2012 California Proposition 32

"[3] The Los Angeles Daily News noted that Proposition 32 leaves the decision on how to contribute political funds to workers, not unions.

That provision targets one of the largest special interests in California politics: public employee unions.

"[5] In mid-August 2012, Los Angeles Times' columnist Michael Hiltzik wrote that the proposition would exempt "such common business structures as LLCs, partnerships and real estate trusts", that the drafters included "conservative attorneys Thomas Hiltachk and Michael Capaldi", and concluded by citing a statistic that "business outspends organized labor 15 to 1".

Supporters say the proposition allows workers to decide where their money is spent; opponents say it is a bill designed for corporations to legally fund millions of dollars to their candidates.

"[7] On Labor Day weekend, political science professor and associate vice president of the California Faculty Association Andy Merrifield and League of Women Voters representative Dee Dee Bridges wrote against the proposition as "a particularly cynical ballot initiative ... to deny participation in the political process to working people".