2009 California Proposition 1C

[1] The proposition was part of Assembly Bill 12 (Third Extraordinary Session), which was authored by Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, a Democrat from Santa Rosa.

[2] Proposition 1C would have authorized borrowing against future State Lottery proceeds as a way to avoid statewide spending cuts.

The 2009–2010 budget plan included $5 billion from this source, and the measure would also have authorized similar borrowing in future years.

It did not include a cap on the amount of future lottery revenue that could be pledged to pay for current spending.

Essentially, the measure would have allowed a form of deficit spending that would not be subject to the balanced budget provisions adopted by a vote of the people in Proposition 58.