.
Michael Moore's new movie called Capitalism: a Love Story is an uneven treatment of the recent financial meltdown. There were two parts of the movie I found particularly interesting. He had extensive film of the recent, December 2008, sit-in in Chicago of the terminated workers at a factory that made windows until it could no longer get financing from Bank of America. The workers were not paid what they were owed and were thrown out of work just prior to Christmas. I grew up in Chicago and the film showed how close to the Loop the factory was. The Loop is Chicago's center of political and financial power. During the sit-in, a Catholic Bishop visited the strikers to voice support. He told how his life was shaped by growing up on the South side of Chicago where abandoned steel mills sit empty and the lost jobs they represent. His experience was similar to Barack's when he was a community organizer in the same area.
The other part of the movie that impressed me was a much shorter segment that showed FDR making a radio address just before his death. FDR thought that the voters should see that part of his speech so he invited movie cameras into the office where he was broadcasting. FDR proposed another bill of rights for the US in which certain rights would be guaranteed: adequate affordable healthcare, a living wage, decent housing and affordable higher education. He died before these rights could be enacted, but the US imposed these rights on the constitutions of our defeated enemies in WW2, Germany and Japan. Isn't it ironic that our defeated enemies enjoy those rights now and after more than 60 years, US citizens are still denied them?
A college degree used to be a sure ticket of admission to a middle class life style. No more. With the rising cost of college and the accelerating disappearance of good paying jobs, exacerbated by the Great Recession, new grads are finding it very difficult to find jobs that will allow them to begin paying back the loans that got them through school. Many are forced to live at home with their parents as they postpone starting a life of their own.
Adding to the downward pressure on wages is the insistence of business to import temporary workers to fill jobs that Americans would fill but at a higher wage. A recent online study shows that IT workers, such as computer programmers and software engineers earn about 6% less than they would without the competition of H-1B visa workers. The undocumented and those with green cards or H-1B visas hold down wages for all of us.
When supply and demand are equal, the price set by their intersection is called the market clearing pricer since enough is supplied to meet demand with no overage. Business wants no government interference in setting the market clearing price since a price too low would lead to shortages and less profit on items they sell. However, when it comes to their purchases, business is happy with a price below the market clearing price since it reduces their costs and increases profits.
Let's assume no H-1B visas are issued. Jobs would be filled with American workers and wages would rise if some jobs are not filled. That would create an incentive for Americans to train themselves in the skills needed to fill what are now better paying jobs. It might take some time, but eventually, the supply of job applicants would increase to meet demand and a market clearing wage would be established at the higher level.
The recently announced agreement of Turkey and Armenia to recognize each other is a big deal. In itself, it almost justifies Barack's Nobel peace prize. Since the forced relocation of Christian Armenians during WW 1 by the failing Muslim Ottoman Empire as a potential fifth column in which 1 million to 1.5 million Armenians died, both sides have been at odds. Armenians both in the US and Armenia have been demanding that Turkey acknowledge past misdeeds, which some have labeled genocide.
For its part, Turkey has always denied responsibility for the actions of the Ottoman Empire although Turkey occupies the heart of the former Ottoman Empire. When he established modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk westernized the Turkish alphabet making it very hard for Turks to read the voluminous documents from the past.
Why is this first step to better relations between Armenia and Turkey so important? Turkey and Armenia at peace with each other will make it easier to route oil from farther east through the area. Turkey is a member of NATO and a US ally. Turkey wants to join the European Union and this brings them closer to membership.
I am not an expert on the events of WW 1 and the Ottoman Empire, but I am currently reading A Shameful Act by Turkish historian Taner Akcam which covers that period. This bodes well for the soon to happen Arab/Israeli talks.
What price efficiency? How much is efficiency in financial markets worth? How much is it worth to you or to me? The hedge fund owner/manager who clears $billion in a single year, $500,000 per hour, thinks he/she is worth the price. If we put the job out for bids, I am sure that someone would volunteer to do it for $500,000 per day and then someone else would offer to do it for $500,000 per week and then another for $500,000 per month and finally $500,000 per year. I don't care if the financial markets are super efficient or not. I might be willing to pay $500,000 per year or I might not.
The standard argument heard from Wall Street is that huge salaries and bonuses are necessary to keep the talented from joining competitive firms. So what? If the talented were not profitable to an individual firm, it would not matter who they worked for.
Then there is the other false argument thrown out by those who support the present tax structure, that the US has a high rate of taxation. That may be true on paper but it does not reflect the real world of tax loopholes and tax havens. If the hedge fund owner/manager really believes this, let him/her take his firm elsewhere and start paying taxes in a foreign country with a lower tax rate that lacks the tax loopholes that exist here in the US.
The numbers describing the US economy are huge, in the $trillions, but that is not an infinite number. If some pay themselves and friends in the $billions, that leaves less to be divided among the rest of us. How much is enough and how much is too much? We can read about how much is more than enough when we read about Wall Street's greed.
I am fired up and ready to go. Politics does not stop. We started the process of change in 2006 and continued it in 2008. We need to finish the job in 2010. Historically, the party out of power makes a comeback in off year elections. In 2010, let's make history by defying history.
Barack needs us to work as hard in 2010 as we did in 2008. If we can reduce the number of Republican obstructionists in Congress, we can finally enact the Obama agenda more quickly for the benefit of all of us. Yes we can.
Where in the world is Osama bin Laden? Pakistan probably, acting as a magnet to draw the US into another war we cannot win.
We invaded Afghanistan to punish the Taliban for harboring bin Laden. It is a Muslim country and bin Laden was a Muslim guest. Treating guests well, even enemies, is paramount with the Afghans. To expect them to surrender him to the unbelievers of the West was not realistic.
Then to show off his mojo, George W. Bush led us into Iraq where al-Qaeda and bin Laden were not. Now we think that bin Laden is in that part of Pakistan that was once part of Afghanistan. The British made it into a buffer zone when they incorporated it into India, now Pakistan. The people inhabiting that area still regard it as part of Afghanistan. To them the tribe comes first, then religion second, and country a distant third.
Obama is sending more troops to Afghanistan. A stategy that will not work unless we are very lucky and more skillful than the British and Russians before us. Bin Laden is hoping that our actions destroy the fragile balance that is Pakistan. I hope that Barack has a better strategy for Pakistan. Let's outsmart bin Laden this time with a plan that does not rely on the use of force.
I lie
He/she lies
You lie
We lie
They lie
Who tells the truth?
Who do you trust?
Barack Obama
Republican voices are being raised and crocodile tears shed at the rising federal deficit. During my lifetime, Republican incumbents have a historical record of pumping up the economy every four years to win the White House and if successful, then slamming the brakes on the economy to fight deficits and inflation. Usually their efforts are at the expense of the middle class and the poor, never the fat cats who support them.
Now that they are out of power, the same people who support deficits to win the White House are raising warning flags about the current deficit. I have confidence in the Obama administration that once the economy is firmly on the road to recovery, they will take the needed steps. Healthcare reform is one of the first steps required to combat that deficit.
Today my Uncle provided flowers for the funeral of a man he has known since his childhood. Last week he died of a treatable ulcer. He died because he had no insurance. He couldn’t afford to go to the doctor, even though he knew it was a problem. It is disgusting that we live in such a rich country that can let this happen to its people.
I joined over 40 people attended the Organizing for America Healthcare Kickoff meeting held at the Democratic Headquarters in Santa Cruz. It was great seeing so many people there who care so passionately about this issue. People want to see Obama and Congress come up with the strongest plan possible that will cover every single American.
There were genuine differences on what we should be pushing as activists. Many people recognize that the best way to cover everyone is through a single payer healthcare system. Some people expressed fear that if we settle for a version of healthcare that allowed for choice among private insurance and a public-option, it might lead to the ghettoizing of people with pre-existing conditions, the elderly and the poor. Also, many in the group felt that promoting single-payer healthcare would be coming to the table with a position of strength in terms of negotiating with the insurance companies and those who fight universal healthcare in Congress.
One thing that everyone agreed on was that we wanted quality, affordable healthcare for every American. To that end, we will engage in the National Day of Service on June 27th by helping the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center. We will help give it a well needed paint job at the same time, we will Rally for Universal Healthcare. We want to have Doctor’s and people who have worked closely on this issue speak to the public about the differences between single-payer and a public option.
So, I think this is a stepping off point, and it is up to us to continue to pressure our Senators, congresspeople and the President himself to make sure that healthcare reform passes this year. Too many people have already died.
What is your opinion? fib
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By Herman Baca, President Committee on Chicano Right
With Tuesday’s special election, California voters will vote whether or not to raise taxes to supposedly address the state’s $42 billion dollar hemorrhaging deficit. With California being the most heavily taxed state in the U.S. with one of the highest unemployment rate (over 10%), the question for voters and especially poor people is: how should we vote?
Our organization that has dealt with issues affecting poor people for over 40 years, has taken the position that voters cast an unequivocal NO VOTE on all of the propositions on Tuesday’s special election.
In urging a NO VOTE the issue to our organization is the lack of accountability from political elected representatives, and the need for them to begin meeting the needs of residents, small businesses, poor people, instead of the vested interests in Sacramento.
The strongest politic argument for a NO VOTE is that voters take note as to what has happened in National City (NC) after a similar proposition was railroaded by vested interest politicians and supporters that saddled the city with one of the highest sales tax rate (9 3/4%) in California.
NC a blue color worker community comprised of so-called minority residents; 65% of Mexican ancestry, 16% Filipinos, 7% others and 12% Anglo with 19% of its residents living under the poverty line is the poorest city in San Diego County, and the 3rd poorest in California. For voters who want to know what will happen to California communities and especially poor people if Governor Schwarzenegger and state politicians succeed in convincing voters to vote yes, then NC is the perfect political case study.
Before California had a deficit, NC politicians created (from a surplus) a $6 million dollar deficit. The reasons for the deficit was that like drunken teenagers with dad’s credit card NC politicians over spent during the worst economic crisis since the 1930 depression on non-essentials such as:
· Bonuses for top management, salary increase for public employees, and a golden parachute pension fund employees that allows police, firemen, and city employees (political contributors) to retire after 30 years of service with 90% of their pay while contributing zero into the fund!
· $70,000 statues, 2.5 million dollar loans to out of the country developers, $25,000 for a Charger survey, etc.
· A number of raises to the Mayor’s “personal” secretary,
· Contracting a lobbyist for Sacramento.
With unemployment increasing, car dealer-ships closing, house foreclosures, etc. NC’s Mayor and City Council have added insult to financial injury just two short weeks after Chula Vista voters defeated a similar tax proposition (A), and right before Tuesday’s special election by arrogantly voted again to dole out raises and “bonuses” to NC executives and managers.
· The above is aside from the mayor and council granting $145,00.00 in 2008 to the same city’s executives and managers as a “one-time” retention incentive and bonuses of 5% to 6% and,
· In 2007, $20,000 bonuses, also to the highest paid city administrators and $22,000 and a $750 car allowance to NC do nothing City Attorney George Eiser III.
The above bonuses and raises were granted to bureaucrats, most who earn over $100,000 while NC residents, the poorest in SD County struggle daily to put food on their tables, clothes on their children’s backs, pay rent, and pay for the basic essentials of life.
Governor Schwarzenegger’s and his vested interested groupies will spend millions up until election day using “scare tactics,” that police, fire will be cut back, gangs will take over, houses will burn down etc. to frighten and convince voters to vote yes, like NC politicians did.
As NC politicians have proven, after levying the highest tax on the poorest people in California; politicians will never, ever be accountable to residents, taxpayers or voters, once they get your money.
Don’t be mislead, send a message to all politicians, VOTE NO on Tuesday on all the State propositions.
All I want for my birthday is…
posted by Dave Chameides Apr 14, 2009 12:38 pm
filed under: Conscious Consumer, Reduce, Recycle & Reuse, Sustainable Dave, Transportation
SAYS DAVE:
"I turned 40 last week. I’m not throwing that out there to gain sympathy or support (truthfully I could care less that my physical shell is forty), but to explain the list below. I decided to take today’s space and throw out into the E-ether, all the things I’d like for my birthday this year. I doubt many of them will actually happen, but you never know, sometimes you toss a pebble in the pond and good things come of it, so maybe one of them will happen. Here goes.
For my 40th Birthday I would like the following:
• Environmental education in all schools–public, private, and beyond. And I’m not just talking about a course, but a concerted effort to make the environment a part of the entire school experience so that upon graduation, an understanding of the fragile balance in which we need to exist is instilled in every student.
• A law mandating that all new homes be required to generate the power they use, on site, by means of renewable energy. This would not only decrease the stress on the grid, but help limit the McMansioning of America.
• Restaurants where you are charged an additional fee for not finishing the food you are served.
• Prime shelf space in grocery stores to be given to foods that are local first and then, according to packaging–bulk, biodegradable, recyclable, and way in the back, packaging that needs to be trashed. Let’s get the good stuff out front.
• Let Americans know that there are solar panels back up on The White House roof and then add some more, and a few mini windmills to boot? And while we’re at it, why not clean up Congress’ power too?
• The eradication of the word “them,” because without “them” we are all us, and it is hard to hate ourselves.
• Publicly funded Campaign Finance Reform so we can end our allegiance to dirty power and move forward towards a future that makes sense.
• A set of Uilleann Pipes and lessons so I can learn how to play The Pina Colada Song.
• Free “Ride The Bus” days once a month in every city in the U.S.
• Transparency.
• A sincere push here in the U.S. to allow photovoltaic owners to sell back the extra power that they generate and use the sun to line their pocketbooks.
• Worm composters outside of all new restaurants. The castings could be sold or donated to public gardens (or maybe even given out as doggie bags!).
• Food mileage printed on boxes alongside the nutritional information they list.
• Rooftop gardens, vermicomposters and gray water systems as standard features in new home plans.
• Acknowledgment that Johnny Quest was the greatest cartoon ever created and that Tintin and Asterix tie for greatest comic book series of all time.
• Energy companies that break up homes by square footage, classify them by number of occupants, and then reward the top ten homes that use the least amount of energy by paying for that month’s bill.
• Everyone who reads this to head over to Kiva and consider making a microloan to someone in another part of the world. Kiva loans are low on risk, light on your wallet, and high on karma.
• Home energy usage meters as standard equipment in new homes.
• A retrofit for gasoline-powered vehicles that shows, in real time, how much money you are spending driving your car. Drivers would input price per gallon and fuel efficiency and could watch the money drain away.
• An increase in common sense, a departure from entitlement, and a sincere move towards an economy, ecology and society where we think of our impact on others before we think of our needs for ourselves.
• And finally, a lightly used Steve Austin doll in the operating room that turned into a space capsule. Remember how cool those were? He had the bionic eye and the arm with the cover that came off so you could see the wires, and that cool button on the back that made his arm do the karate chop?
Ok, I know that last one may be a toughie. If you don’t come across one, I’ll take all the other stuff and we’ll call it a day.
Thanks,
Dave
Dave Chameides is an environmental educator, freelance filmmaker and regular contributor to Care2’s Healthy & Green Living. He also writes alternative fuel articles for Edmunds.com and maintains the blogs 365 Days of Trash and Achieving Sustainability. While he is presently saving all of his trash for a year to better understand his environmental impact, his main focus is sustainability through education and he believes that with knowledge all things are possible. “Give people the facts and they’ll do the right thing.”
March 31, 2009
Dear Fire,
CODEPINK is springing out in action this April! We'll be showing our pink pride at film showings, congressional visits and community gatherings; stepping out with our allies for the Cesar Chavez march; walking for peace on the Golden Gate Bridge on Easter Sunday; and more. CODEPINKer and nurse Sandee Scott will report on her trip to Gaza with our pink delegation in Oakland at Citizen Hearings, and Neda Raheen and Max Dashu will report on Afghanistan in Berkeley. Plus save the date for a Gaza report back with Alice Walker on April 28! Please join us in our rich variety of political and social events in April!
San Francisco Women's Film Festival
Wednesday, April 1, 7PM
Join CODEPINKers at this opening night at the SF Women's Building. One film by Bay Area's Idris Hassan (recipient of 2004 Pink Badge of Courage); another about Patsy Mink, first woman of color in US Congress 1965.
For more info, visit: www.sfwff.com/schedule/index.html
San Francisco: Bay Area Premiere of "Obama's Iraq," A Big Noise Film
Friday, April 3, 7 PM
Screening followed by a public discussion: How Do We End Occupation & Empire Under Obama? With IVAW organizer Carl Davison; analyst/sctivist Antonia Juhasz, author of "Tyranny of Oil"; and Rick Rowley, Big Noise film maker recently returned from Iraq.
ATA Theater, 992 Valencia Street (at 21st), SF. Everyone welcome, $6 donation requested, not required. Possible CODEPINK tabling.
Contact Rae for details and to volunteer.
Hayward: Peace and Pizza Night!
Pierre Labossiere, from the Haitian Lawyers League, will be speaking on Haiti, Historical and Present, and the United Nations' actions in Haiti.
Location: 1533 B St. (at 5th), Hayward.
For more info contact: CODEPINKHayward@aol.com or Oceankayak@aol.com, or phone: 510-537-2789.
HOPE: Concert and Teach in to Stop Violence Against Women
Friday, April 3 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Join CODEPINK at the HOPE: Concert and Teach in to Stop Violence Against Women, College Nine and College Ten at UC Santa Cruz. Don't miss College Nine's annual event featuring live music, DJ, spoken word, booths & food.
For more info contact Rachel Ogata.
San Francisco: Rally in Honor of Cesar Chaves in Dolores Park
Saturday, April 4, 11 AM
Meet at the corner of 18th and Dolores (park corner near tennis courts); march to 24th and Mission. Bring our pink message of peace. Join our allies such as UFW, UFPJ, and more in honoring a man of peace and justice.
For more info, contact Janet.
Your District: Congress is home for Spring Break! Will you make an apointment with your rep? Say NO to troop escalation in Afghanistan and increases in military spending!
April 6 -17
Escalation of war in Adghanistan and Pakistan?! Days of Action! Join or organize a lobbying team (3-5 people) to visit members of Congress during the Days of Action. Let's bring our messages of peace to all 10 Bay Area members of Congress - Eshoo, Honda, Lee, McNerney, Miller, Speier, Stark, soon-to-be EX- Congresswoman Tauscher, Woolsey and yes, Madame Speaker Pelosi, when they are "at home" during the Congressional Recess. To sign up to be part of district visit teams, talking points, and more: email codepinkjanet@gmail.com. San Francisco: New Way Forward ~ banker bailout national protests
Saturday, April 11, TBA
Bring our "Save Main Street" message to our allies. A New Way Forward plans nationwide rallies in front of banks and AIG headquarters with this message: "12 million unemployed. Foreclosures up 81%. Wall Street has taken over. We must break up the banks and never again let them get so big that they distort our politics and take down the economy." To find a Bay Area demo near you, click on: http://www.anewwayforward.org/demonstrations/
San Francisco: Monthly CODEPINK Meeting
Wednesday, April 8, 7:00--9:00 PM
Join us at the Crossroads Cafe, 699 Brannan near Embarcadero (N streetcar stop) for our monthly meeting, to hear about the Gaza campaign, Mother's Day, and other actiions.
To add agenday items or get more info, contact Nancy Mancias.
Berkeley: Monthly CODEPINK Meeting & Pizza
Wednesday, April 8, 6:00 PM
Come early to share a pizza at 6 PM, or just come at 7 PM for the meeting. Agenda: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq; Mother's Day DC and here; MRS; and more.
Spuds Pizza (back room), 3290 Adeline Street, Berkeley, about 4 blocks south of the Ashby BART.
Berkeley: CODEPINK Social "No Agenda" Potluck Brunch
Saturday, April 11, 10 AM
Gather to schmooze, share, and spend time together without a meeting agenda, just a social agenda!
Call 510-845-6156 between 9:30 AM and 6:00 PM to RSVP and for location.
San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge Walk for Peace
Sunday, April 12, 11:45 AM
Focus (again!) on Afghanistan. Gather at south or north end by 11:45; march at noon; meet in the middle for song and solidarity. Bring small signs and friends.
For carpool and other info, contact Toby.
SAVE THE DATE for Tax Day Resistence
Wednesday, April 15, all day and evening
For more info contact info@CODEPINKalert.org.
Earth Day Weekend
April 17th through 19th
Bay Area wide: Green goes great with pink! Sign up at http://www.greenapplemusicfestival.com/ to participate in a local environmental action and bring War is not Green flyers with you!
Berkeley: Back by Popular Demand!
Sunday, April 19, 2:00 PM
We are revising the "Post Inaugural" PINK Follies and performing on Mother's Day, May 10 at La Pena. This is a MANDATORY practice for anyone who wants to be in the Follies!
Call 510-847-7613 for location and other info.
Berkeley: Monthly Monday Meet, Eat, and Greet
Monday, April 20, 6:00--8:00 PM
Report back on Afghanistan. Neda Raheen and Max Dashu are invited back to share their wealth of knowledge and information on Afghanistan-- and we will update ourselves on the latest US military tactics against Afghans.
RSVP to 510-540-7007; Mediterranean Bugget $13, no one turned away.
Oakland: CItizen Hearings on the Impact of US Weapons on Civilians in Gaza
Sunday, April 26, 2:00--5:00 PM
Presented by Interfaith Witness for Middle East Peace. CODEPINK Gaza delegate and nurse Sandee Scott joins other eye-witnesses such as Gaza residents, weapons experts and first hand responders to testify on. Then we will meet in break-out groups, according to Congrssional districts, to plan vistas and next steps.
For more info, contact nkhouri@afsc.org or lgottlieb@afsc.org.
Berkeley: Gaza Report Back with Alice Walker
Tuesday, April 28
CODEPINK Ongoing Actions:
Berkeley: CODEPINK Counter-Recruitment Presence for Peace
Wednesdays, Noon to 1:30 PM at the MRS, Berkeley
Wear hot pink, bring signs, or just be there!
For more info, call 510-540-7007
San Francisco: Vigil for Peace
Wednesdays, 5:30--6:30 PM
Vigil for peace at Market and Montgomery with our new "HOPE" banner.
Hayward: Peace Corner Vigil
Wednesdays, 5:00--6:00 PM
Peace corner vigil at the corner of Redwood Road and Castro Valley Blvd.
For more info contact Oceankayak@aol.com
Hope to see you soon!
Peace,
Janet, Rae, Nancy, Zanne, and Bay Area CODEPINK
April is packed with actions and events to attend! Join us in PINK and take a stand for peace!
Visit your Congressperson during Spring Break April 6-17!
Join CODEPINK at the movies, events, and in the park to spread the PINK
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San Diego college students, Al Shams and Kaelan Housewright, have started framing a constitutional amendment initiative to replace the word "marriage" with "domestic partnership" under California state law. 3/9/09 Secretary of State Debra Bowen authorized the initiative # 09-0003 to gather 700,000 signatures by early August to get the initiative on the ballot.
Here is the San Jose Mercury news story: http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_11890793?source=rss
Here is their DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE website that has an Adobe petition for you to fill out and mail in: http://www.dompar.org/
(The price of a first-class stamp will go up by 2 cents to 44 cents on May 11, 2009)
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Date: March 9, 2009
Initiative No.: 09-0003
The Attorney General of California has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure: SUBSTITUTES DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP FOR MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA LAW. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Replaces the term “marriage” with the term “domestic partnership” throughout California law, but preserves the rights provided in marriage. Applies equally to all couples, regardless of sexual orientation. Repeals the provision in California’s Constitution that states only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: This measure would have an unknown fiscal effect on state and local governments. (09-0003.)
