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November 2006

Chamber Advocacy President Fights Proposition 86

Shaun Lumachi, Chamber Advocacy President, debated on FOX News in Los Angeles on Proposition 86. His argument was based on the fact that increasing taxes on 14% of Californians (the number of people who use tobacco products in California) to fund 38 pages of new programs (as outlined in Proposition 86) is bad public policy.

Californians agreed. On November 7, 2006 Proposition 86 failed at the statewide ballot box 47.9% to 52.1%.