Calif initiative spending at a glance

Sacramento Bee ^ | Feb 3, 2009

[John Jorsett]

Here are campaign spending totals for the 12 propositions on California's Nov. 4 ballot and the top donors to each campaign:

- Proposition 1a, a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail system. Yes on Proposition 1a: $2.5 million; top donor, California Alliance for Jobs, $616,500. No opposition campaign.

- Proposition 2, an initiative the set standards for farm animal enclosures. Yes on Proposition 2: $10.6 million; top donor, The Humane Society, $4.1 million. No on Proposition 2: $8.9 million; top donor, Cal-Maine Foods, $591,210.

- Proposition 3, a $980 million bond measure to pay for construction, remodeling and equipping of children's hospitals. Yes on Proposition 3: $7.9 million; top donor, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, $1.5 million. No opposition campaign.

- Proposition 4, an unsuccessful initiative that attempted to require notification of a parent or guardian before a minor could get an abortion. Yes on Proposition 4: $3.2 million; top donor, San Diego newspaper publisher James Holman, $1.5 million. No on Proposition 4: $9.5 million; top donor, Planned Parenthood, $5.1 million.

- Proposition 5, an unsuccessful initiative that would have required the state to increase treatment and rehabilitation programs for nonviolent drug offenders and parolees. Yes on Proposition 5: $7.6 million; top donor, New York philanthropist Bob Wilson, $2.8 million. No on Proposition 5: $2.87 million; top donor, California Correctional Peace Officers Association, $1 million.

- Proposition 6, an unsuccessful initiative that would have required new state spending to combat crime and gangs and increased penalties for several crimes. Yes on Proposition 6: $3 million; top donor, dot-com billionaire Henry Nicholas III, $1 million. No on Proposition 6: $2.3 million (main opposition committee spent money against both propositions 6 and 9); top donor, California Teachers Association, $955,908.

[DeepThought42]

If those who wish to keep campaign donations secret, we wouldn’t know this information.