According to Official California Voter Information Guide Prop 93 is an initiative Constitutional amendment that

Reduces the total amount of time a person may serve in the state legislature from 14 years to 12 years.

Allows a person to serve a total of 12 years either in the Assembly, the Senate, or a combination of both.

Provides a transition period to allow current members to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which they are currently serving, regardless of any prior service in another house.

Right now a politician's service is restricted to six years in the Assembly (three two-year terms) and eight years in the Senate (two four-year terms).

Under Prop 93 a politician could serve six two-year terms in the Assembly, three four-year terms in the Senate, or some combination of terms in both houses.

In my opinion Proposition 93 is not a new term limits proposition. Instead it is a way around current term limits. This new proposition would allow politicians to hold on to their seats of power in each house for a much longer period. It allows parties that controll certain areas to keep their control for longer periods and it allows committee chairmen to hold on to those chairmanships for longer periods.

While I am sure that lobbiests and special interest groups love Prop 93, I don't. I urge a no vote on Prop 93.

David G. Hallstrom, Sr.
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