Calif initiative spending at a glance

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Here are campaign spending totals for the 12 propositions on California's Nov. 4 ballot and the top donors to each campaign:

_ Proposition 1a, a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail system. Yes on Proposition 1a: $2.5 million; top donor, California Alliance for Jobs, $616,500. No opposition campaign.

_ Proposition 2, an initiative the set standards for farm animal enclosures. Yes on Proposition 2: $10.6 million; top donor, The Humane Society, $4.1 million. No on Proposition 2: $8.9 million; top donor, Cal-Maine Foods, $591,210.

_ Proposition 3, a $980 million bond measure to pay for construction, remodeling and equipping of children's hospitals. Yes on Proposition 3: $7.9 million; top donor, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, $1.5 million. No opposition campaign.

_ Proposition 4, an unsuccessful initiative that attempted to require notification of a parent or guardian before a minor could get an abortion. Yes on Proposition 4: $3.2 million; top donor, San Diego newspaper publisher James Holman, $1.5 million. No on Proposition 4: $9.5 million; top donor, Planned Parenthood, $5.1 million.

_ Proposition 5, an unsuccessful initiative that would have required the state to increase treatment and rehabilitation programs for nonviolent drug offenders and parolees. Yes on Proposition 5: $7.6 million; top donor, New York philanthropist Bob Wilson, $2.8 million. No on Proposition 5: $2.87 million; top donor, California Correctional Peace Officers Association, $1 million.

_ Proposition 6, an unsuccessful initiative that would have required new state spending to combat crime and gangs and increased penalties for several crimes. Yes on Proposition 6: $3 million; top donor, dot-com billionaire Henry Nicholas III, $1 million. No on Proposition 6: $2.3 million (main opposition committee spent money against both propositions 6 and 9); top donor, California Teachers Association, $955,908.

_ Proposition 7, an unsuccessful initiative that would have required utilities to generate more power from renewable energy. Yes on Proposition 7: $9.6 million; top donor, Peter Sperling, senior vice president of the Apollo Group, which operates the University of Phoenix, $9 million. No on Proposition 7: $29.8 million; top donor, Edison International, $13.7 million.

_ Proposition 8, an initiative that banned gay marriage. Yes on Proposition 8: $39.9 million; top donor, Knights of Columbus, $1.4 million. No on Proposition 8: $43.3 million; top donor, California Teachers Association, $1.3 million.

_ Proposition 9, a successful initiative that requires authorities to take victim safety into account when considering granting bail and parole. Yes on Proposition 9: $5.1 million; top donor, Henry Nicholas III, $4.8 million. No on Proposition 9: $2.3 million (main opposition committee spent money against both propositions 6 and 9); top donor, California Teachers Association, $955,908.

_ Proposition 10, an unsuccessful initiative that would have authorized the sale of $5 billion in bonds to provide rebates to buyers of alternative-fuel vehicles. Yes on Proposition 10: $22.8 million; top donor, Clean Energy Fuels Corp., $18.7 million. No on Proposition 10: $173,184; top donor, California School Employees Association, $50,000.

_ Proposition 11, an initiative that took away state legislators' power to draw their own districts. Yes on Proposition 11: $16.6 million; top donor, California Dream Team, a campaign committee controlled by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, $3 million. No on Proposition 11: $1.6 million; top donor, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, $400,000.

_ Proposition 12, a $900 million bond measure to provide home loans for veterans. Yes on Proposition 12: less than $1,000. No opposition campaign.

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Source: Secretary of State's Office.

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