• Re-Introduce Yourself
• How was your break?
• What are your hobbies, interests, right now.
• Any important life updates (move, job, family)?
• How did you do in English last semester?
• What were some of your strengths?
• What are some things that you could have done better?   
• What were some of your favorite activities?
• What are your goals for English this semester?
• How will you achieve these goals?
• What resources will help you achieve these goals?
• What obstacles will you face in achieving these goals?

AP Language Midterm Elections Project

Due Wednesday November 7^th

Your Assignment

For the two office positions:

• Research and provide a summary of 3-4 important issues for each candidate.
• Cast a vote for one candidate
• Provide a paragraph rationale of why and how you decided to vote.
• Cite 3 sources for your research

For the propositions:

• Pick Eight (8) Propositions
• Research and summarize the PROs and CONs of the ballot initiative.
• Cast your vote for each proposition
• Provide a paragraph rationale of why and how you decided to vote.
• Cite 3 sources for your research

Rationale Paragraphs

• Explain why you voted the way you did. What influenced your decision? What sources did you use to make your decision? How did your research influence your decision? Why is the issue important? Provide evidence and reasoning to back up your claims.

THE MIDTERM ELECTION

Governor: The highest elected official in California: Oversees most state departments and agencies. Prepares annual state budget. Approves or rejects new state laws.

            CANDIDATE #1: JOHN COX

            CANDIDATE #1: GAVIN NEWSOM

State Superintendent: Head of public schools: Manages the state Department of Education. Provides leadership and assistance to all public schools in California. Enforces education regulations.

            CANDIDATE #1: TONY THURMOND

            CANDIDATE #1: MARSHALL TUCK

State Propositions:

            Prop 1: AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for existing affordable housing programs for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill, and transit-oriented housing. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $170 million annually over the next 35 years.

            Prop 2: MENTAL HEALTH HOUSING PROGRAM

Amends Mental Health Services Act to fund No Place Like Home Program, which finances housing for individuals with mental illness. Ratifies existing law establishing the No Place Like Home Program. Fiscal Impact: Allows the state to use up to $140 million per year of county mental health funds to repay up to $2 billion in bonds. These bonds would fund housing for those with mental illness who are homeless.

            Prop 3: WATER BONDS

Authorizes $8.877 billion in state general obligation bonds for various infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging $430 million per year over 40 years. Local government savings for water-related projects, likely averaging a couple hundred million dollars annually over the next few decades.

            Prop 4: CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BONDS

Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds, to be repaid from state's General Fund, to fund grants for construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping of qualifying children's hospitals. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $80 million annually over the next 35 years.

            Prop 5: PROPERTY TAX RULES

Removes certain transfer requirements for homeowners over 55, severely disabled homeowners, and contaminated or disaster-destroyed property. Fiscal Impact: Schools and local governments each would lose over $100 million in annual property taxes early on, growing to about $1 billion per year. Similar increase in state costs to backfill school property tax losses.

            Prop 6: TRANSPORTATION TAXES AND FEES

Repeals a 2017 transportation law's taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. Fiscal Impact: Reduced ongoing revenues of $5.1 billion from state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would have paid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, as well as transit programs.

            Prop 7: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent with federal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no direct fiscal effect because changes to daylight saving time would depend on future actions by the Legislature and potentially the federal government.

            Prop 8: KIDNEY DIALYSIS CENTERS

Requires rebates and penalties if charges exceed limit. Requires annual reporting to the state. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal Impact: Overall annual effect on state and local governments ranging from net positive impact in the low tens of millions of dollars to net negative impact in the tens of millions of dollars.

            Prop 10: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RENT CONTROL

Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or considerably more.

            Prop 11: AMBULANCE EMPLOYEE BREAKS

Law entitling hourly employees to breaks without being on-call would not apply to private-sector ambulance employees. Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to local governments (in the form of lower costs and higher revenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollars each year.

            Prop 12: FARM CAGE ANIMALS

Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State costs up to $10 million annually to enforce the measure.