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Republican California Senator George Runner (R-17) and Henry Nicholas are behind Proposition 6, which would divert billions from California's schools, hospitals and childcare centers. By funding failed prison and policing policies, it would deepen the state's
ongoing budget crisis.
Join us now to Defeat the Runner Initiative.
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Defeat Proposition 6 Regional Meetings Scheduled
The Committee to Defeat Proposition 6 will be holding informational meetings around the state in the first 2 weeks of August. They will be educational and strategy sessions for grassroots leaders to craft our plan to defeat the proposition. Please join us. Click here for dates and times.
Campaign to Defeat the Proposition 6 Gathers Momentum
The campaign to defeat Proposition 6 is building momentum. We have recently received endorsements from California Professional Firefighters, the California Democratic Party, the Los Angeles City Council, the Los Angeles School Board, Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker, the California Teachers Association and hundreds of organizations and individuals.
A recent field poll conducted by the Field Research Corporation found that 47 percent of voters would cut funding to prisons and corrections, compared to 5 percent who would cut school spending. This poll -- and a growing list of opponents to Proposition 6 -- shows that voters in California will not vote for a proposition that cuts funding from schools, health care and other essential services to increase prison spending.
Major Funder of Proposition 6 Indicted on 21 Charges
Billionaire Henry Nicholas III, who donated millions to get two crime-related initiatives on the November ballot, was arraigned on June 16, 2008, on an 18-page, 21-count indictment that includes charges of supplying prostitutes to big-ticket customers, drug use and trafficking, conspiracy, security fraud and making death threats. Nicholas donated a combined total of $5.9 million of critical seed money to Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) and Assemblymember Todd Spitzer (R-Orange) for their "tough-on-crime" initiatives.
The media storm has forced both campaigns to distance themselves from Nicholas, who has resigned his active role in both campaigns. While Assemblyman Spitzer has committed not to spend any of the remaining $2 million their campaign has raised from Nicholas, it was the crucial seed money donated by Nicholas that helped to put both initiatives on the ballot.
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