Proposition 12 ("Prop 12") was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 6, 2018. The measure was self-titled the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act.[2] The measure passed, by a vote of about 63% Yes to 37% No.[3]
The proposition establishes new minimum requirements on farmers to provide more space for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal. California businesses will be banned from selling eggs or uncooked pork or veal that came from animals housed in ways that did not meet these requirements.[4]
The ballot measure aimed to build upon and strengthen the requirements of a previous ballot measure, the 2008 California Proposition 2, which prohibited battery cages and gestation crates for animals in California, and required that pigs, hens, and calves be able to spread their wings or limbs and turn around. The California legislature in 2010 passed AB 1437, which required all shell eggs sold in the state to meet the same requirements, including those produced elsewhere. Proposition 12 closed loopholes in these laws by requiring the same for all eggs sold in the state, regardless of the form it was sold in (i.e. both shell eggs and liquid eggs), and the state where it was produced.[5] However, not all pork has to comply with the law: only whole uncooked pork cuts must comply, while other pork products, such as ground pork, do not. This means that about 42% of the state's pork market is exempt from the law's requirements. [6]
The California Secretary of State's summary from the Official Voter Information Guide of Proposition 12 is as follows:[4]
ESTABLISHES NEW STANDARDS FOR CONFINEMENT OF SPECIFIED FARM ANIMALS; BANS SALE OF NONCOMPLYING PRODUCTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State costs up to $10 million annually to enforce the measure.
SupportEdit
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other animal protection groups argued that confining animals in small cages is cruel, and that Prop 12 was needed to improve animal welfare, including by mandating cage-free conditions for egg-laying hens.[7] Prop 12 applies equally to both animals raised in California and those raised elsewhere for the California marketplace.[5] Prop 12 was endorsed by the Center for Food Safety because research indicates that caging farm animals increases the spread of food-borne pathogens like Salmonella.[8]
The following organizations endorsed Proposition 12:
The American Veal Association argued that Prop 12 would create unnecessary regulations and that the veal industry was already well on its way to phasing out crates.[17] Ken Klippen of the National Association of Egg Farmers told Fox News that the measure would take away consumer choice and that the motivation behind the measure was to push consumers towards a vegan diet.[18]
Groups such as PETA opposed the measure because they considered it insufficient.[19]
The following organizations opposed Proposition 12:
The results of the vote were 62.65% YES to 37.35% NO.[3]
Proposition 12
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
7,516,095
62.65
No
4,481,267
37.35
Valid votes
11,997,362
100
Total votes
11,997,362
100.00
Effects and legal challengesEdit
The egg industry has largely complied with the law.[8] However, despite the resounding success at the ballot box, the pork industry unsuccessfully sued to block implementation of the law.[25] In June 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected a lawsuit from the North American Meat Institute to stop the law.[26] The Meat Institute had argued that Prop 12 violated the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution, but this argument was rejected because Prop 12 holds in-state and out-of-state producers to the same standard.[5] The law was implemented on January 1, 2022.[27]
On January 25, 2022, a judge ordered a temporary halt to enforcement of the prohibition on pork from gestation crates, for 180 days, pending development of final regulations by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, to give producers more time to comply.[28] The CDFA also needed more time to comply with a lawsuit filed by animal activists, who wanted to increase stringency of the regulations.[29]
^ ab"Proposition 12 | Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State". voterguide.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ abcTorrella, Kenny (August 10, 2021). "The fight over cage-free eggs and bacon in California, explained". Vox. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^Marceau, Justin (May 12, 2023). "The Supreme Court's ruling on Prop 12 is a win against factory farming. But the pigs' lives will still suck". Vox. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
^ abcCampbell, Leah (March 1, 2022). "California's Strict New Law Preventing Cruelty to Farm Animals Triggers Protests From Big U.S. Meat Producers". Inside Climate News. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^"California's Proposition 12 Could Be the Latest Measure to Restrict Factory Farming - Pacific Standard". psmag.com. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"Prop 12: California voters will have a say on farm animal confinement". KSBY.com. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"Yes on Prop 12! Early Voting Begins for CA Law to End Extreme Farmed Animal Confinement". Mercy For Animals. October 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"The Humane League". Blog. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"A Decade Later, Another 'Cage-Free' Measure is on the California Ballot". Civil Eats. October 25, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"Proposition 12: Farm Animal Confinement | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government". roseinstitute.org. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"Countdown to Critical Vote in California | Animal Equality | International Animal Protection Organization". animalequality.org. October 5, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"Bryan Pease". Socal VegFest. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"American Veal Association Statement on California Proposition 12".
^"FOX News Shows Debate on California Ballot Initiative for Cage-Free Chickens - National Association of Egg Farmers". www.eggfarmers.org.
^ ab"Nothing's Good Enough for PETA, Including Prop 12 - October 31, 2018". SF Weekly. November 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ ab"NPR Choice page". npr.org. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"With Proposition 12, California Voters Face Choices On Farm Animal Confinement". capradio.org. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"American Veal Association Statement on California Proposition 12 — American Veal Association". americanveal.com. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"tracy_press/news/dialysis-daylight-saving-ambulance-farm-animal-confinement-propositions-detailed/article_b13b5f24-dd6d-11e8-9c1e-c3fa457e5630". goldenstatenewspapers.com. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/15886-california-farm-bureau-federation-announces-positions-on-november-2018-ballot-measures-yes-on-proposition-6-fuel-tax-repeal". goldrushcam.com. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^"Will new bacon law begin? California grocers seek delay". KPBS Public Media. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^"CALIFORNIA LAW BANNING CAGES HOLDS STRONG". thehumaneleague.org. July 21, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
^"Proposition 12 takes effect in California". www.ciwf.com. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^"California judge rules Prop 12 enforcement should be temporarily halted on whole pork sales". Successful Farming. January 25, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^Flynn, Dan (December 8, 2021). "More litigation goes ahead of California's feared bacon crisis". Food Safety News. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^Nair, Devatha P. (May 11, 2023). "Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12". Retrieved May 11, 2023.
External linksEdit
Text of Proposition 12
Prevent Cruelty California – pro-proposition website
Californians Against Cruelty, Cages, and Fraud – anti-proposition website
Prop 12 page in California Secretary of State's website
California Proposition 12, Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (2018) at Ballotpedia
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Proposition 12 redirects here For the 2008 California proposition about veterans bonds see 2008 California Proposition 12 For the 2007 Texas constitutional amendment about highway funding see 2007 Texas constitutional amendment election Proposition 12 Prop 12 was a California ballot proposition in that state s general election on November 6 2018 The measure was self titled the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act 2 The measure passed by a vote of about 63 Yes to 37 No 3 Proposition 12Farm Animal Minimum SpaceResultsChoice Votes Yes 7 516 095 62 65 No 4 481 267 37 35 Valid votes 11 997 362 100 00 Invalid or blank votes 0 0 00 Total votes 11 997 362 100 00 Registered voters turnout 19 696 371 60 91 Results by countySource California Secretary of State 1 The proposition establishes new minimum requirements on farmers to provide more space for egg laying hens breeding pigs and calves raised for veal California businesses will be banned from selling eggs or uncooked pork or veal that came from animals housed in ways that did not meet these requirements 4 The ballot measure aimed to build upon and strengthen the requirements of a previous ballot measure the 2008 California Proposition 2 which prohibited battery cages and gestation crates for animals in California and required that pigs hens and calves be able to spread their wings or limbs and turn around The California legislature in 2010 passed AB 1437 which required all shell eggs sold in the state to meet the same requirements including those produced elsewhere Proposition 12 closed loopholes in these laws by requiring the same for all eggs sold in the state regardless of the form it was sold in i e both shell eggs and liquid eggs and the state where it was produced 5 However not all pork has to comply with the law only whole uncooked pork cuts must comply while other pork products such as ground pork do not This means that about 42 of the state s pork market is exempt from the law s requirements 6 Contents 1 Ballot label summary 2 Support 3 Opposition 4 Election results 5 Effects and legal challenges 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBallot label summary EditThe California Secretary of State s summary from the Official Voter Information Guide of Proposition 12 is as follows 4 ESTABLISHES NEW STANDARDS FOR CONFINEMENT OF SPECIFIED FARM ANIMALS BANS SALE OF NONCOMPLYING PRODUCTS INITIATIVE STATUTE Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner Fiscal Impact Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses likely not more than several million dollars annually State costs up to 10 million annually to enforce the measure Support EditThe Humane Society of the United States HSUS and other animal protection groups argued that confining animals in small cages is cruel and that Prop 12 was needed to improve animal welfare including by mandating cage free conditions for egg laying hens 7 Prop 12 applies equally to both animals raised in California and those raised elsewhere for the California marketplace 5 Prop 12 was endorsed by the Center for Food Safety because research indicates that caging farm animals increases the spread of food borne pathogens like Salmonella 8 The following organizations endorsed Proposition 12 Humane Society of the United States 9 ASPCA American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 10 Mercy for Animals 11 The Humane League 12 Compassion in World Farming 13 Animal Legal Defense Fund 14 Animal Equality 15 Animal Protection and Rescue League APRL 16 Compassion Over Killing In Defense of Animals IDA San Francisco SPCA San Diego Humane Society Marin Humane Society Center for Food Safety Organic Consumers Association Center for Biological Diversity Sierra Club California United Farm Workers Farm Sanctuary World Animal Protection Animal Welfare Institute California Animal Welfare Association The following newspapers endorsed it Los Angeles Times The Mercury News San Jose The Monterey Herald San Francisco Bay Guardian East Bay Express East Bay Times Marin Independent Journal San Diego Free Press Santa Cruz SentinelOpposition EditThe American Veal Association argued that Prop 12 would create unnecessary regulations and that the veal industry was already well on its way to phasing out crates 17 Ken Klippen of the National Association of Egg Farmers told Fox News that the measure would take away consumer choice and that the motivation behind the measure was to push consumers towards a vegan diet 18 Groups such as PETA opposed the measure because they considered it insufficient 19 The following organizations opposed Proposition 12 Association of California Egg Farmers 20 National Association of Egg Farmers 21 American Veal Association 22 California Pork Producers Association 23 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA 19 National Pork Producers Council 20 California Farm Bureau Federation 24 Protect the Harvest Humane Farming Association Friends of Animals Showing Animals Respect and Kindness SHARK Action for Animals The following newspapers opposed it The Bakersfield Californian Los Angeles Daily News The San Bernardino Sun San Francisco Chronicle The Fresno Bee The Sacramento Bee Orange County Register The Press Democrat Santa Rosa The San Diego Union Tribune The Tribune San Luis Obispo Election results EditThe results of the vote were 62 65 YES to 37 35 NO 3 Proposition 12 Choice Votes nbsp Yes 7 516 095 62 65No 4 481 267 37 35Valid votes 11 997 362 100Total votes 11 997 362 100 00Effects and legal challenges EditThe egg industry has largely complied with the law 8 However despite the resounding success at the ballot box the pork industry unsuccessfully sued to block implementation of the law 25 In June 2021 the Supreme Court of the United States rejected a lawsuit from the North American Meat Institute to stop the law 26 The Meat Institute had argued that Prop 12 violated the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution but this argument was rejected because Prop 12 holds in state and out of state producers to the same standard 5 The law was implemented on January 1 2022 27 On January 25 2022 a judge ordered a temporary halt to enforcement of the prohibition on pork from gestation crates for 180 days pending development of final regulations by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to give producers more time to comply 28 The CDFA also needed more time to comply with a lawsuit filed by animal activists who wanted to increase stringency of the regulations 29 The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council again asked the Supreme Court to overturn the law in another lawsuit similar to the ones that were previously rejected 8 On May 11 2023 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the law in National Pork Producers Council v Ross 30 See also EditList of California ballot propositions 2010 19 List of California ballot propositions Elections in CaliforniaReferences Edit Statement of Vote 2008 General Election PDF California Secretary of State December 13 2008 Archived from the original PDF on May 6 2013 Retrieved June 26 2013 vig cdn sos ca gov 2018 general pdf topl pdf prop12 PDF vig cdn sos ca gov Retrieved November 6 2018 a b Propositions amp Ballot Measures 2018 California Midterm Election Results sacramento cbslocal com a b Proposition 12 Official Voter Information Guide California Secretary of State voterguide sos ca gov Retrieved November 6 2018 a b c Torrella Kenny August 10 2021 The fight over cage free eggs and bacon in California explained Vox Retrieved December 14 2021 Marceau Justin May 12 2023 The Supreme Court s ruling on Prop 12 is a win against factory farming But the pigs lives will still suck Vox Retrieved May 14 2023 Yes on Prop 12 Prevent Cruelty California Campaign Overview https preventcrueltyca com campaign overview Archived May 25 2022 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2019 01 04 a b c Campbell Leah March 1 2022 California s Strict New Law Preventing Cruelty to Farm Animals Triggers Protests From Big U S Meat Producers Inside Climate News Retrieved March 1 2022 California s Proposition 12 Could Be the Latest Measure to Restrict Factory Farming Pacific Standard psmag com Retrieved November 6 2018 Prop 12 California voters will have a say on farm animal confinement KSBY com November 2 2018 Retrieved November 6 2018 Yes on Prop 12 Early Voting Begins for CA Law to End Extreme Farmed Animal Confinement Mercy For Animals October 2018 Retrieved November 6 2018 The Humane League Blog Retrieved November 6 2018 A Decade Later Another Cage Free Measure is on the California Ballot Civil Eats October 25 2018 Retrieved November 6 2018 Proposition 12 Farm Animal Confinement The Rose Institute of State and Local Government roseinstitute org Retrieved November 6 2018 Countdown to Critical Vote in California Animal Equality International Animal Protection Organization animalequality org October 5 2018 Retrieved November 6 2018 Bryan Pease Socal VegFest Retrieved November 6 2018 American Veal Association Statement on California Proposition 12 FOX News Shows Debate on California Ballot Initiative for Cage Free Chickens National Association of Egg Farmers www eggfarmers org a b Nothing s Good Enough for PETA Including Prop 12 October 31 2018 SF Weekly November 2018 Retrieved November 6 2018 a b NPR Choice page npr org Retrieved November 6 2018 With Proposition 12 California Voters Face Choices On Farm Animal Confinement capradio org Retrieved November 6 2018 American Veal Association Statement on California Proposition 12 American Veal Association americanveal com Retrieved November 6 2018 tracy press news dialysis daylight saving ambulance farm animal confinement propositions detailed article b13b5f24 dd6d 11e8 9c1e c3fa457e5630 goldenstatenewspapers com Retrieved November 6 2018 goldrushcam com sierrasuntimes index php news local news 15886 california farm bureau federation announces positions on november 2018 ballot measures yes on proposition 6 fuel tax repeal goldrushcam com Retrieved November 6 2018 Will new bacon law begin California grocers seek delay KPBS Public Media December 13 2021 Retrieved December 14 2021 CALIFORNIA LAW BANNING CAGES HOLDS STRONG thehumaneleague org July 21 2021 Retrieved February 23 2022 Proposition 12 takes effect in California www ciwf com Retrieved January 12 2022 California judge rules Prop 12 enforcement should be temporarily halted on whole pork sales Successful Farming January 25 2022 Retrieved February 9 2022 Flynn Dan December 8 2021 More litigation goes ahead of California s feared bacon crisis Food Safety News Retrieved March 1 2022 Nair Devatha P May 11 2023 Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12 Retrieved May 11 2023 External links EditText of Proposition 12 Prevent Cruelty California pro proposition website Californians Against Cruelty Cages and Fraud anti proposition website Prop 12 page in California Secretary of State s website California Proposition 12 Farm Animal Confinement Initiative 2018 at Ballotpedia Treatment of animals on the ballot at Ballotpedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 California Proposition 12 amp oldid 1178679439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
