Here is the CA Secretary of State's election results page for ballot initiatives. About 86.9% of precincts have "partially" reported so far - whatever the hell that means - but these results are probably indicative of the final ones, and for the most part it's a good day.
Prop 30 - a time-limited 1%-3% tax increase on the wealthy for seven years and a 0.25-cent sales tax increase for four years - is currently at 53.7% in favor to 46.3% against, so it's looking good.
Prop 31 - a major restructuring of the state budget process apparently championed by deficit hawks - is at 60.4% against vs. 39.6% in favor, so I'm glad to know the cheapskates aren't being listened to.
Prop 32 - the infamous trojan horse initiative targeted at undermining the influence of labor unions - is at 55.8% against vs. 44.2% in favor. Great news.
Prop 33 - a retooling of auto insurance laws that the insurance industry wanted, with 54.7% against vs. 45.3% in favor. Probably good news, although I don't quite understand the issue that much, and don't really care that much either.
Prop 34 - the death penalty repeal - is at 52.9% against and 47.1% in favor, so that's bad news. This state doesn't execute people very often, but it would be nice if we could lead on this issue and provide a counterbalance to the horrors of Texas.
Prop 35 - expands criminal punishments for financing sex slavery / human trafficking. Overwhelming support at 81.3% in favor vs. 18.7% opposed. I'm not sure how big a problem such crimes are in this state, but it's always good to go after the money people who prey on the vulnerable.
Prop 36 - Repeals Softens Three Strikes Law - 68.8% in favor vs. 31.2% opposed. That law was always moronic, pointless, and cruel, so it's good this state is finally [somewhat] returning to reason [by ensuring that the third strike cannot be some petty crime].
Prop 37 - Genetically Engineered Foods Labeling - 53.2% against vs. 46.8% in favor. I know some progressives favor this, but there was never any reason for it - there's no scientific basis for saying that people knowing whether a food is GMO or not could benefit them in any way, because there's no scientific basis for seeing something fundamentally different about genetically altered foods. Being afraid of something for no reason is not a justification to make other people follow arbitrary rules with no discernable benefit. That's true in a lot of things people do, but here it was at least obvious, and coincidentally reason and business were on the same side.
Prop 38 - a sliding-scale income tax increase between 0.4% and 2.2% across all income brackets except the lowest. The intention was to reinsert the funding gutted out of California schools over the past four years and basically rebuild CA public education. It was an ambitious goal, and a separate tax increase was on the same ballot, so it's not surprising that it's at 72.5% against vs. 27.5% in favor. It also probably ran into the Not Me problem with tax increases. Maybe they should have gone bigger on the higher end to make the increase on the lower end look smaller? Food for thought next time.
Prop 39 - business tax for energy funding - prevents multi-state businesses from dodging paying CA tax if they want to sell here, and dedicates half the revenues to clean energy projects. 60% in favor, 28.1% opposed. Good deal.
Prop 40 - approves redistricting of the State Senate. It's 71.9% in favor, 28.1% against. Seems to be a good thing, but I never delve that deeply into such policy minutiae - there are always hidden agendas and unintended consequences when you get into the nitty gritty - so all I can say is that it sounds good.