[2] A September 2016 poll from USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times showed 51% percent of registered voters in favor of Proposition 62, 40% opposed, and 9% unknown.

[5] Other top contributing proponents include Tom Steyer, Reed Hastings, John Doerr, and Paul Graham.

[5] The measure was supported by the editorial boards of the Los Angeles Times,[6] the San Francisco Chronicle,[7] and The Sacramento Bee.

[8] Opponents spent $4.4 million fighting against Proposition 62, with the top contribution being $498,303 from the California prison guards’ union.

[5] No prisoner has been executed since 2006, when a federal judge put a hold on the lethal injection procedure the state was using.