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July 11, 2022 - SACRAMENTO, CA - Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., has assigned proposition numbers to the legislative, initiative, and referendum measures set to appear on the November 8, 2022, General Election ballot.
Secretary Weber also invited interested Californians to submit arguments to be considered for inclusion in the Official Voter Information Guide. The guide is mailed to every voting household in California and posted on the Secretary of State’s website.
Proposition 29 is listed below, along with the Legislative Counsel’s digest or the Attorney General’s official circulating title and summary
Proposition 29
REQUIRES ON-SITE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AT KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS AND ESTABLISHES OTHER STATE REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, with six months’ relevant experience, on site during treatment at outpatient kidney dialysis clinics; authorizes exemption for staffing shortage if qualified medical professional is available through telehealth. Requires clinics to disclose to patients all physicians with clinic ownership interests of five percent or more. Requires clinics to report dialysis-related infection data to state. Prohibits clinics from closing or substantially reducing services without state approval. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on source of payment. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually. (21-0013.)
Ballot Arguments
Arguments may be submitted for or against the measures. Arguments selected for the Official Voter Information Guide will be on public display between July 26 and August 15. If multiple arguments are submitted for a proposition, state law gives first priority to arguments written by legislators in the case of legislative measures and to proponents of an initiative or referendum; subsequent priority goes to bona fide citizen associations and then to individuals. No more than three signers are allowed to appear on an argument or rebuttal to an argument.
Ballot arguments cannot exceed 500 words and rebuttals to ballot arguments cannot exceed 250 words. All submissions should be typed and double-spaced. Arguments may be hand-delivered to the Secretary of State’s Elections Division at 1500 11th Street, 5th Floor, Sacramento, California 95814; faxed to (916) 653-3214; or emailed to VIGarguments@sos.ca.gov. If faxed or emailed, the original documents must be received within 72 hours. The deadline to submit ballot arguments is July 12 by 5:00 p.m. The deadline to submit rebuttals to the ballot arguments is July 21 by 5:00 p.m.
Candidate Statements
Secretary Weber also invited candidate statements for inclusion in the Official Voter Information Guide. Candidates for United States Senate, statewide constitutional office, and Board of Equalization may buy space for a 250-word candidate statement in the voter guide. Candidates for state legislative office or the United States House of Representatives may purchase space for a candidate statement in a county sample ballot.
Candidates for state office must accept voluntary campaign expenditure limits in order to purchase space for a candidate statement.
The deadline to submit candidate statements to the Secretary of State’s office is July 20 by 5:00 p.m. Candidates for the United States House of Representatives, California State Senate, and California State Assembly have until August 12 to submit candidate statements to their county elections official for the local sample ballot in the county or counties in which the district lies.
For more information on ballot measures, candidate statement filing requirements, and election deadlines, please visit: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/general-election-nov-8-2022
Source: SOS
Related: California Proposition 28 on the November 8, 2022, General Election Ballot: Provides Additional Funding for Arts and Music Education in Public Schools
