He helped fund Proposition 209, a 1996 ballot initiative that would ban affirmative action in public institutions.
Pérez told me that he had heard from a reporter that Anschutz had helped to fund Proposition 8, but that Leiweke swore it was not true.
The books, typically published by civic organizations as fund-raising propositions, generally provide the name of the person to whom the vehicle is registered and the person's home town.
The $2 million collected so far to fund the proposition has come from unidentified agriculture interests in the Central Valley, where thousands of acres of land have been left fallow as water allocations have been slashed in recent years.
Colleges have not climbed completely out of that hole, but funding from Proposition 30 has helped, officials said.
Lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown should focus on rehabilitation, reentry programs and alternatives to incarceration now — even before the additional funding from Proposition 47 for such programs kicks in a year from now.
Some education advocates said they were disappointed in the governor's action, which comes after colleges are beginning to increase course offerings and enrollment because of funding from Proposition 30, Brown's measure that raised some taxes to support education and other needs.
The California community college chancellor's office recently reported that most of the state's 112 schools are increasing enrollment and adding classes this fall after an infusion of funding from Proposition 30, Brown's measure that temporarily raised some taxes for education and other purposes.
It's part of a broader package Atkins is pushing that would boost the state's low-income housing tax credit by $300 million, set up guidelines for allocating new federal housing money expected to start flowing next year, and use a portion of funds from Proposition 47 to develop housing programs for recently released prisoners.
Other critics have accepted the claims that local programs funded with Proposition 63 dollars are working, but have argued that while many of the law's programs are good, they haven't gone far enough, that the measure leaves many vulnerable groups underprotected.
