The Times Ballot Recommendations

General Election Nov. 8, 1988

The Measures

Prop. 78: $600-million bond issue for construction on college campuses--YES

Prop. 79: $800-million bond issue for building and repairing schools--YES

Prop. 80: $817-million bond issue for state prison construction--YES

Prop. 81: $75-million bond issue for safer drinking water--YES

Prop. 82: $60-million bond issue for water-conservation programs--YES

Prop. 83: $65-million bond issue to help build sewage-treatment plants--YES

Prop. 84: $300-million bond issue for housing for homeless, elderly and disabled--YES

Prop. 85: $75-million bond issue to build and renovate libraries--YES

Prop. 86: $500-million bond issue for county jails and juvenile facilities--YES

Prop. 87: Corrects law about redevelopment and property taxes--YES

Prop. 88: Allows deposit of public money in insured industrial-loan firms--YES

Prop. 89: Gives governor veto on all murderers’ paroles--NO

Prop. 90: Allows elderly to transfer property assessment to another county--YES

Prop. 91: Makes justice courts “courts of record”--YES

Prop. 92: Opens to public some judicial discipline commission proceedings--YES

Prop. 93: Changes residency requirement on veterans’ property-tax exemption--YES

Prop. 94: Permits judges to teach part time--YES

Prop. 95: Sets new safety penalties to raise money to help homeless--NO

Prop. 96: Allows AIDS testing of suspects in assault cases--NO

Prop. 97: Restores the California occupational safety program--YES

Prop. 98: Guarantees schools’ financing level and part of state surplus--NO

Prop. 99: Raises cigarette tax to finance health programs--YES

Prop. 100: Requires auto-insurance regulation and good-driver discount--YES

Prop. 101: Limits “pain and suffering” claims and attorneys’ fees--NO

Prop. 102: Requires reporting of all suspected AIDS cases and eliminates anonymous testing--NO

Prop. 103: Reduces insurance rates and requires elected regulator--NO

Prop. 104: Establishes no-fault auto-insurance system--NO

Prop. 105: Requires disclosures on products, services and investments--NO

Prop. 106: Limits plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees in lawsuits involving injuries--NO

City of San Diego

Prop. E: District elections--YES

Prop. F: Police Review Commission with investigative powers--YES

Prop. G: Civilian Review Board on Police Practices--NO

Prop. H: City Council’s growth-management plan--NO

Prop. J: Citizens’ quality-of-life initiative--YES

San Diego County

Prop. A: Gann spending-limit waiver--YES

Prop. B: Supervisors’ sensitive-lands and growth-control ordinance--YES

Prop. C: Regional planning and growth control (advisory)--YES

Prop. D: Rural-preservation and traffic-control citizens’ initiative--NO

The Candidates

(As a general policy The Times does not endorse candidates for President, governor or the U.S. Senate.)

Assembly

77th District--Carol Bentley (R)

Senate

37th Senate District--Marian Bergeson (R)

39th Senate District--Larry Stirling (R)

Municipal Court

Office 13--Frank Brown

San Diego Unified School District Board

District A--Ann Armstrong

District D--Susan Davis

District E--Shirley Weber

San Diego Community Colleges Board

District B--Fred Colby

District D--Evonne Schulze