ʻE fili ʻa e kakai fili ʻo Kalefonia′ ki he ngaahi fokotuʻu ʻe 14 ʻi

he pāloti′:

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

ʻOku ‘i ai ‘a e ivi makehe ‘i hoʻo fili′! ʻI heʻetau fili fakataha′ ko e MAFAI ia, ʻe lava ke ikuna ai ʻe he matakali ʻĒsia ʻAmelika′ mo e kakai Pasifiki′ ha ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoku tau hono totongi′, mo e sēvesi ki he moʻui lelei′, fakalelei ʻa e maʻu vāhenga′, mo toe lelei ange ‘a e tuʻunga ‘o e ngaahi akoʻanga′.

ʻOku feʻunga mo kitautolu ke tau maʻu ha puleʻaga ʻoku ne fakamahuʻingaʻi ‘a e ngaahi kominiutī ‘o e kakai ngāue′ kae ʻikia ko e kau pilionea mo e ngaahi kautaha lalahi manumanu′.

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ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 1: Totongi Paʻanga Maluʻi Nofoʻanga 

ʻE fakaʻatā mai ai ‘a e $11.25 piliona ʻi he paʻanga maluʻi′ ke ne fakapaʻanga hono langa ‘a e ngaahi fale nofoʻanga, tauhi ‘a e ngaahi fale nofoʻanga ‘oku taau hono totongi′, pea fakalahi mo e ngaahi faingamālie ki he fakatau ʻapi′. ʻE fakaʻatā ʻe he ngaahi paʻanga maluʻi ko eni′ ‘a Kalefonia ke nō paʻanga mei′ he kau ʻinivesitoa′ ke lava ʻo totongi ʻa e ngaahi ʻinivesi mahuʻinga ni maʻae kominiutī. 

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: Republican Asm. David Tangipa and Reform CA

ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 3: Fakapaʻanga ʻa e Ako′ mo e Tokoni ki he Moʻui Lelei′

Fakafoʻou heni ʻa e ngaahi tukuhau vāhenga ʻa e 2% tuʻukimuʻa ʻo e kakai Kalefonia′. ʻE lava ke fakalōloa heni ‘a e ngaahi tukuhau lolotonga′, ʻa ia kuo ne lava ʻo tānaki mai ʻa e $100 piliona ki he ako′, ngaahi sēvesi fakasōsiale′, mo e malu ʻa e kakai′. Te ne toe lava ke taʻotaʻofi hono toe toʻo atu ‘a e $2-6 pilona ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu vivili ko eni′ ʻo kamata ʻi he 2031. 

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

Kau Fakafepaki: CA Teachers Association, CA School Employees Association, CA Federation of Teachers, among others

Kau Fakafepaki: Reform CA

ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 5: Fili FakafokiU fa’taiguini i botasión recall siha: Kao debi di u mabokbok este na ufisiåt pat åhe’?

Liliu ai ‘a e fili fakafoki′ ki he fehuʻi pē ʻe taha: ʻoku tonu nai ke tuku hifo ʻa e ‘ōfisa ngaue ni pe ‘ikai?

Ka ʻio ʻa e kakai fili′, ʻe pau leva ke hoko atu ha taha ki he sea ko ia′ ʻo fakatatau pe ki he hokohoko′, pe ko hono fakanofo, pe ko ha fili makehe. ʻI he lolotonga ni, ʻoku tōmuʻa fai tuʻutuʻuni pē ʻa e kakai fili′ ki hono tuku hifo, pea toki fili hano fetongi – pea ko hai pē ʻe lahi taha ʻene fili′, ko ia ‘e ikuna′, neongo kapau ʻe siʻi hifo pe ia ʻi he 50%.

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

Kau Poupou: CA Common Cause, League of Women Voters

Kau Fakafepaki: Reform CA, Election Integrity Project

ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 38: Paʻanga Maluʻi ki he Fakatotolo Ako ki he Maluʻi ‘o e Sino′

Fokotuʻu ʻa e paʻanga tokoni ($8 piliona ʻi he paʻanga maluʻi) maʻae ngaahi ʻunivēsiti fakapuleʻanga′ ke nau fakatotolo ako mo fekumi ki ha ngaahi faitoʻo ki he kanisā, mahaki mafu, hoholo melie (Alzheimer’s), mo e ngaahi mahaki kehe pē. ʻE maʻu maʻamaʻa ange ʻe he kakai Kalefonia′ ʻa e ngaahi faitoʻo foʻou′ fakataha mo ha ngaahi faitoʻo ʻe maʻu mei′ he ngaahi fakatotolo ako′ ni. 

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: Dr. Robert Kaplan, Stanford School of Medicine

ʻIKAI KAU KI HA FAʻAHI ki he Fokotuʻu 40: Tukuhau ki he kau Pilionea′

Tukuhau 5% tuʻo taha maʻae kau koloaʻia′ naʻe hilifaki ki he kau pilionea′ ke fakakakatoʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻu mei′ he patiseti′ ʻe he puleʻanga fetalolo′ ʻi he taʻu kuoʻosi′. ʻE ʻalu ʻa e paʻanga′ ki he maluʻi ‘o e moʻui lelei′, ako, mo e polokalma tokoni fakameʻatokoni. Neongo ʻoku mau tui ʻoku totonu pē ke totongi ʻe he kau pilionea′ honau ʻinasi feʻunga, ʻoku mahulu ange ʻemau tui ʻoku totonu ke maʻu hotau kakai′ ha tokoni fakapaʻanga tuʻuloa kae ʻikai ko e tā tuʻo taha pē. 

Position Endorsed By: CA AF, FAJ AF, PPAF

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

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

ʻIKAI ki he Fokotuʻu 42: Tapui ‘a e Ngaahi Tukuhau ʻo e Koloaʻia′ mo hono tapui ʻa e Tukuhau ʻo e Kau Pilionea′ 

ʻOku ne tapui ʻa e ngaahi konga ʻo e tukuhau ʻo e kau pilionea′ ʻo kau ki ai ha tukuhau foʻou ‘a e vahefonua′ ki he ngaahi kelekele fakataautaha′, ngaahi totonu ki he koloa fakaʻatamai′, ngaahi ʻakauni penisoni, mo e ngaahi koloa pehē, pea te ne lava ke taʻotaʻofi ‘a e kau faʻu lao′ mo e ngaahi tuʻututuʻuni pāloti te ne lava ke toe hilifaki atu ʻa e tukuhau′ ʻo toe fakaʻaonga fakafoki kimui. 

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: CA Democratic Party, SEIU UHW West

ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 2: Fakahaofi Paʻanga maʻae Kahaʻu ‘o Kalefonia′

Fakaʻatā ai ʻa e vahefonua′ ke faingamālie ange ʻenau patisetif. Fakangofua ai ʻa e puleʻanga fakafeituʻu′ ke tuku mavahe ʻa e 20% ʻi he paʻanga hū mai ʻa e puleʻanga′ ki he paʻanga talifaki (rainy day fund), ʻa ia ʻoku lolotonga nofo pē he 10%. Fakaʻatā ʻa e vahefonua′ ke toe ngaueʻaki ha paʻanga ke totongi ʻa e $20 piliona ki he ngaahi moʻua fakafetalolo′ ʻa ia naʻe iku tānaki ʻi he hoko ʻa e COVID-19. 

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

Kau Poupou: Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic state lawmakers

Kau Fakafepaki: Republican Asm. Joe Patterson and Reform CA

ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 4: Fakapaʻanga Fakapuleʻanga ‘o e Ngaahi Kemipeini′

Fakaʻatā ‘a e ngaahi vahefonua mo e ngaahi puleʻanga fakafeituʻu′ ke fokotuʻu ha polokalama ki hono fakapaʻanga ‘a e ngaahi kemipeini′. ʻOku tokoni hono fakapaʻanga ʻa e ngaahi polokalama kemipeini′ ke tokoni ki he kau fakafofonga mei′ he ngaahi kominiutī ke nau lava ‘o feʻauʻauhi lelei mo e kau fakafofonga ʻoku fakapaʻanga ʻe he ngaahi kautaha lalahi′. 

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: Reform California, CA Taxpayers Association

ʻIO ki he Fokotuʻu 37: Polokalama Nō Fale ki he Fakatau ʻApi 

Fokotuʻu ʻa e paʻanga tokoni ke lava ʻo tuku atu ‘a e ngaahi mōkisi totongi feʻunga ki he kalasi lotoloto′ mo e kakai ngāue ʻoku siʻi hifo ʻenau tuʻunga vāhenga′ ʻi he 200% ʻo e tuʻunga vāhenga lotoloto′. ʻ

E fakapaʻanga eni mei′ he paʻanga maluʻi hū mai ʻe $25 piliona, ʻa ia ‘e totongi fakafoki atu ʻe kinautolu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau mōkisi′.  

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

Kau Poupou: 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

Kau Fakafepaki: Reform CA

ʻIKAI ki he Fokotuʻu 39: ID Fili 

Taʻofi ke ʻouae lava ha tokotaha tangataʻi fonua ʻo fili ʻi he ngaahi faiʻanga fili′ ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke nau maʻu ʻenau ID fakapuleʻanga′ pe ko e hiki atu ʻa e mataʻifika ʻe fā ʻo ʻenau ID fakapuleʻanga′ ʻi he sila ʻoku meili atu ai ʻenau pepa pāloti′. Kuo ʻosi fakamoʻoni ko e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ngāue kimuʻa fekauʻaki mo e ID kuo hoko ia ke ne fakalotosiʻi ʻa e lava atu ‘o kau ki he fili′, tautefito ki hotau kakai′. 

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: ACLU of Northern and Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, CA Common Cause, League of Women Voters, and more

ʻIKAI ki he Fokotuʻu 41: Tapui ʻa e Tukuhau ʻo e Kau Pilionea′ 

Taʻofi ai ʻa e ngaahi tukuhau foʻou hangē ko hono tukuhau ʻo e kau pilionea′ mei hono fakamakeheʻi mei′ he ngaahi fakamole fakangatangata ʻa e vahefonua′ pea fiemaʻu ke fakahoko mo e ngaahi ʻātita ʻo e ngaahi polokalama ʻoku fakapaʻanga mei′ he ngaahi tukuhau foʻou′. ʻE toe faingataʻa ange heni ki he puleʻanga′ ke tānaki ʻa e ngaahi tokoni ʻoku fiemaʻu vivili′.  

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: CA Democratic Party, SEIU UHW West

ʻIKAI ki he Fokotuʻu 43: Fiemaʻu Fili Tokolahi Makehe ki he ngaahi tukuhau makehe mo hono tapui ‘o e Tukuhau ‘o e kau Pilionea′

ʻE faingataʻa ange heni ke lava ʻo tānaki ha paʻanga ki he ngaahi sēvesi fakafeituʻu maʻae kakai′ ʻi hono fiemaʻu ke maʻu ʻa e vahe ua ʻe tolu ʻo e pāloti′ kae tali ʻa e ngaahi tukuhau makehe fakafeituʻu′, ʻo kau ki ai mo e ngaahi polokalama ʻoku fokotuʻu atu maʻae kakai′ (ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu pe ki ai ha felotoi ha tokolahi feʻunga). Ka tali eni ‘e lava ke toe siʻi ange ai ‘a e faingamālie ki he puleʻanga fakafeituʻu′ ke feau ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu honau kakai′ ʻo iku hiki ʻa e mafai′ ki he lelei ‘o e kau fili tokosiʻi pē. 

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

Kau Poupou: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Reform CA

Kau Fakafepaki: CA Democratic Party, Evolve CA, Democratic Asm. Buffy Wicks

ʻIKAI ki he Fokotuʻu 45: Taʻotaʻofi ‘a e ngaahi sivi fakaʻātakai ke fai ha langa

ʻE fakangata ai heni ‘a e ʻa e lao ʻātakai ‘a Kalefonia′, Lao ki hono Maluʻi ‘a e Tuʻunga Lelei ʻa e ʻĀtakai ʻo Kalefonia′ (CEQA), koeʻuhi te ne taʻotaʻofi hono fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi sivi fakaʻātakai′ mo e tuku atu ha lau ‘a e kakai′.

ʻE fakafekiki mai ‘a e ngaahi kautaha lalahi′ ʻo pehē ʻoku fiemaʻu ke liliu ʻa e CEQA kae lava ke fai ha ngāue ki he ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoku tuha hono totongi′ pea mo maʻa ange ai ‘a e maʻuʻanga ivi′, ka ʻe hoko heni ke toe vave ange hono langa ‘a e ngaahi hala lalahi′, ‘ā vai, ngaahi senitā tānaki fakamatala mo e ngaahi senitā ke tauhi ki ai ʻa e kakai hiki fonua′.

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

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

Kau Fakafepaki: Sierra Club CA, Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action; CA American Nurses Association, CA Building Trades Council, among others

ʻIKAI ki he Fokotuʻu 44: Fakangatangata ai ‘a e ngaahi fakamole fakapaʻanga ‘a e ngaahi kiliniki moʻui lelei ʻa e kominiutī

Te ne teke ‘a e ngaahi kiliniki ko eni′ ke ngaueʻaki ‘a e 90% ‘o ‘enau paʻanga hū mai′ ʻi hono tauhi ʻo ʻenau kau mahaki′, pea hilifaki atu mo e moʻua paʻanga lahi ki he ngaahi kiliniki heʻikai ke nau muimui pau ki he tuʻutuni ko eni′.

ʻE lava ʻe he ngaahi fakataputapui ko eni′ ke mole ‘a e laui piliona mei′ he ngaahi kiliniki′, ʻo iku lele mole ai ‘a e tokolahi, siʻi mo e ngaahi sēvesi fakatonulea′, pea iku lahi mo e ngaahi kiliniki ʻe tāpuni – tautefito ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻuta′ mo e ngaahi feituʻu ‘oku ʻikai lahi ha sēvesi tokoni ki ai′. 

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

Kau Poupou: SEIU United Healthcare Workers West

Kau Fakafepaki: California Primary Care Assn.; California Medical Assn.; Asian Health Services, among others