ISSUES ’86

36th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT THE DISTRICT: Includes Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Camarillo, Ventura, Newbury Park and Port Hueneme; portions of Oxnard, and the Ventura County portion of Westlake Village. Republicans outnumber Democrats by 49.5% to 39%. The district, which is politically conservative, includes some of the fastest-growing areas of Ventura County. THE SURVEY: Questionnaires were mailed to legislative and congressional candidates in September. Answers will be published periodically until the Nov. 4 election. 1. THE SUPREME COURT: Do you support the retention of Rose Bird as chief justice of the state Supreme Court? McClintock: No Nekimken: No Driscoll:No. 2. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: Do you support capital punishment? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: Yes Driscoll:Yes 3. OFFICIALS’ SALARIES: Do you support Proposition 61, which would limit the salaries of state and local officials to 80% of what the governor is paid? McClintock: No Nekimken: No Driscoll: Yes 4. ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Do you support Proposition 63, which would make English the state’s official language? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: No Driscoll: Yes 5. MANDATORY PRODUCT LABELING: Do you support Proposition 65, which among other things would require labeling of products containing chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects? McClintock: No Nekimken: Yes Driscoll: No 6. RENT CONTROL: Do you support a statewide law, sought by landlords, which would limit how strictly local governments could regulate rents? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: No Driscoll: Yes 7. LOTTERY FUNDS: The Los Angeles Unified School District and others whose attendance is dramatically increasing would like to use their state lottery money to build schools. Would you support a bill allowing this? McClintock: Yes, if also submitted to voters Nekimken: Yes Driscoll: Yes 8. HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SIZE: Would you have voted for the bill to appropriate $60 million to decrease class size in English, math and science in high schools? McClintock: No Nekimken: Yes Driscoll: No 9. SANTA MONICA CONSERVANCY: Do you believe the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy should receive state funds each year to purchase and preserve open space? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: Yes Driscoll: No 10. INSURANCE: Would you support requiring insurance companies that do business in California to cover cities and high-risk businesses such as day-care centers? McClintock: No Nekimken: Yes Driscoll: No 11. CREDIT CARD INTEREST: Would you support reducing the maximum legal credit-card interest rate by linking it to money-market rates? McClintock: No Nekimken: No Driscoll: No 12. LOS ANGELES PRISON: Do you support the construction of a state prison near East Los Angeles? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: No Driscoll: No If not, what is the best alternate site? Nekimken: Possibly the Sylmar area Undec. 13. DRUG TESTING: Should private employers have the right to require their workers to undergo unannounced drug tests? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: Yes, but with several conditions Driscoll: No, unless by contractual agreement Should public employers have that right? McClintock: Yes Nekimken: Yes, but with several conditions Driscoll: No, unless by contractual agreement 14. SOUTH AFRICA: This summer the Legislature approved a bill which will lead to the sale of up to $11.3 billion in state investments in firms operating in South Africa. How would you have voted? McClintock: No Nekimken: Yes Driscoll: Yes