Californians will see a lengthy list of initiatives and referendums on the November ballot.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla has assigned proposition numbers to 12 measures that have qualified for the ballot, from funding for stem cell research to a repeal of the states ban on affirmative action and an expansion of consumer privacy laws. Each must be approved by a simple majority to become law.

Proposition 14: Stem cell research. Would re-fund the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the states stem cell agency, by allowing it to issue $5.5 billion in bonds for research, training and facilities construction.

Proposition 15: Limits on property taxes. Would rewrite Proposition 13, the landmark 1978 measure that limits property tax increases and allows residential and commercial property to be reassessed only when it is sold.

Prop. 15 would boost property taxes on large commercial and industrial property by allowing it to be reappraised more frequently. The added money would go to school districts and local governments. Prop. 13 rules for residential property would be unchanged.

Proposition 16: Affirmative action. A constitutional amendment, proposed by state legislators, that would reverse Californias voter-approved 1996 ban on affirmative action. It would repeal Proposition 209, which prohibits public universities, schools and government agencies from using race or sex in their admissions criteria, hiring and contract decisions.

Proposition 17: Parolee voting. A constitutional amendment, proposed by state legislators, that would restore the voting rights of all people on parole if theyve completed their state or federal prison terms.

Proposition 18: Voting age. A constitutional amendment, proposed by state legislators, that would allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they would turn 18 before the general election.

Proposition 19: Property tax transfers. A constitutional amendment, proposed by state legislators, that would allow people age 55 and older, and victims of wildfires and other disasters, to keep lower property tax rates when they move to new homes.

Proposition 20: Criminal justice. Would make changes to the criminal justice system by revising two earlier initiatives, Proposition 47 and Proposition 57. The new measure would expand the list of violent crimes for which there is no early release, adding sex trafficking of a child and felony domestic violence. It would also require DNA collection for those convicted of several types of misdemeanors.

Proposition 21: Rent control. Would reverse a ban on local rent control laws. It would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which prohibits cities from passing rent control ordinances for housing built since 1995. Voters overwhelmingly rejected a similar measure in 2018.

An earlier version of this story erroneously stated that two additional measures could qualify for the November ballot. The window for qualifying has closed.

Proposition 22: Gig worker classification. Would exempt app-based drivers, including those working for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, from a state law that classifies gig workers as employees. The companies want to undo part of AB5, Californias gig-worker law, which aims to classify their drivers as employees and make them eligible for benefits. Under the ballot measure, the companies could keep drivers as independent contractors while granting them some benefits and earnings guarantees.

Proposition 23: Kidney dialysis clinics. Would increase state regulation of kidney dialysis clinics. Among the proposed requirements: Clinics would be prohibited from discriminating against patients based on their source of payment.

Proposition 24: Consumer data privacy. Would expand Californias consumer privacy law, passed in 2018. The measure would triple penalties for companies that break laws regarding the collection and sale of childrens private information. It would also create a state agency to enforce consumer privacy protections.

Proposition 25: Cash bail. Would overturn a 2018 law that eliminates cash bail as a requirement to release people from jail before trial.

Dustin Gardiner is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: dustin.gardiner@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @dustingardiner

Dustin Gardiner is a state Capitol reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He joined The Chronicle in 2019, after nearly a decade with The Arizona Republic, where he covered state and city politics. Dustin won several awards for his reporting in Arizona, including the 2019 John Kolbe Politics Reporting award, and the 2017 Story of the Year award from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, camping, reading fiction and playing Settlers of Catan. He's a member of NLGJA, the association of LGBTQ journalists.

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