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<v Speaker 1>In California's twenty twenty six midterm election, voters are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be asked to vote on propositions four and five

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<v Speaker 1>relating to recalls of politicians and possible public financing of

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<v Speaker 1>politicians political campaigns coming up. I'll tell you in simple

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<v Speaker 1>terms what propositions four and five do and explain why

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<v Speaker 1>you should vote no on both of them. I'm Carl Tobio,

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<v Speaker 1>chairman of Reform California and a California state representative, and

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<v Speaker 1>we are doing explainer videos on every measure on your ballot.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I get into propositions four and five and why

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<v Speaker 1>we're urging a no vote on those, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>direct you to our easy to use website, Election Guide

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<v Speaker 1>California dot org. Election Guide California dot org. That is

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<v Speaker 1>the plain English Reform California voter Guide, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>one for every county. So when you go to that

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<v Speaker 1>website Election Guide California dot org, type in your county

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<v Speaker 1>and you will get a full, simple to understand digest

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<v Speaker 1>of every measure on your ballot, including your local measures.

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<v Speaker 1>So all fourteen statewide measures in any local measures on

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<v Speaker 1>your ballot will be addressed in simple, plain English terms.

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<v Speaker 1>Up there. Remember, politicians use false and misleading ballot titles

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<v Speaker 1>on these measures to try to manipulate the vote. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to make sure you know what you're voting on

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<v Speaker 1>so you can make an informed decision. Also, many voters

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<v Speaker 1>are frustrated that they don't have information on candidates running

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<v Speaker 1>for office in their area, like judge or school board.

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<v Speaker 1>We offer recommendations and endorsements of only the reform minded,

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<v Speaker 1>common sense, tax fighting candidates for every office on your ballot,

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<v Speaker 1>So check out that website Election Guide California dot org.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about Propositions four and five. Both of these

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<v Speaker 1>relate to campaigns and elections. Proposition basically says that it

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<v Speaker 1>would reform the campaign finance system in California by allowing

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<v Speaker 1>public financing of campaigns. The supporters of the proposition for

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<v Speaker 1>say that the little guy can't afford to run a

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<v Speaker 1>campaign for office. But the little guy is up against

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<v Speaker 1>the special interests. Excuse me, but who are the big

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<v Speaker 1>guys in California? Well, that would be the Democrats supermajority.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Democrats who say they fight for the little

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<v Speaker 1>guy are the ones getting the corporate money, the lobbyist money,

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<v Speaker 1>the special interest money, the Union money. They are quite

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<v Speaker 1>well funded. Who's supporting Prop forward the people who are

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<v Speaker 1>in office already, not the little guy. No, little guy

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<v Speaker 1>candidates drafted this measure, collected the signatures and put this

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<v Speaker 1>on the ballot. No, this was put on the ballot

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<v Speaker 1>by politicians, the big boys. So spare me the argument

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<v Speaker 1>that somehow this is going to benefit little guy candidates.

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<v Speaker 1>Is a measure. Prop four at its heart, is designed

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<v Speaker 1>to get around the voter imposed ban on use of

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<v Speaker 1>tax dollars for campaigns. Years ago, California voters wisely passed

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<v Speaker 1>the Political Reform Act, And because they passed that measure,

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<v Speaker 1>only voters can modify that measure. And so the voters

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<v Speaker 1>said through the Political Reform Act that politicians should not

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<v Speaker 1>use taxpayer money for elections, full stop. Taxpayer money should

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<v Speaker 1>be going to public services, not political campaigns. The politicians

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<v Speaker 1>have tried to open loopholes in this ban over the years,

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<v Speaker 1>and the courts have struck them down. So that's why

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<v Speaker 1>they have to put four on the ballot. You need

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<v Speaker 1>to con the voters into giving them permission to raid

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<v Speaker 1>your tax dollars for their campaigns. Right now, they're already

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<v Speaker 1>using your tax payer money for campaigns. What they do

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<v Speaker 1>is they give grants to non governmental organizations NGOs far

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<v Speaker 1>left NGOs to provide therapy services or education in outreach services. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>basically the contracts in grants have no deliverables. But these

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<v Speaker 1>groups are very politically active, and they harvest ballots, and

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<v Speaker 1>they recruit candidates, and they support candidates and ballot measures,

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<v Speaker 1>so they're already getting around the ban. This would open

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<v Speaker 1>up the door wide and say that they can give

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<v Speaker 1>it directly to politicians for their campaigns. That is why

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<v Speaker 1>we urge a no vote on Proposition for Before I

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<v Speaker 1>go on for Prop four, The most infuriating and deceptive

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<v Speaker 1>portion of this measure is when you look closely on

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<v Speaker 1>the ballot title and label, they say will cost only

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<v Speaker 1>a few hundred thousand dollars each year for the state

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<v Speaker 1>to implement this measure that presumes that politicians spend zero

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<v Speaker 1>money on public financing of their elections. You know the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why they're passing this is so they can spend

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<v Speaker 1>millions and millions, hundreds of millions of dollars of your

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<v Speaker 1>tax payer money on their elections. So they're lying to

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<v Speaker 1>you when they say it's only a few hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars for the cost of the measure. The next proposition

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<v Speaker 1>is Proposition five. This would weaken citizens' right to recall

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<v Speaker 1>politicians from office. The guy who wrote it is actually

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<v Speaker 1>a failed politician who himself was recalled from office State

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Josh Newman. I led the recall against him in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen, and we booted him out of office. He

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't like that. It's always stuck with them that this

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<v Speaker 1>is a bad, bad thing to have. Recalls shouldn't happen.

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<v Speaker 1>He actually says that recalls are bad. So he's got

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<v Speaker 1>Proposition five to gut our recall rights by basically saying,

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<v Speaker 1>when we have a recall election, the voters should only

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<v Speaker 1>be able to decide one thing, whether a candidate or

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<v Speaker 1>an officeholder is recalled. They shouldn't be able to decide

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<v Speaker 1>on that same ballot whether to replace that politician was

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<v Speaker 1>someone of their choosing. So, in other words, we're limiting

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<v Speaker 1>voter's choice for who represents them in an office. As

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<v Speaker 1>a result of Proposition five, the lieutenant governor would remain

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<v Speaker 1>governor rather than the voters deciding who gets to be governor,

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<v Speaker 1>but for all other offices, the office would remain vacant

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<v Speaker 1>in a recall, and we'd have to schedule a second

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<v Speaker 1>election at millions and millions of dollars of cost to

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<v Speaker 1>taxpayers for each election. This is insane. We should be

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<v Speaker 1>able to continue the process for recalls where if someone

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<v Speaker 1>is being recalled from office, we first vote on the

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<v Speaker 1>ballot yes or no to recall them, and secondly we say,

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<v Speaker 1>if they're recalled, here's who we want to take over

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<v Speaker 1>a representation so that we don't have a a lag

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<v Speaker 1>in representation if someone's recalled. Please don't weakend the recall

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<v Speaker 1>provision in the state constitution. It's one of the only

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<v Speaker 1>things we have the whole politicians accountable. So no on

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<v Speaker 1>Prop four, No on Prop five. Please like this video

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<v Speaker 1>so more of your friend's family and neighbors know what

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<v Speaker 1>Prop four and five actually do. Share the video, and

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<v Speaker 1>more importantly, share the entire Reform California Plan English voter

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<v Speaker 1>guide at election guide California dot org. That's election guide

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<v Speaker 1>California dot org. Vote smart. Use the Plan English voter

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<v Speaker 1>guide to know what you're voting on until next time.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Carl Tomo, Chairmer of Reform California and a California

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<v Speaker 1>state representative. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed

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