This year Californians are voting on 12 statewide propositions that will have a big impact on criminal justice reform, taxes, and voting, among other things. Some of them are pretty complicated, so we've broken them down for you. We kick it off with Proposition 14 -- a bond to fund stem cell research.Additional Reading:<ul>
<li>Episode transcript: <a href="https://bit.ly/2G50GU4%20">https://bit.ly/2G50GU4 </a>
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<li>Prop Fest Homepage: <a href="https://www.kqed.org/propfest">https://www.kqed.org/propfest </a>
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<li>KQED Voter Guide: <a href="http://kqed.org/voterguide">http://kqed.org/voterguide </a>
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Proposition 15: Commercial Property Tax

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