School construction needs billions of dollars every year, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office. State funding to help finance repairs and new school facilities across California had run dry, and Proposition 51 will refill the pot. Wednesday, and the Associated Press has called the victory. The measure was leading 53.9% to 46.1%, according to election returns at 5 a.m. This story was originally posted at 6:31 a.m.Ĭalifornia voters have approved Proposition 51, a $9-billion bond for school construction projects across the state. This story and headline has been corrected to reflect that the Associated Press has not called the race for Proposition 66. Times staff writer Liam Dillon contributed to this story.įOR THE RECORD: 11:11 a.m. They pointed to a costly appeals process, the arbitrary application of the punishment and its impact on poor and minority communities. This year, proponents of the measure to “amend not end” the death penalty system centered their campaigning efforts on emotional appeals from law enforcement and crime victims, who urged voters not do away with what they called the “ last defense” against the “worst of the worst in society.”īut death penalty opponents, a diverse group of crime victims, celebrities and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, argued the system could not be fixed. The outcome reflects similar findings by a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll, which found California residents, like the nation, remain very much divided on capital punishment, even as public opinion has shifted against the practice over the past 40 years. With all precincts reporting, it currently has the approval of 50.9% of voters, but provisional and other ballots remain to be counted.
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Proposition 66 intended to speed up executions by designating trial courts to hear petitions challenging death row convictions, limiting successive petitions and expanding the pool of lawyers who could take on death penalty appeals. Proposition 62, which would have replaced capital punishment for murder with life in prison without parole, garnered 46.1% of the vote.
The outcome concluded a closely watched ballot race to address what people on both sides of the debate have agreed is a broken system. California voters on Tuesday defeated a ballot measure to repeal the state’s death penalty, and instead a proposition that aims to amend and expedite it narrowly leads.
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