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PROPOSITION 36 Drugs. Probation and Treatment Program. We endorse Proposition 36, which would mandate treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use or transportation of controlled substances. Drug addiction is a health problem, not a criminal act, and it’s about time we treated it as such. Read more...

  PATIL ARMENIAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader offers a sound alternative to the two major-party candidates, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. Read more...

PROPOSITION 38 School vouchers. State-funded private and religious education. Public school funding. Proposition 38 is arguably the most deceptive measure on this year’s ballot. The school voucher initiative proposes to grant a $4,000 scholarship to each elementary school student in California who wishes to attend a private school. Read more...

  PATIL ARMENIAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate Medea Benjamin voices her enthusiasm at a rally for Ralph Nader on Friday in Long Beach. Read more...

PROPOSITION 32 Veteran’s Bond Act of 2000. The Cal-Vet Farm and Home Loan Program has provided loans to more than 400,000 wartime veterans since its establishment after World War I. Read more...

PROPOSITION 33 Legislature. Participation in Public Employees’ Retirement System. Members of the California Legislature are not allowed to count their years in public office toward their retirement pension under the current Constitution. Read more...