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The 2012 California Proposition 31 was officially titled "State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." and was a California ballot measure that appeared on the ballot in theNovember 2012 California elections. The initiative would have established a two-year state budget, allowed theGovernor to make budget cuts in fiscal emergencies, would have prevented the stateLegislature from spending more than $25 million without creating spending cuts or other budget offsets, and would have allowed local governments the ability to transfer certain amounts of property taxes among themselves instead of the state.[2][3] Although the law was supported by theCalifornia Republican Party multiple conservative groups came out against proposition 31 including members of thetea party movement who viewed the law as a way to undermine property rights.[4][5][6]
If Proposition 31 had passed it was estimated that the state government would have suffered a loss of $200 million as these funds would have been transferred to local governments.[7]
| Newspaper | Position |
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| Bay Area Reporter | Oppose |
| Fresno Bee | Support |
| Los Angeles Daily News | Support |
| Los Angeles Times | Oppose |
| Modesto Bee | Support |
| Orange County Register | Oppose |
| Sacramento Bee | Oppose |
| San Diego Union-Tribune | Support |
| San Francisco Bay Guardian | Oppose |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Support |
| San Jose Mercury News | Support |
| Ventura County Star | Oppose |
