What Is Proposition 54? Voter Guide for 2016 California Measures

LOS ANGELES, CA -- If it passes, Proposition 54 prohibits lawmakers from passing any bill unless it is publicized online for at least 72 hours before the vote and would require the Legislature to record its public meetings, making those videos available on the internet. It would cost about $1 million annually to record meetings and make those recordings available online, according to the state.

The measure has the support of the Republican, Libertarian and Green parties as well as a mixture of lawmakers and groups such as League of Women Voters of California. Proponents say it creates much-need accountability and increases transparency in California's state governments.

Its opponents include the Democratic, the California Environmental Justice Alliance Action, and the teachers union. They contend it hinders legislators' ability to work bipartisan solutions and gives special interests too much power.

According to the ballot summary:

• Prohibits Legislature from passing any bill unless it has been in print and published on the Internet for at least 72 hours before the vote, except in cases of public emergency.
• Requires the Legislature to make audiovisual recordings of all its proceedings, except closed session proceedings, and post them on the Internet.
• Authorizes any person to record legislative proceedings by audio or video means, except closed session proceedings.
• Allows recordings of legislative proceedings to be used for any legitimate purpose, without payment of any fee to the State

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Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 8

Your polling place is listed on the back of the sample ballot you receive in the mail. It can also be found by visiting www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place or by calling (800) 345-VOTE (8683).

For more on all of California's measures, see below:

• What Is Proposition 51?
• What Is Proposition 52?
• What Is Proposition 53?
• What Is Proposition 54?
• What Is Proposition 55?
• What Is Proposition 56?
• What Is Proposition 57?
• What Is Proposition 58?
• What Is Proposition 59?
• What Is Proposition 60?
• What Is Proposition 61?
• What Is Proposition 62?
• What Is Proposition 63?
• What Is Proposition 64?
• What Is Proposition 65?
• What Is Proposition 66?
• What Is Proposition 67?

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City News Service contributed to this report.