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<v Speaker 1>There are two health related ballot measures on California's state

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<v Speaker 1>wide ballot in the twenty twenty six midterm election, Prop

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight and Prop forty four coming up. I'll give

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<v Speaker 1>you a plain English, simple description of both these measures

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<v Speaker 1>and why we're urging a yes vote on one of

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<v Speaker 1>them and a no vote on the other. I'm Karl DeMaio,

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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're continuing our coverage of all of the fourteen statewide

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<v Speaker 1>ballot measures on the California mid term twenty twenty six ballot.

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<v Speaker 1>It's confusing, and remember the politicians are using falseness, leading titles,

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<v Speaker 1>very deceptive descriptions of these ballot measures. They're hiding bad

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<v Speaker 1>policies in some of these measures, and some of the

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<v Speaker 1>measures are very good. But what what I want to

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<v Speaker 1>do is focus on two of the ballots measures, two

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<v Speaker 1>out of the fourteen that are on your ballot in

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of Reform California with Carl Demo. Both these

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<v Speaker 1>measures relate to healthcare. One is Prop thirty eight. Prop

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight is about healthcare research for cures, and Prop

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<v Speaker 1>forty four is about regulating and increasing the cost and

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<v Speaker 1>threatening the care of community health clinics. Let me start

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<v Speaker 1>out first with Proposition thirty eight. As you can imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm urging a yes vote on Proposition thirty eight. Proposition

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight is an immunology bond, but it's not a

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<v Speaker 1>traditional bond where the taxpayer is on the hook for

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<v Speaker 1>the payment of the debt service. It is a public

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<v Speaker 1>private partnership bond where the bond proceeds. The proceeds of

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<v Speaker 1>the bond will be used to fund innovative therapy research

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<v Speaker 1>at California research institutions. The money can't go outside of California.

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<v Speaker 1>It has to go to one of our college or

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<v Speaker 1>university research labs to look into immunology related treatments. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what is immunology or immunotherapies. They're already saving lives. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got a whole rundown of some of them, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>quite exciting and amazing. They address diseases like cancer, HIV,

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<v Speaker 1>They deal with issues like heart attacks, arthritis, Alzheimer's, all

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<v Speaker 1>sorts of ailments, and it basically is taking a look

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<v Speaker 1>at your immune system to see how various therapies can

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<v Speaker 1>be applied to make you healthier. Pretty amazing stuff. But

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<v Speaker 1>the problem is that there's not a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 1>funding that's available for all of the research projects that

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<v Speaker 1>are still pending. So Prop thirty eight would provide a

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<v Speaker 1>state bond funding stream and the way the bond would

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<v Speaker 1>be paid off. Are you ready for this. When these

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<v Speaker 1>therapies are devised and sold in the private sector to

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<v Speaker 1>the private sector, a percentage of the proceeds the profits

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<v Speaker 1>have to go to pay back the bond. This is

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<v Speaker 1>so simple. Remember when we have these immunotherapies. It will

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<v Speaker 1>also reduce government healthcare costs. For all of the government

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<v Speaker 1>welfare healthcare programs, the cost of providing healthcare will be reduced.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is a good one and we are urging

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<v Speaker 1>a yes vote on Prop thirty eight. We don't usually

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<v Speaker 1>at Reform California support bonds, but this one is not

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<v Speaker 1>a taxpayer backed bond. It is a public private partnership.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go on to our next proposition. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>one where we are urging a no vote. No on

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<v Speaker 1>Prop forty four. In the United States, there's something called

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<v Speaker 1>a federal community health clinic. The federal community health clinics

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<v Speaker 1>serve underserved communities, low income communities rural communities, and they

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<v Speaker 1>get federal funds in most cases. Well, the unions in

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<v Speaker 1>the state of California have targeted these clinics to shake

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<v Speaker 1>them down for more money for their union trusts, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they bankrolled a very deceptive ballot measure that on

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<v Speaker 1>paper looks good, but it is completely unworkable and I

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<v Speaker 1>believe it will bankrupt and lead to the closure of

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<v Speaker 1>these important community health clinics. First and foremost, it describes

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<v Speaker 1>itself as putting more money into patient care. They even

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<v Speaker 1>say ninety percent should go to mission related care. Sounds

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<v Speaker 1>good on paper, but when you actually look at the

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<v Speaker 1>definition of mission related care, it excludes a whole bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of important care related services that these clinics are providing

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<v Speaker 1>their patients. Even transportation to and from doctor's appointments or

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<v Speaker 1>procedures would be excluded from the ninety percent calculation. A

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<v Speaker 1>whole range of services they provide to make people healthier

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<v Speaker 1>would be excluded. It's completely unworkable. A second, it creates

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<v Speaker 1>at tax a penalty program whereby these clinics would have

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<v Speaker 1>to pay to the state of California a bunch of money,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the politicians would get that money and give

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<v Speaker 1>it out to who you guessed it. The backers are

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<v Speaker 1>the initiative, the labor unions. This is absolutely insane. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why all of the community health clinics are opposing it,

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<v Speaker 1>the Hospital Association, other healthcare providers uniformly saying no on

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<v Speaker 1>Prop forty four. It's hazardous to your health and we

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<v Speaker 1>should not have an unworkable initiative implemented for these community

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<v Speaker 1>health clinics. Those are those two initiatives. Remember Reform California

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<v Speaker 1>has a plain English voter guide for all fourteen statewide initiatives,

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<v Speaker 1>plus all of the local measures on your ballot. We

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<v Speaker 1>cover all ballot measures state and on local, and we

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<v Speaker 1>give it a plan English description. To read more about

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<v Speaker 1>what's on your ballot with a recommendation not only for

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<v Speaker 1>every ballot measure, but also every candidate race, go online

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<v Speaker 1>to election Guide California dot org. Election Guide California dot org.

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<v Speaker 1>Put in your county and the voter guide for your

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<v Speaker 1>county and every race on your ballot will come right up.

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<v Speaker 1>Please also share the voter guide Election Guide California dot

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<v Speaker 1>org with all your friends, family, and neighbors. Make their

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<v Speaker 1>voting easier, simpler, make sure they vote the right way.

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<v Speaker 1>Give them that voter guide. They will thank you. Until

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<v Speaker 1>next time, I'm Carl Tomio, Chairman to perform California and

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<v Speaker 1>at California State Representative. Thanks for watching and I hope

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