Join us on Monday, September 21 at 7:00 on Zoom. Please register ahead for this event. The League of Women Voters will present on the Ballot Propositions:

• What they do
• Arguments for and against
• What your vote means
• Fiscal impact
• Question and answer session

Sponsored by United Methodist Women and Justice and Compassion

2020 CALIFORNIA BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

PROPOSITION 14: Issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research institute

PROPOSITION 15: Requires commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on market value and dedicates revenue

PROPOSITION 16: Repeals Proposition 209 (1996), which says that the state cannot discriminate or grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, or contracting

PROPOSITION 17: Restores the right to vote to people convicted of felonies who are on parole

PROPOSITION 18: Allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primaries and special elections

PROPOSITION 19: Changes tax assessment transfers and inheritance rules

PROPOSITION 20: Makes changes to policies related to criminal sentencing charges, prison release, and DNA collection

PROPOSITION 21: Expands local governments’ power to use rent control

PROPOSITION 22: Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts several labor policies related to app-based companies

PROPOSITION 23: Requires physician on-site at dialysis clinics and consent from the state for a clinic to close

PROPOSITION 24: Expands the provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and creates the California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and enforce the CCPA

PROPOSITION  25: Replaces cash bail with risk assessments for suspects awaiting trial

Starting September 16 – 7:00 pm

Zoom Study

Join us as Brenda Weikel leads this 6 week book study group on Zoom. There will also be a video component to further enhance the study. AJ Levine is an exciting teacher who will give a different perspective and help you to experience the Sermon on the Mount in a deeper way.

You can purchase the book where ever you buy your books online. Please have the 1st chapter read for class. You can also come and just enjoy the video and discussion.

The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7, contains some of Jesus most profound and most memorable teachings. What might these teachings have mean to his disciples, and to the others who first heard them? How do they enhance our reading of the rest of the Gospel of Matthew, and how do they speak across the centuries to listeners today? How, if we pay careful attention to his words, does Jesus provide us a road map to living as God would have us live?

In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine introduces the major topics in the Sermon on the Mount, explains historical and theological contexts, and shows how the words of Jesus echo his Jewish tradition and speak forward to reach hearts and minds today.