O le a filifili e tagata palota a Kalefonia se fa’ai’uga i ni

talosaga e 14 o lo’o i luga o le pepa palota:

Fili ʻi he ʻaho Tūsite, Nōvema 3, he ko hoʻo MAFAI (FORCE) ia! 

ʻO lau palota o lou malosi’aga! A tatou palota fa’atasi ma le MALOSI, o Tagata-nu’u Asia Amerika ma Tagata Pasefika o le a manumalo i le mauaina o fale-taugofie ma le tausiga o le soifua maloloina, o totogi lelei, ma a’oga tulaga maualuga.

E tatou te mo’omia se faiga malo e fa’amuamua le ‘au-galulue ma tagata lanu nai lo’o o le mana’o tele o le ‘au pilionea ma kamupani.

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IOE i le Mataupu 1: Pepa Aitalafu mo Fale‍ ‍

Tu’uina atu le $11.25 piliona i pepa aitalafu e fa’atupe ai le fausiaina o fale, fa’asaoina fale taugofie, ma fa’alautele avanoa e umia ai fale. O nei pepa aitalafu e mafai ai e Kalefonia ona nono tupe mai tagata teu tupe e totogi ai nei tupe teu fa’afaigaluega taua i nu’u.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Coalition of organizations representing housing, business, labor, local government, among others

Tete’e: Republican Asm. David Tangipa and Reform CA

IOE i le Mataupu 2: Tulafono mo le Fa’asaoina o le Lumana’i o Kalefonia

E maua ai e le setete le avanoa sili atu ona fetu'una'i i le fa'atulagaina o le paketi. E mafai ai e le malo o le setete ona teu ese le 20% o tupe maua a le setete i totonu o se tupe fa'asao mo taimi faigata, a'o lea ua fa'atapula'aina i le taimi nei i le 10%. E mafai ai fo'i e le setete ona fa’aaoga nisi tupe fa’aopoopo e totogi ai se vaega o le aitalafu a le malo tele e $20 piliona, lea na tula'i mai i le vaitaimi o le fa'ama'i o le KOVITI-19.

Position Endorsed By: CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic state lawmakers

Tete’e: Republican Asm. Joe Patterson and Reform CA

IOE i le Mataupu 3: Fa’atupeina o A’oga ma Auaunaga Tau i le Soifua Maloloina

E fa’aauau ai lafoga o tupe maua o lo’o i ai nei mo le 2% o tagata e maualuluga a latou tupe maua i Kalefonia. O lenei fa’ai’uga o le a fa’aopoopoina ai le umi o lafoga o lo’o fa’aaogaina nei, lea ua maua mai ai le fa’asiliga e $100 piliona mo a’oa’oga, auaunaga fa’aagafeso’ota’i, ma le saogalemu lautele. O le a puipuia ai fo’i le fa’aitiitia o tupe fa’aalu e tusa ma le $2-6 piliona mo nei vaega taua, e amata atu i le tausaga e 2031.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: CA Teachers Association, CA School Employees Association, CA Federation of Teachers, among others

Tete’e: Reform CA

IOE i le Mataupu e 4: Fa’atupeina e le Malo o Faiga Filifiliga

E mafai ai e le malo fa’alotoifale ma le setete ona fa’atuina ni polokalame e fa’atupeina ai faiga palota. O polokalame fa’atupeina a le malo o le a fesoasoani i sui tauva mai fafo e tauva ai ma sui e tele a latou tupe ma e lagolagoina e kamupani tetele.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: ACLU CA, CA Common Cause, CA Democratic Party, CA Working Families Party, among others

Tete’e: Reform California, CA Taxpayers Association

IOE i le Mataupu 5: Palota e Ave’ese ai se Sui Filifilia

E suia ai faiga palota e ave’ese ai se sui tofia i se fesili e tasi: pe tatau ona ave’ese lenei sui o le setete pe leai? Afai e ioe le to’atele o tagata palota, ona fa’atumu lea o le tulaga lea e ala i le fa’asologa o sui e soso’o ane ai, po’o se tofiga, po’o se palota fa’apitoa. I le taimi nei, e muamua filifili tagata palota pe tatau ona ave’ese le sui tofia, ona soso’o ai lea ma le filifilia o se sui e suitalaga ai - ma o le sui e maua le aofa’i pito maualuga o palota e manumalo ai, e tusa lava pe i lalo ifo o le 50% lea aofa’i.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: CA Common Cause, League of Women Voters

Tete’e: Reform CA, Election Integrity Project

IOE i le Mataupu 37: Polokalame o Nonogatupe mo Fa’atauina o Fale

E fa’atuina se teugatupe e tu’uina atu ai mokesi taugofie mo tagata fa’atau fale i le vasega tutotonu ma le vasega faigaluega e itiiti ifo ma le 200% tupe maua o le vaega tutotonu o tupe maua. O le a fa’atupeina lenei fuafuaga e ala i se tupe maua e $25 piliona, lea o le a toe totogiina e i latou e umia mokesi. 

Position Endorsed By: CA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Northern California Carpenters Regional Council, Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, CA Association of Realtors, and more

Tete’e: Reform CA

IOE i le Mataupu 38: Pepa Aitalafu mo Su’esu’ega i le Puipuiga o le Tino

E fa’atuina se teugatupe fa’aagaga ($8 piliona i pepa aitalafu a le malo) mo iunivesite a le malo ina ia faia ai su’esu’ega ma atia’e ai ni auala e togafitia ai le kanesa, ma’i o le fatu, ma’i o le Mafaufau (Alesaima), ma isi ma’i. O le a maua e tagata o Kalefonia ni tau fa’aitiitia mo togafitiga fou ma vaila’au e maua mai i nei su’esu’ega.

Position Endorsed By: CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Alzheimer’s Assn., National Multiple Sclerosis Society and other healthcare groups

Tete’e: Dr. Robert Kaplan, Stanford School of Medicine

LEAI i le Mataupu 39: Pepa Fa’amaonia o le Tagata Palota

E fa’asa ai tagata nu’u sitiseni mai le palota, se’i vagana ua latou fa’aali se pepa fa’amaonia mai le malo i le nofoaga fai palota, pe tusi fo’i numera mulimuli e fa o se numera fa’amaonia mai le malo i luga o a latou teutusi palota e meliina. O faiga fa’amaonia o pepa fa’amaonia o tagata palota i taimi ua mavae, ua fa’amaonia e taofia ai le auai o tagata i le palota, aemaise lava mo tagata lanu.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Reform CA, Republican Asm. Carl DeMaio, Republican Congressman Ken Calvert

Tete’e: ACLU of Northern and Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, CA Common Cause, League of Women Voters, and more

LEAI SE ITU i le Mataupu 40: Lafoga mo i latou e piliona o latou tamaoaiga

O le lafoga e fa’atasi e 5% mo le ‘au mau mea e fa’atumu ai avanoa i le fa’aitiitia o le paketi a le malo tele i le tausaga talu ai. O lenei alagatupe e fesoasoani ai i le tausiga o le soifua maloloina, o a’oga, ma fesoasoani mo taumafa. E ui tatou te talitonu e tatau i pilionea ona totogi a latou vaega talafeagai, ae e tatau i o tatou nu’u ona maua se fesoasoani tau tupe e sili atu ona gafataulimaina nai lo na o se lafoga e tasi.

Position Endorsed By: CA AF, FAJ AF, PPAF

Lagolago: SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, Teamsters CA, AFSCME CA, Sen. Bernie Sanders, CA Democratic Party, and more

Tete’e: Several billionaires including Google co-founder Sergey Brin; California Business Roundtable; CA Teachers Association; Gov. Gavin Newsom, and more

LEAI i le Mataupu 41: E Taofia ai le Lafoga mo le ‘Au Pilionea

E taofia ai le tu’usaunoaina o lafoga fou - e pei o le lafoga mo tagata e matua tele lo latou tamaoaiga (pilionea) - ma le tapula’a o tupe fa’aalu a le setete, ma e mana’omia ai le faia o su’etusi mo polokalame fou o lo’o fa’atupeina i lafoga. E atili faigata ai mo le malo ona maua mai puna’oa e mana’omia.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Several billionaires: Sergey Brin, Patrick Collison, Max Levchin, and more; Reform CA

Tete’e: CA Democratic Party, SEIU UHW West

LEAI i le Mataupu 42: Fa’asaina Lafoga i Aseta ma Taofia ai le Lafoga mo e e Pilionea lo latou Tamaoaiga

E taofia ai vaega o le lafoga ua fuafuaina mo pilionea, e aofia ai so’o se lafoga fou a le setete i mea totino a le tagata lava ia, mea totino tau le atamai, teugatupe litaea, ma aseta uma fa’apena, ma o le a fa’atapula’aina ai fo’i le taimi e mafai ai e le ‘au fai tulafono po’o fuafuaga fa’apalota ona fa’amalosia lafoga i se taimi e le toe fa’afo’i ai.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Several billionaires: Sergey Brin, Patrick Collison, Max Levchin, among others; Reform CA, among others

Tete’ei: CA Democratic Party, SEIU UHW West

LEAI i le Mataupu 43: Mana’oga mo le palota e mana’omia ai le Palota Aoao Tetele mo lafoga fa’apitoa, ma e taofia ai le Lafoga mo Pilionea

E fa’afaigata ai ona saili tupe mo auaunaga fai tele i le lotoifale e ala i le mana’omia o le fa’amaoniga a le lua vaetolu o tagata palota mo lafoga fa’apitoa fou i le lotoifale, e aofia ai ma lafoga ua fautuaina e tagata lautele (e mo’omia na o se vaega to’atele faigofie). O le fa’amaoniga o lea fuafuaga o le a fa’aitiitia ai le avanoa e mafai ai e malo i le lotoifale ona fa’atino mana’oga o o latou tagata ma fa’ateleina ai le malosi’aga o aia tatau ua fa’atupeina lelei i le vaega to’aitiiti.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Reform CA

Tete’e: CA Democratic Party, Evolve CA, Democratic Asm. Buffy Wicks

LEAI i le Mataupu 44: Fa’atapula’a le fa’aaluina o tupe a falema’i e le maua ai se tupe

Una’iina falema’i fa’alesoifua maloloina i nu’u e fa’aalu a latou tupe maua ia le itiiti ifo ma le 90% mo le tausiga o gasegase, fa’atasi ai ma ni sala tupe se tele mo falema’i e le usita’ia. O nei tapula’a e ono ave’ese mai ai se tupe e faitau piliona mai falema’i, ma una’iina le to’atele e galulue i le leai o se tupe maua, ma fa’aitiitia le auaunaga fa’aliliu gagana, ma mafua ai ona tapunia fa’alaua’itele - aemaise lava i nu’u i tua ma nofoaga e le lava auaunaga. 

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolago: SEIU United Healthcare Workers West

Tete’e: California Primary Care Assn.; California Medical Assn.; Asian Health Services, among others

LEAI i le Mataupu e 45: E fa’atapula’a ai iloiloga o a’afiaga i le si’osi’omaga mo galuega fau fale.

E fa’aitiitia ai le tulafono lauiloa a Kalefonia mo le si’osi’omaga, o le California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), e ala i le matua’i fa’atapula’aina o le iloiloga o le si’osi’omaga ma le sao o le lautele. E ui o lo’o finau fa’alapotopotoga e mana’omia le suia o le CEQA mo le taugofie o fale ma le eletise mama, ae o le a fa’avavevave ai galuega o ala tele, o fa’atanoa vai, o nofoaga autu o fa’amaumauga, ma nofoaga e taofia ai tagata femalagaa’i.

Position Endorsed By: APEN Action, CA AF, CPA AF, FAJ AF, HIP AF, PPAF, PAC

Lagolagoa: CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Business Roundtable, Reform CA, CA Building Industry Assn, CA Hospital Assn, among others

Tete’e: Sierra Club CA, Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action; CA American Nurses Association, CA Building Trades Council, among others