{"id":62681,"date":"2018-07-12T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-yes-on-prop-9-why-wont-they-let-californians-vote\/"},"modified":"2018-07-12T21:28:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T01:28:03","slug":"si-a-la-propuesta-9-por-que-no-quieren-que-los-californianos-voten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/si-a-la-propuesta-9-por-que-no-quieren-que-los-californianos-voten\/","title":{"rendered":"YES on Prop 9: Why Won&#8217;t They Let Californians Vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 12, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0This year, hundreds of thousands of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> voters signed their names to a petition demanding a vote on whether to divide the state into three smaller, more manageable states. Fed up with poorly performing schools, crumbling infrastructure and a political system controlled by powerful special interests, these citizens acted. The Cal 3 initiative easily qualified for the ballot as Proposition 9 and this November, all Californians will decide the best path forward for the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg281cleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg281cleft\" title=\"(PRNewsfoto\/Cal 3)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"(PRNewsfoto\/Cal 3)\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/705106\/Cal_3.jpg \"\/><\/div>\n<p>That is, if they ever get the chance: because the political establishment and forces of the &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span> status quo&#8221; are doing everything in their power to stop this empowering grassroots movement.<\/p>\n<p>At first, <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span> insiders and political loyalists tipped their hand with snide commentary, calling it &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; When that didn&#8217;t work, they cynically implied that the Proposition 9 campaign was somehow being secretly manipulated, a claim that ignores and disrespects more than 600,000 Californians who placed it on the ballot. That hasn&#8217;t worked either.<\/p>\n<p>Now, those powerful special interests have lobbied the courts to try to get Proposition 9 taken off the ballot entirely. A group of trial attorneys from one of the country&#8217;s biggest law firms and the Planning and Conservation League want the courts to believe that a citizen-led democratic movement is somehow a threat to democracy. Apparently, the insiders don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s so ridiculous anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the opposition campaign, <span class=\"xn-person\">Fabian Nunez<\/span>, is a long-time associate of the Planning and Conservation League, receiving their award for &#8216;Legislator of the Year&#8217; in 2007. Voters should know that the PCL is doing the dirty work of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span> establishment, led by a former elected official who opposed term limits. Now, as a lobbyist, Nunez has a financial interest in making it all work to his benefit.<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit is just another example of how <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span> politicians, powerful unions and their high-priced lobbyists are trying to hold onto power at the expense of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> voters.<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t they want Californians to decide what is best for themselves, their children and their future? It&#8217;s simple: Trial attorneys, unions, special interests and political influence-peddlers are afraid. They are desperate to keep control, no matter the consequences for Californians and our children.<\/p>\n<p>Californians need to be empowered and allowed to voice their desire for more accountability and responsiveness from their elected officials. Voting in favor of the Cal 3 initiative, Prop 9, will bring more localized transparency to state government and put an end to the current cronyism in <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>, on display in this meritless and cynical use of the court system.<\/p>\n<p>As support grows for Proposition 9, powerful opponents will do everything in their power to deny voters a chance to decide their own future. When they do, we should all be asking ourselves, &#8220;Why won&#8217;t they let Californians vote?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\">Paid for by Citizens for Cal 3 &#8211; Yes on Prop 9<br \/>Committee major funding from<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Timothy Draper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Logo- <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/705106\/Cal_3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/705106\/Cal_3.jpg<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Cal 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 12, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0This year, hundreds of thousands of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> voters signed their names to a petition demanding a vote on whether to divide the state into three smaller, more manageable states. Fed up with poorly performing schools, crumbling infrastructure and a political system controlled by powerful special interests, these citizens acted. The Cal 3 initiative easily qualified for the ballot as Proposition 9&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}