Proposition Summary

Redirects money collected by grocery and certain other retail stores through sale of carryout bags, whenever any state law bans free distribution of a particular kind of carryout bag and mandates the sale of any other kind of carryout bag. • Requires stores to deposit bag sale proceeds into a special fund administered by the Wildlife Conservation Board to support specified categories of environmental projects. • Provides for Board to develop regulations implementing law. • Potential state revenue of several tens of millions of dollars annually under certain circumstances. Revenue would be used to support certain environmental programs.

Proposition Number

65

Year

2016

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 4660203; A: 44.9; N: 5714956; B: 55.1

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative Statute

For Author

THOMAS HUDSON, Executive DirectorCalifornia Taxpayer Protection CommitteeDEBORAH HOWARD, Executive DirectorCalifornia Senior Advocates League

Against Author

MARK MURRAY, Executive DirectorCalifornians Against Waste

Rebuttal Author

MARK MURRAY, Executive DirectorCalifornians Against Waste

Rebuttal Against Author

THOMAS HUDSON, Executive DirectorCalifornia Taxpayer Protection CommitteeDEBORAH HOWARD, Executive DirectorCalifornia Senior Advocates League

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