2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
On 10 June, in another great game, Vasco da Gama won Bahia 2-1 at Pituaçu in Salvador, Bahia. The two crowds were out in force at the stadium, and provided a show, which combined with the proper game. Early on, Diego Souza was fouled, and Juninho Pernambucano showed why he is considered one of the best free kickers in history to score a goal that left Marcelo Lomba property. The game continued at high speed and with both teams looking to attack.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
And Vasco da Gama arrived at his second goal: after a chest pass by Alecsandro, Diego Souza dribbled Titi and covered Marcelo Lomba, making a golazo and being cheered by the crowd in this stadium. In the second half, the rate decreased, and Bahia, desperate for a reaction, did Vasco da Gama become more cornered. But the goal of honor only came in stoppage: Júnior, after fighting in the area, made the goal of Bahia in the last move of the match: a Samba party in the Axé land.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
On 13 June, the Argentine Matías Abelairas was released to negotiate with Puebla. Abelairas showed their dissatisfaction by not getting many chances in the team, and asked to be released (this claim has been satisfied), and enter into negotiation with the Mexican team.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
On 17 June, Vasco da Gama lost his perfect recovery in Brazilian Série A in a draw against Palmeiras in Arena Barueri. The match was very busy, but the goals came only in the second half. Mazinho, after a broken up dribbling in Dedé, opened the scoring. But Juninho Pernambucano made his second consecutive goal in the competition in a free kick that surprised Deola.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
On 23 June, Vasco da Gama suffered his first defeat in Brazilian Série A: 1-3 against Cruzeiro in a packed São Januário. Vasco da Gama printed your tiki-taka style, coming to be with 65% of ball possession. But Cruzeiro, with a well-armed boom, managed to hold the Vasco da Gama's momentum, and was rewarded: after an error between Fernando Prass and Éder Luís, Wellington Paulista kicked, and the ball fell to Walter Montillo, who kicked at an angle, silencing the stadium. In the second half, the outlook has not changed.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
Then came the Cruzeiro second goal: Walter Montillo released for Wellington Paulista, which gave a light touch, covering Fernando Prass. Immediately, the Vasco da Gama scored his goal: to cross the area, Fábio went wrong, and Rodolfo dropped. But the reaction stopped there: New counterattack, Tinga crossed for Anselmo Ramon, who gave the final numbers game.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
On 28 June, Vasco da Gama announced the transfer of the defensive midfielder Rômulo for Spartak Moscow. Rômulo's transfer was highly criticized by fans and media, who commented that, at worst hypothesis, should wait until the end of 2012 Summer Olympics for a possible appreciation of the young player.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, June
On 30 June, Vasco da Gama beat Ponte Preta 3-2 in a dramatic game and highly disputed. Ponte Preta went ahead: Baraka launched, and Roger opened the scoring in São Januário. Vasco da Gama equalized immediately: after pass of Felipe and Alecsandro kicked and scored 1-1. Ponte Preta once again be front: Renê Junior played for Roger scoring his second goal in the match. In the second half, Vasco da Gama proved why it is known as the "time of the turn". Éder Luís, after touch of Alecsandro, equalized. Missing 15 minutes to the end of the game, William Matheus is overthrown by Lucas: Diego Souza charges very strong, and takes Vasco da Gama to victory.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 8 July, Vasco da Gama drew with Figueirense at Orlando Scarpelli, in Florianópolis: 1-1. In the first half, Vasco da Gama dominated the match and scored his goal: Diego Souza kicked crawling and open the score. In the second half, Figueirense came to dominate the game, and tied, after crossing, Roni anticipated William Matheus, and scored the last goal of the match.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 10 July, Vasco da Gama announced the signing of midfielder Wendel, from Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh). The hiring was approved by the media and fans, reminding of the his passages by Santos and Cruzeiro.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 15 July, Vasco da Gama defeat Atlético Goianiense 1-0 in São Januário. Early in the match, Alecsandro, after free kick from Juninho Pernambucano, turned, and told with the help of Gabriel to score. Despite the victory, the team was extremely booed by the crowd because of its poor performance, causing Fernando Prass leave the field as the hero of the night.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 18 July, Vasco da Gama defeat São Paulo 1-0 in Morumbi, São Paulo. Since the beginning of the match, Vasco da Gama imposed his tiki-taka play style, involving a confused and messy São Paulo team. The team took a lot of danger with the Juninho Pernambucano's knuckleballs, who were stopped, or by Denis, or by post. But the goal came in the second half: after a beautiful table with Wiliam Barbio, Fagner invaded the area and made the only goal of the match, which could have been such a rout the superiority of Vasco da Gama on top of São Paulo.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 21 July, Vasco da Gama suffered two casualties: the outputs of Diego Souza and Fagner. The first was coveted by Al-Ittihad for a long time. And the desire of the Saudi team was able to realize his wish, and managed to sign the midfielder, who was greeted with celebrations at the Airport International of Jeddah. Fagner already received an offer last minute of Wolfsburg. The proposal was readily accepted by the player. On the same day, the crew of Vasco da Gama completed the signing of Dakson. The midfielder, from the Bulgarian Lokomotiv Plovdiv, came to the club surrounded by mistrust, because, despite being an idol in the Bulgarian team, is virtually unknown in Brazilian football.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 25 July, Vasco da Gama defeat Botafogo 1-0 in Engenhão. The game was pretty much expected by the confrontation between Juninho Pernambucano and Clarence Seedorf, two of the best players in the Brasileirão. The Surinamese-Dutch midfielder got to play well, but the Brazilian midfielder had another gala performance: missing 2 minutes, Juninho Pernambucano invaded the area, but if balance and fell. Lying on the lawn, dribbled two Botafogo players and touch to Alecsandro scoring the winning goal, making O Reizinho da Colina ("The King of the Hill") got out of the field cheered.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, July
On 28 July, Vasco da Gama drew with International 0-0 at Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre. The match was surrounded, because it marked the debut of Diego Forlán in Brazilian football, playing for Internacional. But the match turned out to be warm and flat, despite the great public and the high quality of both teams.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, August
On 5 August, Vasco da Gama drew 0-0 with Corinthians in São Januário, Rio de Janeiro. Like the first match between them for Copa Libertadores, the game was very truncated, and very few clear opportunities, which resulted in a goalless score.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, August
On 8 August, Vasco da Gama won Sport 2-0 at Ilha do Retiro, Recife. In a complicated game and truncated, mainly because of the soggy lawn because of the rain, the Vasco da Gama opened the scoring on a beautiful free kick from Juninho Pernambucano (the entire game booed by the crowd of Sport, being ex-player club). Soon after, in a defense of inattention, the Ecuadorian Carlos Tenorio dribbled two markers and keeper to make a great goal and give final numbers to match.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, August
On 12 August, Vasco da Gama lost to Atlético Mineiro: 1-0 in Independência, in Belo Horizonte. The game between two of the top three teams was as expected: busy, rushed, and extremely technical. Nevertheless, the first half ended goalless. In the second half, Vasco da Gama decided to retreat too, and hence Atletico Mineiro took control of the match. With that, eventually reaching its goal: Ronaldinho dribbled Auremir and crossed; Fernando Prass flattened, and Jô headed into the goal, leading to delirium nearly 20,000 fans who were at the stadium and made a party.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Season overview, August
On 16 August, Vasco da Gama drew 2-2 with Coritiba in São Januário, Rio de Janeiro. In the first half, Vasco da Gama, pressed after the defeat against Atlético Mineiro, had a horrible performance, which culminated in the goal of Júnior Urso, after counterattack that began with Éverton Ribeiro. In the second half, Vasco da Gama recovered: in the beautiful play from Carlos Alberto, Felipe equalized the match. At 88 minutes, a free kick from Juninho Pernambucano, Wendel turned the match. The crowd began to party, but two minutes later, Éverton Ribeiro, after crossing scored the equalizer. The crowd, which was celebrating two minutes before, started booing and humiliate the team and his crew until after the end of the match.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 5 November 2012.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Friendlies, Edmundo's farewell
The only friendly of the Vasco da Gama in 2012 season was against Barcelona de Guayaquil, in a rematch of the final of the Copa Libertadores 1998. The friendly match was marked specially to mark the farewell of Edmundo, one of the greatest idols in the history of Vasco da Gama. The last match of Edmundo was the lost by 2-0, in São Januário, against Vitória, for the 2008 Brazilian Série A, which marked the only e unprecedented relegated of Vasco da Gama.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Friendlies, Edmundo's farewell
The choice of opponent (Barcelona Guayaquil) was the fact that the game that Edmundo would most like to play is the final of the Copa Libertadores, taking into account that Edmundo in this time was at Fiorentina, and that was the main player in Brazilian football in 1997, with more than primordial for the winning the 1997 Brazilian Série A.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Rio de Janeiro State Championship
Vasco da Gama were placed in Group B of the 2012 Campeonato Carioca with Fluminense, Boavista, Americano, Volta Redonda, Duque de Caxias, Bangu and Friburguense.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores
Vasco da Gama qualified to the 2012 Copa Libertadores (their 9th participation in the continental tournament) as the winner of the 2011 Copa do Brasil and were given the Brazil 3 berth as the league champion. They entered the competition in the group stage and were placed in Group 5 with Nacional (2010–11 Uruguayan champion), Alianza Lima (the Peruvian runner-up) and Libertad (the best Paraguayan non-champion and play-off winner).


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Squad
In Conmebol competitions players must be assigned numbers between 1 and 25.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Squad
¹ – Diego Rosa and Carlos Alberto replaced Max and Bernardo, respectively, for the round of 16.² – Fabrício replaced Carlos Tenorio for the quarterfinals.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Knockout stage
After finishing the group stage in 2nd in Group 5, behind only Libertad, Vasco da Gama finished as the 2nd best group runner-up overall. With this, the opponent of Vasco da Gama is the Lanús (the 7th best group winner overall).


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Knockout stage
After eliminated Lanús in a dramatic penalties decision, Vasco da Gama will be face Corinthians (who defeat Emelec). This confrontation marks the confrontation between the two best Brazilian teams in 2011.


2012 CR Vasco da Gama season, IFFHS ranking
Vasco da Gama position on the Club World Ranking during the 2012 season, according to IFFHS.


2012 CSIO Gijón
The 2012 CSIO Gijón was the 2012 edition of the Spanish official show jumping horse show, at Las Mestas Sports Complex in Gijón. It was held as CSIO 5*.


2012 CSIO Gijón
This edition of the CSIO Gijón was held between August 29 and September 3.


2012 CSIO Gijón, Nations Cup
The 2012 FEI Nations Cup of Spain was the fifth competition of the 2012 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League and was held on Saturday, September 1, 2012.


2012 CSIO Gijón, Nations Cup
The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The best six teams of the eleven which participated were allowed to start in the second round. As participant in the Promotional League, Denmark was also allowed to participate in the second round.


2012 CSIO Gijón, Nations Cup
Grey penalties points do not count for the team result.


2012 CSIO Gijón, Gijón Grand Prix
The Gijón Grand Prix, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2012 CSIO Gijón, was the major show jumping competition at this event. It was held on Monday 2 August 2013. The competition was a show jumping competition over two rounds, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters.


2012 CSIO Schweiz
The 2012 CSIO Schweiz (English: CSIO Switzerland) was the 2012 edition of the CSIO Schweiz, the Swiss official show jumping horse show, at Gründenmoos in St. Gallen. It was held as CSIO 5*.


2012 CSIO Schweiz
The first horse show were held 1884 at St. Gallen. Up to the 1970s the CSIO Schweiz was held on year in Geneva and the next year in Lucerne. In the next years, up to 2006, the CSIO Schweiz was held one year in St. Gallen and in the outer year in Lucerne. Since 2007 each year the CSIO Schweiz are held in St. Gallen.


2012 CSIO Schweiz
The 2012 edition of the CSIO Schweiz was held between May 31, 2012 and June 3, 2012.


2012 CSIO Schweiz, FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland
The 2012 FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland was part of the 2012 CSIO Schweiz. It was the third competition of the 2012 FEI Nations Cup and was held at Friday, June 1, 2012 at 2:45 pm. The competing teams were: the Netherlands, Germany, the Switzerland, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Sweden and Ireland.


2012 CSIO Schweiz, FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland
The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds and optionally one jump-off. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. All teams were allowed to start in the second round. The competition is endowed with 200,000 €.


2012 CSIO Schweiz, FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland
(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)


2012 CSIO Schweiz, Grosses Jagdspringen
The “Grosses Jagdspringen” was the biggest competition on Saturday at the 2011 CSIO Schweiz. The sponsor of this competition was Mercedes Benz Switzerland. It was held at Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 1:00 pm.


2012 CSIO Schweiz, Grosses Jagdspringen
The competition was a speed and handiness show jumping competition (faults at fences will be converted into seconds; this seconds will be added to the time of the competitor). The height of the fences was up to 1.45 meters. It was endowed with 80,000 CHF.


2012 CSIO Schweiz, Longines Grand Prix
The Longines Grand Prix was the major competition of the 2011 CSIO Schweiz. The sponsor of this competition is Longines. It will be held at Sunday, June 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm.


2012 CSIO Schweiz, Longines Grand Prix
The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds, the height of the fences will be up to 1.60 meters. It is endowed with 200,000 €. Ten years after his victory with For Pleasure German rider Marcus Ehning win again the Grand Prix of St. Gallen.


2012 CSL All-Stars Game
The 2012 CSL All-Stars Game was the 6th CSL All-Stars Game, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Super League and a team of the CSL top players from other clubs. The match was played at the Tianhe Stadium on 7 November 2012, and contested by league winner Guangzhou Evergrande and CSL All-Stars Team. All-Stars Team won the match 1–0.


2012 CSL All-Stars Game, 2012 CSL All-Star Team, Squad
The squad for All-Stars Game announced on 29 October 2012.


2012 CSL All-Stars Game, 2012 CSL All-Star Team, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 CSU–Pueblo ThunderWolves football team
The 2012 CSU– Pueblo ThunderWolves football team represented Colorado State University–Pueblo as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach John Wristen and play their home games at Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. They were a member of the .


2012 CWHL Draft
The 2012 CWHL Draft was held on July 14, 2012 in Mississauga. Team Alberta held the first overall pick for the first time in franchise history. The club selected Hillary Pattenden with the first pick overall.


2012 CWHL Draft, Registration
Prospective players must register on the CWHL Draft web page to be considered for the upcoming draft.


2012 Cachantún Cup
The 2012 Cachantún Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santiago, Chile between 5 and 11 March.


2012 Cachantún Cup, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Cachantún Cup, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2012 Cachantún Cup, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2012 Cachantún Cup – Doubles
Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but did not participate this year. Paul Capdeville and Marcel Felder won the title, defeating Jorge Aguilar and Daniel Garza 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7].


2012 Cachantún Cup – Singles
Máximo González was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Paul Capdeville won the title, defeating Antonio Veić 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 in the final.


2012 Cactus Pheasant Classic
The 2012 Cactus Pheasant Classic was held from October 25 to 28 at the Brooks Curling Club in Brooks, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event was CAD$70,000. In the final, Kevin Koe defeated Mike McEwen with a score of 6–5.


2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
The 2012 Caerphilly Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales. This was on the same day as other Welsh local elections.


2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election, Election results
The Labour Party won control of the council from Plaid Cymru, after gaining an additional 18 seats. Four council candidates were elected unopposed.


2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election, Election results
Among the notable Plaid Cymru defeated councillors were the current mayor, Vera Jenkins (Crumlin ward) and Ron Davies, the ex-Labour Secretary of State for Wales (Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen ward).


2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. This is their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to claim a share of the conference championship with Eastern Washington and Montana State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Sam Houston State.


2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Eastern Washington on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2012 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 19, 2012, with a slightly different playoff format than in other recent years. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, will play a best-of-five series in the conference quarterfinals, and the playoffs will then continue with best-of-seven series for the conference semifinals, conference finals and Calder Cup finals.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs
The Norfolk Admirals defeated the Toronto Marlies in four games to win the Calder Cup for the first time in Norfolk's history.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 2011–12 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference qualifies for the playoffs.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Conference semifinals, Eastern Conference, (1) Norfolk Admirals vs. (6) Connecticut Whale
* Game five was played at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading skaters
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 360 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Broadcasting
Leafs TV, as the main broadcaster of the Toronto Marlies, aired the first three games of the Calder Cup Final in Canada. While the channel is normally restricted to the home market of the Toronto Maple Leafs (which includes most of Ontario), Leafs TV allowed television providers outside of the Leafs' market to carry the channel during the Calder Cup on a "preview" basis to allow nationwide coverage of the games. Sportsnet One would replace Leafs TV to air Game 4.


2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Broadcasting
In the United States, CBS Sports Network picked up the broadcast rights in the United States beginning with game 3, while Norfolk-area CW affiliate WGNT aired the games in simulcast with their Canadian broadcaster. The series was also carried by ESPN America, and on the NHL Home Ice channel on Sirius XM.


2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. After the election the council continued to have no overall control and continue to be run by a coalition between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.


2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Warley Councillor Keith Hutson stepped down in 2012 due to health reasons. A by-election was held on 19 July 2012. The seat was held by the Liberal Democrats with James Baker winning the seat.


2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
In this year Councillor Nader Fekri for Calder ward defected to Labour from the Liberal Democrats in 2012 saying that he could no longer support the coalition in the national parliament with the Conservatives.


2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
In April 2013 the coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats collapsed as Labour pulled out over disagreements over benefit cuts. Labour continued to run the council as a minority administration.


2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2012 Calgary Roughnecks season
The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 11th in franchise history.


2012 Calgary Roughnecks season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2012 Calgary Roughnecks season, Transactions, Dispersal Draft
The Roughnecks chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:


2012 Calgary Roughnecks season, Transactions, Entry draft
The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011. The Roughnecks selected the following players:


2012 Calgary Stampeders season
The 2012 Calgary Stampeders season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 74th overall. The Stampeders finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. The Stampeders won the West Semi-Final over the Saskatchewan Roughriders by a score of 36–30, earning their first playoff victory over Saskatchewan since 1994. The Stampeders then traveled to Vancouver and upset the 1st place BC Lions 34–29, advancing to the Grey Cup game. Calgary were the Grey Cup favourites by two points, but they lost 35–22 to the hometown Toronto Argonauts.


2012 Calgary Stampeders season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012. The Stampeders had eight selections in the six-round draft, after trading away their second round pick and acquiring additional picks in the third, fourth, and sixth rounds.


2012 California Golden Bears baseball team
The 2012 California Golden Bears baseball team is the representative of the University of California, Berkeley in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team plays their home games in Evans Diamond. They will enter the 2012 season after making the 2011 College World Series with a 35–21 record in 2011 and making the postseason three of the last four years.


2012 California Golden Bears baseball team, Previous season
California finished the 2011 regular season as the #6 team in the Pac-12 Conference with a 25–21 record, and made it to the 2011 College World Series finishing tied for 5th place. The program also staved off elimination as a varsity program in 2011 by raising approximately 10 million dollars in a little more than a month. The funds raised were able to keep the California baseball program running and set up the  to try to keep the program running into perpetuity. The university also had planned to eliminate Rugby, Men's and Women's Gymnastics, and Women's Lacrosse, but enough funds were raised to save those programs as well.


2012 California Golden Bears baseball team, Schedule
The season for California will begin on Friday, February 17 with a home game against Pacific with a three-game series, two of which will be in Berkeley. Their longest home stand will be from March 13–22, and May 11–20 (8 home games), and their longest road trip was from March 20-April 7 (12 road games). Their final game of the regular season will be on Saturday, May 27 in Palo Alto against arch-rival Stanford. In 2011, the California Golden Bears baseball team won an at-large berth to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and advanced to the Super Regionals. California then swept Dallas Baptist in Santa Clara to clinch a berth to the College World Series for the first time since 1992. The Bears will look to repeat and build upon that success in 2012.


2012 California Golden Bears football team
The 2012 California Golden Bears football team represented University of California, Berkeley in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Bears were led by eleventh-year head coach Jeff Tedford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium after having played at home the previous season at AT&T Park due to reconstruction on Memorial Stadium. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2012 California Golden Bears football team
Coming off a 7–5 previous season, the Bears fell to 3–9 (2–7 in the Pac-12), the second losing season in three years and the worst of the Tedford era. Despite a decisive win over eventual Pac-12 South winner UCLA, Cal closed out the season with five consecutive losses. While wide receiver Keenan Allen became the team's all time leader in career receptions, no receiver posted a 1,000 yard season and no running backs broke the 1,000-yard rushing mark. Tedford was subsequently fired as head coach on November 20.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Nevada
The Bears reopened California Memorial Stadium with over 11,000 fewer seats on September 1 with a loss to the Nevada Wolf Pack. It was the first home game for the Bears at Memorial Stadium since November 20, 2010 when they took on the Washington Huskies, and to commemorate the occasion the Cal athletic department had a ribbon-cutting ceremony planned before the game. The last time Cal faced Nevada was on September 17, 2010 at Mackay Stadium in Reno, where they lost 52–32. The last time the Bears defeated the Wolf Pack was a 33–15 game in Berkeley. Cal however, had a large advantage in the all-time series against Nevada with a record of 22–2–1 with all of the games being played in Berkeley except for the 2010 game and another meeting back in 1915.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Nevada
Cal quarterback Zach Maynard was benched for the first three series of the game as punishment for missing a tutoring session earlier during the summer and Allan Bridgford started in his stead. Nevada jumped out to an early lead with an 80 yard scoring drive capped off by a 2-yard run by Stefphon Jefferson. Quarterback Cody Fajardo had a 45-yard run at the end of the quarter to put the Wolf Pack up 14–0 as the quarter wound down. The Bears got on the board in the second quarter with a 37-yard reception by receiver Bryce Treggs. A 31-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds of the quarter missed, making it 14–7 Nevada at the half.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Nevada
Jefferson had his second touchdown run of the game on a 2-yard run on the Wolf Pack's second possession of the third quarter. The Bears responded on the following drive when receiver Keenan Allen was able to score on a 39-yard run and Cal was able to convert a Nevada fumble recovered on the kick off with a 40-yard field goal. However a Maynard fumble in Nevada territory in the beginning of the quarter led to a 39-yard field goal by the Wolf Pack. Cal tied the game on the ensuing possession with a 13-yard reception by receiver Chris Harper. However Nevada put the game away with a 2-yard run by Jefferson in the final minute and recovered a second Cal fumble on the game's final drive.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Nevada
Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo threw for 230 yards and ran for 97, including one of the Wolf Pack's four touchdowns. Running back Stefphon Jefferson accounted for the other three with 145 yards on the ground. Zach Maynard passed for 247 yards and two scores, while the Bears put up a total of 110 yards on the ground, half of Nevada's.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Southern Utah
On September 8 California hosted the Southern Utah Thunderbirds for the first time in program history. The Thunderbirds are members of the Big Sky Conference and are part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Bears committed two turnovers in the first quarter but only the second was converted into points in the form of a 40-yard field goal. Cal tied with an 18-yard field goal to open the second quarter and added a pair of touchdowns on a 6-yard run by C.J. Anderson and a 12-yard run by Isi Sofele. A 27-yard field goal came on Cal's final series of the half with Southern Utah adding a touchdown on a 37-yard pass From Brad Sorensen to receiver Cameron Morgan as time expired to make it 20–10 Cal at the half.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Southern Utah
The only points in the third quarter came on a 5-yard reception to Southern Utah running back Henna Brown. The fourth quarter saw an explosion in scoring by Cal, leading off with a 19-yard scoring reception by Keenan Allen. Cornerback Marc Anthony then intercepted Sorensen on the ensuing drive for a 61-yard score. A 47-yard field goal was then followed up with a 69-yard punt return for a touchdown by Allen. The Thunderbirds added an 8-yard reception for a touchdown by defensive back Brian Wilson and a 7-yard scoring reception by receiver Fatu Moala, sandwiching a 77-yard touchdown run by Cal running back Daniel Lasco with the PAT missing.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Southern Utah
Southern Utah's Brad Sorensen passed for 292 yards and four touchdowns with one pick, with four different receivers catching scores while the ground game was held to 79 yards. Zach Maynard threw for 229 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Isi Sofele had his first 100 yard game of the season with 104 as Cal rushed for 289 yards.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
The Bears' game on September 15 against the Ohio State Buckeyes was the first meeting between the two schools since 1972 and was California's final non-conference game of the season. California and Ohio State have met six times in the past with the Buckeyes winning five of the six with California's only win the series coming in the 1921 Rose Bowl during one the Bears' five claimed national championship seasons. This game was the first of a home and home series with Ohio State scheduled to visit Berkeley in 2013.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Ohio State scored first on a 55-yard run by quarterback Braxton Miller with the PAT missing. Cal responded with a 19-yard reception by receiver Chris Harper. The Buckeyes came right back with a 25-yard scoring reception by receiver Devin Smith. The sole score of the second quarter was a 1-yard reception by receiver Jake Stoneburner. A 40-yard field goal attempt by the Bears missed to make it 20–7 Ohio State at the half.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Cal scored in the third quarter with an 81-yard run by running back Brendan Bigelow with a 42-yard field goal attempt missing. Maynard had a 1-yard run to open the fourth quarter and the Buckeyes added a 3-yard reception by Stoneburner with Miller successfully rushing for the two-point conversion. Bigelow had his second rushing touchdown of the game with a 59-yard run. Miller was intercepted on the following drive but Cal failed to capitalize on it when a 42-yard field goal missed. The go ahead score came with a 72-yard scoring reception by Smith and Ohio State picked off Maynard on the ensuing drive to hold off the Bears.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Ohio State's Braxton Miller threw for 249 yards and four scores with an interception and receiver Devin Smith had 145 yards with two touchdown receptions. Zach Maynard passed for 280 yards, a score and a pick, and running back Brandon Bigelow had 160 yards on the ground with two scores.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC
California will travel to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 22 to face the USC Trojans for the two schools' 100th meeting. The Trojans lead the all-time series 66–29–5 with the Trojans winning the last meeting 30–9 in San Francisco. The last California win in the series came in 2003 after the Bears defeated the third ranked Trojans 34–31 in three overtimes.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC
1st quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 33-yard run (Andre Heidari kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Vincen D'Amato 24-yard field goal; USC – Marqise Lee 11-yard pass from Matt Barkley (Heidari kick); USC – Heidari 40-yard field goal


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – D'Amato 26-yard field goal; CAL – D'Amato 35-yard field goal


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC
4th quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 41-yard field goal; USC – Lee 3-yard pass from Barkley (Heidari kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
California will meet the Arizona State Sun Devils on September 29 at California Memorial Stadium for the first Pac-12 home game of the season. The Golden Bears lead the all-time series 17–14 with California winning the last meeting 47–38 in Tempe. Under head coach Jeff Tedford, California has gone 8–1 against the Sun Devils and have won the last four meetings.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
1st quarter scoring: ARIZ – Darwin Rogers 1-yard pass from Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte kick).


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Isi Sofele 24-yard run (Vincenzo D'Amato kick); ARIZ – Garoutte 28-yard field goal; ARIZ – Kevin Ozier 9-yard pass from Kelly (Garoutte kick).


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
3rd quarter scoring: ARIZ – Garoutte 33-yard field goal; CAL – D'Amato 35-yard field goal.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
4th quarter scoring: CAL – Keenan Allen 10-pass from Zach Maynard (D'Amato Kick); ARIZ – Ozier 22-yard pass from Kelly (Garoutte Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA
California will meet the UCLA Bruins on October 6 at California Memorial Stadium for the University of California's annual Joe Roth Memorial game and homecoming game. The Bruins lead the all-time series 50–31–1 with UCLA winning the last meeting 31–14 in Pasadena. The Bruins, however, have not won in Berkeley since the 1998 season with the last California victory coming in 2010 at Memorial Stadium.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The California athletic department has scheduled the official rededication of the stadium during halftime with a stadium-wide card stunt and a combined halftime show with the University of California Marching Band and the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. This will be the first combined show with the two bands in decades. The stadium, which was originally dedicated as a memorial to the lives of Californian who lost their lives in World War I, will be officially rededicated in memory of all of the Californians who have lost their lives in war. Terry Leyden is the referee for the game.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Cassius Marsh 4-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka'i Fairbairn kick); CAL – D'Amato, Vincen 26-yard field goal.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – C. J. Anderson 5-yard pass from Zach Maynard (D'Amato kick); CAL – Keenan Allen 8-yard pass from Maynard (D'Amato kick blockdd)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – Brendan Bigelow 32-yard pass from Maynard  (D'Amato  kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 3-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); CAL – Allen 34-yard pass from Maynard (D'Amato kick blockdd)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 29-yard field goal; CAL – Maynard 1-yard run (D'Amato kick); CAL – Anderson 68-yard run (D'Amato kick).


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State
California traveled to Martin Stadium on October 13 to face the Washington State Cougars for the Bears' first Pac-12 North divisional opponent. The Golden Bears lead the all-time series 43–25–5 with California winning the last meeting 30–7 in San Francisco. California has won seven straight games against the Cougars with the last WSU win coming in 2002.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford
For the first time since 1892, the annual Big Game between the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal was not be played at the end of the season in either November or December. The new Pac-12 television deal that was signed in 2011 has been faulted for the move because it has created many scheduling issues. Also, both universities have refused to play their rivalry game on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford
The reasoning for not wanting the Big Game after Thanksgiving is that many students are out of town for the holiday and that because of the short week, many longstanding events that are performed throughout the week leading up to the game would not be possible. Because it is an even numbered year, Stanford will travel to California Memorial Stadium for the 115th Big Game and the outcome will determine who wins the Stanford Axe. Jeff Tedford, however, in his career at California has won seven of the last ten Big Games.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Utah
California traveled to the Rice-Eccles Stadium on October 27 to face the Utah Utes for the Bears' first trip to Salt Lake City with Utah as a conference opponent. The Golden Bears lead the all-time series 5–3 with California winning the last meeting 34–10 in San Francisco. The last time California travelled to Salt Lake City to face the Utes, the all-time attendance record at Rice-Eccles Stadium (46,768) was set.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Utah
Utah senior running back Reggie Dunn set an NCAA record with two 100-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
California met the Washington Huskies on November 2 at California Memorial Stadium for a Friday night, primetime matchup on ESPN2. The Huskies lead the all-time series 49–38–4 with Washington winning the last meeting 31–23 in Seattle. The last California win came during the 2008 season and prior to that, the Bears won five straight against the Huskies from 2002 to 2006.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon
California met the Oregon Ducks on November 10 at California Memorial Stadium for a meeting with the preseason, north division favorites. The Golden Bears lead the all-time series 40–32–2 with Oregon winning the last meeting 43–15 in Eugene. Under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Bears have only lost once to the Ducks in Berkeley. The only home defeat came in 2010 after an incredibly close 15–13 loss to the then-#1 ranked Ducks.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick); CAL – Darius Powe 10 Yd Pass From Allan Bridgford (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); ORE – Byron Marshall 3 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – D'Amato 27 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Maldonado 26 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Josh Huff 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – Isi Sofele 4 Yd Run (D'Amato Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 35 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 39 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 14 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Will Murphy 7 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – B.J. Kelley 18 Yd Pass From Bryan Bennett (Maldonado Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
California traveled to the Reser Stadium to face the Oregon State Beavers for the Bears' final game of the regular season. The Golden Bears led the all-time series 34–30–0 with California winning the last meeting 23–6 in San Francisco. The two schools have split their last two meetings and in the last ten years, Oregon State has compiled a 7–3 record against California since 2005.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
1st quarter scoring: ORST – Markus Wheaton 11 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Trevor Romaine Kick); CAL – Isi Sofele 9 Yd Run (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); ORST – Tyler Anderson 1 Yd Run (Trevor Romaine Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
2nd quarter scoring: ORST – Brandin Cooks 48 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Trevor Romaine Kick); ORST – Connor Hamlett 14 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Trevor Romaine Kick); ORST – Micah Hatfield 6 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Trevor Romaine Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
3rd quarter scoring: ORST – Storm Woods 1 Yd Run (Trevor Romaine Kick); ORST – Terron Ward 47 Yd Run (Trevor Romaine Kick); CAL – Allan Bridgford 1 Yd Run (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
4th quarter scoring: ORST – Terron Ward 17 Yd Run (Pat Failed); ORST – Malcolm Agnew 8 Yd Pass From Richie Harrington (Trevor Romaine Kick)


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Postseason
Three days after the close of the season Tedford was let go on November 20. On December 5, Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes was announced as his successor. On the same day, wide receiver Keenan Allen, who had become Cal's all-time leader in receptions during the season, announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2013 NFL Draft.


2012 California Golden Bears football team, Postseason
Several members of Dykes' coaching staff at Louisiana Tech joined him at Cal for the same positions they had coached with the Bulldogs: offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Rob Likens, running backs coach Pierre Ingram, and special teams coordinator/inside receivers coach Mark Tommerdahl. Longtime running backs coach Ron Gould, who had been with the program since 1997 and served under Tedford's predecessor, Tom Holmoe, left to become the head coach at UC Davis.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team
The 2012 California Golden Bears softball team is the representative of the University of California in the 2012 NCAA Division I softball season. The team plays their home games in Levine-Fricke Field and they entered the 2012 season after making the Women's College World Series with a 45–13 record in 2011 and making the postseason  for 27 straight years.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season
The 2012 season began for the Golden Bears with extremely high expectations with head coach Diane Ninemire going as far as comparing her 2012 squad to the Bears' 2002 national championship team. California started the season as #3 in the NFCA poll and spent most of the first half of the season as #1 in the ESPN poll and #2 in the NFCA poll.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season
Heading into conference play, the Golden Bears had compiled a record of 26–1 with their only loss coming at the hands of then #18 Hawai'i in extra innings in Honolulu after previously beating then-#6 Texas in a hard fought game. To start off the conference slate, then-#2 California traveled across the bay to face then-#9 Stanford in a 3-game series in Palo Alto, and the Bears promptly swept the Cardinal to earn the #1 spot in both polls for the first time during the 2012 campaign.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season
After the three game sweep of Stanford, the #1 Bears did not slow down, sweeping then-#3 Washington in Berkeley and unranked Utah in Salt Lake City. After the Washington series, the Bears were the unanimous #1 team in the country according to the NFCA and ESPN polls and at this same time, California came in as #1 in the NCAA's RPI rankings. The Bears would go on to face then-#13 Arizona and despite losing their first conference game to the Wildcats, they still won the series 2–1 and retained the #1 ranking in both the NFCA and ESPN polls.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season
The following weekend, the Bears travelled to Eugene to take on the then-18th ranked Ducks, and again took two of three games and retained the #1 spot in both polls for a fifth consecutive week. On April 24, 2012, California was in first place in the Pac-12 Conference with Arizona State only one game behind the top ranked Bears. In the second-to-last conference series of the regular season, both the Sun Devils and Bears swept their opponents (Utah and Oregon State respectively) setting up a showdown in Berkeley for the conference championship.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season
Going into the final weekend series of the regular season, the Golden Bears sported a 19–2 record in conference play and needed to take 2 of 3 from second place (and #2 in the national polls) Arizona State. The Bears won the first game of the series thanks to walk off two-run home run by senior Valerie Arioto and won the second game of the series by a final score of 5-0 therefore winning the inaugural Pac-12 championship.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season
The 2012 conference championship was the Bears' first sole conference championship since 1987 (they shared a title in 2005), which just happened to be the first Pac-10 conference championship that was awarded. Because California won their conference, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, was later awarded the #1 overall seed in the tournament, and because of the upgrades at Levine-Fricke Field, the Bears will host games in Berkeley for the first time since 1993.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season, Attendance Statistics
In 2012, California broke all attendance records for the softball program partially because on April 11, 2012, the University of California athletic department announced that they had more than doubled the capacity of Levine-Fricke Field by adding 704 bleacher seats in the outfield. On April 29, 2012, the California softball program broke the previous attendance record of 969 in a game against the UCLA Bruins with an announced crowd of 1,069, California then, however, broke the record again later on in the season with a crowd of 1,135 for the final game of the regular season. Overall, the Bears drew a crowd over 1,000 three times during the season for the first time in the program's history.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Regular season, Attendance Statistics
Capacity: 500 (Feb.-Apr. 10), 1,204 (Apr. 11-)Average Attendance: 529 (56.3% capacity)Total Attendance: 7,939 (15 games)


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Postseason
On May 13, 2012, it was announced that the Golden Bears would receive the #1 overall seed in the 2012 NCAA softball tournament and will host a regional at Levine-Fricke Field in Berkeley. Also, if the Bears advance to the Super Regionals, they will also host that series in Berkeley.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Postseason
In the past, Levine-Fricke Field has not been able to host tournament games because it was considered inadequate by NCAA standards, however, the University of California athletic department was able to add approximately 704 bleacher seats in the outfield to bring capacity well above the minimum of 500 in February 2012 and will rent temporary light and build a temporary press box in order to play night games and accommodate television crews.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Postseason, Berkeley Regional and Super Regional
The Bears opened up the tournament in Berkeley against the Iona Gaels on Friday, May 18, 2012. The regional will run from Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20 and will be a double-elimination tournament featuring #1 seeded California, Iona, Arkansas, and Boston University. The Bears won the first game of the Berkeley Regional by defeating the Iona Gaels 8–0 in 5 innings but then were shocked by Arkansas on day two of the regional losing 3-2 to the Razorbacks.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Postseason, Berkeley Regional and Super Regional
California bounced back by defeating Boston University in 6 innings by a final score of 8–0 and promptly beat Arkansas 10–2 and 7–0 on Sunday to advance to the Super Regional round that will also be played at Levine-Fricke Field. The Bears defeated the #16 seed Washington Huskies in the Berkeley Super Regional in two straight games on May 26 and 27. After sweeping the Berkeley Super Regional, California earned a berth to the Women's College World Series for the 12th time in program history.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Postseason, Women's College World Series
On May 27, 2012 the #1 seeded California Golden Bears clinched the program's 12th Women's College World Series berth by defeating the Washington Huskies in the Berkeley Super Regional. The Bears' first opponent in the world series will be LSU on Thursday May 30.


2012 California Golden Bears softball team, Rankings and Standings, 2012 Pac-12 Conference Standings
*Automatically qualified for the postseason by virtue of winning the Pac-12 Conference championship. * *Received an at-large berth to the 2012 NCAA softball tournament.


2012 California Proposition 28
Proposition 28 is a California ballot measure that was approved by California voters at the statewide election on June 5, 2012. It was an initiative constitutional amendment to change California state legislature term limits from a limit of 8 years for the Senate and 6 years for the Assembly, to a limit of 12 years on combined service. It affects only legislators first elected to the Assembly or Senate after the proposition passed.


2012 California Proposition 29
Proposition 29, the California Cancer Research Act, is a California ballot measure that was defeated by California voters at the statewide election on June 5, 2012.


2012 California Proposition 29
The measure would have placed a $1 excise on tobacco products into a protected fund to finance medical research on smoking-related illnesses, strengthen California’s smoking prevention and cessation programs, and enforce the state’s existing tobacco laws.


2012 California Proposition 29
The independent California Legislative Analyst's Office projected that the measure would have generated approximately $855 million in first year, declining slightly but predictably (about 3% annually due to decrease in the number of smokers) every year thereafter.


2012 California Proposition 29
The measure would have created a nine-member committee charged with administering direct revenues. This oversight committee was to be composed of cancer-research medical professionals, University of California Chancellors, and representatives of national disease advocacy groups. The measure restricted administration costs to no more than 2% of its direct tax revenues.


2012 California Proposition 29
The California Cancer Research Act was widely supported by cancer advocates, including cancer survivor Lance Armstrong and the American Cancer Society.


2012 California Proposition 29
The measure failed by a small margin of .4 percentage points. Later, in 2016, the cigarette tax was increased by the successful passage of California Proposition 56.


2012 California Proposition 29, Detail, How CCRA revenue would have been spent
According to the independent California Legislative Analyst's Office, revenue raised by the measure would have been spent as follows:


2012 California Proposition 29, Detail, Oversight
The measure would have created a 9-member governing committee charged with administering the fund. The California Cancer Research Act Oversight Committee was to be composed of:


2012 California Proposition 29, Ballot qualification
The California Secretary of State confirmed that The California Cancer Research Act had qualified for California’s next statewide ballot on August 24, 2010, after its supporting coalition submitted 633,453 voter signatures for verification in June 2010. To qualify, the measure required 433,971 signatures, or more.


2012 California Proposition 30
Proposition 30, officially titled Temporary Taxes to Fund Education, is a California ballot measure that was decided by California voters at the statewide election on November 6, 2012. The initiative is a measure to increase taxes to prevent US$6 billion cuts to the education budget for California state schools. The measure was approved by California voters by a margin of 55 to 45 percent.


2012 California Proposition 30
Proposition 30 provides for a personal income tax increase over seven years for California residents with an annual income over US$250,000, to be implemented retroactively starting January 1, 2012 through the end of 2018. The measure also provides for an increase in the state sales tax by 0.25 percent over four years (from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016).


2012 California Proposition 30
The sales tax increase expired as planned at the end of 2016. The higher income tax rates were extended for 12 years through the end of 2030 with the passage of Proposition 55 in 2016.


2012 California Proposition 30, Campaigning
California governor Jerry Brown supported and campaigned for the passage of Proposition 30. The governor described the proposition as essential for preserving education funding, stating that "The California dream is built on great public schools and colleges and universities." The "Yes on 30" campaign raised US$69 million in campaign funds.


2012 California Proposition 30, Campaigning
The National Federation of Independent Business, the Small Business Action Committee, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association opposed the bill, arguing that the increased taxes would hurt small businesses and job growth.


2012 California Proposition 30, Tax changes
Proposition 30 raised the statewide sales tax rate from 7.25% to 7.50%, effective January 1, 2013. Many local municipalities impose additional sales taxes on top of the standard statewide rate.


2012 California Proposition 30, Tax changes
Marginal income tax rates remained unchanged for single filers under $250,000; joint filers under $500,000; and head of household filers under $340,000, ranging from 1% to 9.3%  Above these income thresholds, new marginal tax rates were created by the passage of Prop 30:


2012 California Proposition 30, Tax changes
Prop 30 provides that, as with existing tax brackets, these income brackets shall be adjusted for inflation each year. As previous to Prop 30 there is an additional 1% tax applicable to single and married filers with taxable income of over $1,000,000.


2012 California Proposition 30, Tax changes, Revenue projections
According to the 2013-14 Governor's Budget Summary, released on January 10, 2013, Proposition 30 is estimated to increase personal income tax revenues by $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2011‑12, $4.8 billion in FY 2012‑13, and $4.9 billion in FY 2013‑14. It is estimated to increase sales and use tax revenues by $611 million in FY 2012‑13 and $1.3 billion in FY 2013‑14.


2012 California Proposition 30, Relationship to Proposition 38
Proposition 30 conflicted with another measure on the November 6, 2012 ballot: Proposition 38. The Constitution of California specifies that if two conflicting measures both pass, the one with the most votes will go into effect where it conflicts with the one that receives the lesser number of votes, but that any provisions in the latter that don’t conflict with the winning proposition will still go into effect.


2012 California Proposition 30, Relationship to Proposition 38
Prop 30 provided that, if it passed with a greater number of votes, nothing in Prop 38 would go into effect. Because Proposition 38 failed, this provision was not enacted. Prop 38 provided that, if it passed with a greater number of votes, the tax-increase provisions of Prop 30 would not go into effect. Any provisions of Prop 30 not related to tax increases would still go into effect, such as the “trigger cuts” to expenditures.


2012 California Proposition 32
Proposition 32 is a California ballot measure that was decided by California voters at the statewide election on November 6, 2012. This initiative statute would have affected political contributions via payroll deductions, and contributions to political candidates. The proposition was defeated by voters by a margin of 56 to 44 percent.


2012 California Proposition 32, Editorial opinions
The North County Times stated that Proposition 32 "does nothing to stifle unions' political voices—despite claims to the contrary. Prop. 32 simply institutes an opt-in system for each employee's political donations."


2012 California Proposition 32, Editorial opinions
The Los Angeles Daily News noted that Proposition 32 leaves the decision on how to contribute political funds to workers, not unions. In other words, "unions will still have the power of numbers. Their members will continue to be able to mobilize in support of candidates and political stands, and to donate money on their own, but it would be their decision."


2012 California Proposition 32, Editorial opinions
According to the Press Enterprise, "The meat of Prop. 32 is a ban on the use of payroll deductions to finance political spending. That provision targets one of the largest special interests in California politics: public employee unions. Automatic deductions from paychecks are the primary way unions fund political campaigns — and ending that financing mechanism would ease unions’ stranglehold on political decisions."


2012 California Proposition 32, Editorial opinions
In mid-August 2012, Los Angeles Times' columnist Michael Hiltzik wrote that the proposition would exempt "such common business structures as LLCs, partnerships and real estate trusts", that the drafters included "conservative attorneys Thomas Hiltachk and Michael Capaldi", and concluded by citing a Center for Responsive Politics statistic that "business outspends organized labor 15 to 1". Supporters say the proposition allows workers to decide where their money is spent; opponents say it is a bill designed for corporations to legally fund millions of dollars to their candidates.


2012 California Proposition 32, Editorial opinions
The Wall Street Journal published a late-August 2012 profile of pro-proposition campaigner and former Democratic state legislator Gloria Romero who said that unions were too powerful in Sacramento and "must be brought down" before they cause the state to become bankrupt. Romero said it was "telling" that advertisements against the measure "don't mention unions."


2012 California Proposition 32, Editorial opinions
On Labor Day weekend, political science professor and associate vice president of the California Faculty Association Andy Merrifield and League of Women Voters representative Dee Dee Bridges wrote against the proposition as "a particularly cynical ballot initiative ... to deny participation in the political process to working people".


2012 California Proposition 34
Proposition 34 was a California ballot measure that was decided by California voters at the statewide election on November 6, 2012. It sought to repeal Proposition 17, originally passed by voters in 1972, thus abolishing the death penalty in California.


2012 California Proposition 34
The proposition was defeated 52% against to 48% in favor, despite the fact that supporters had spent 6 times more money in the campaign than opponents.


2012 California Proposition 34, Background
A coalition of law enforcement officials, murder victims’ family members, and wrongly convicted people launched the initiative campaign for the “Savings, Accountability, and Full Enforcement for California Act”, or SAFE California, Prop. 34.


2012 California Proposition 34, Background
If it had been passed by California voters on November 6, 2012, Prop. 34 would have replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, require people sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole to work in order to pay restitution to victims’ families, and allocate approximately $30 million per year for three years to police departments for the purpose of solving open murder and rape cases. Prop. 34 was ahead in the most recent Los Angeles Times poll when voters heard about "the financial ramifications and details of [Prop. 34's] effect on prisoners."


2012 California Proposition 34, Background
On March 1, 2012, the SAFE California Campaign submitted 799,589 signatures to qualify for the election on November 6, 2012. On April 23, 2012 California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced that the initiative had been approved and would be on the November ballot.


2012 California Proposition 34, Proponents
Proponents of Prop. 34 cite the cost of implementing the death penalty as a major motivating factor behind the initiative. A 2011 study by former prosecutor and federal judge Arthur Alarcón indicates that California has spent approximately $4 billion to execute 13 people since the death penalty was reinstated. The Legislative Analyst's Office official analysis of the proposition shows that Prop. 34 will likely save taxpayers over 100 million dollars per year.


2012 California Proposition 34, Proponents
Proponents of Prop. 34 also cite the possibility of executing an innocent person as a major motivating factor behind the initiative. A recently released study by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, shows that California's rate of wrongful convictions is the highest in the nation.


2012 California Proposition 34, Opponents
Some Prop. 34 detractors do not believe the studies that indicate that the death penalty in California is more expensive than life in prison without the possibility of parole. Others admit that the system is broken, but hold out hope that it can be fixed, despite the fact that "reform attempts have failed to make it past the California State Legislature."


2012 California Proposition 34, Opponents
When proposition 34 was defeated, Michael Rushford, a death penalty supporter, said the election was a call for California officials to "streamline the appeals process, expand the pool of defense attorneys qualified to handle capital cases, and execute inmates with a single lethal drug instead of the three-drug mixture now used".


2012 California Proposition 36
Proposition 36, also titled A Change in the "Three Strikes Law" Initiative, was a California ballot measure that was passed in November 2012 to modify California's Three Strikes Law (passed in 1994). The latter law punishes habitual offenders by establishing sentence escalation for crimes that were classified as "strikes", and requires a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 to life for a "third-strike offense."


2012 California Proposition 36
Proposition 36 adjusted the law so that, in order to be classified as a third strike, the offense must be a "serious or violent felony". This serious or violent clause does not apply to defendants previously convicted of rape, murder or child molestation. Additionally, the initiative added a provision in the California Penal Code that establishes a review process of sentences for people currently serving life sentences as a result of a nonviolent or non-serious third-strike offenses; it allowed courts to provide shorter sentences or release.


2012 California Proposition 36
Supporters of the proposition included Steve Cooley, the LA district attorney at the time, George Soros, and the NAACP. Opponents included Henry T. Nicholas, the author of California's Victims Bill of Rights, the California Police Chiefs’ Association, and the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.


2012 California Proposition 36
The proposition was passed on November 6, 2012, with 8,575,619 people (69.3%) voting Yes and 3,798,218 people (30.7%) voting No. It was passed by a majority of voters in every county.


2012 California Proposition 36, Background to Three Strikes Law
Proposition 36 was predated by two major trends since the late 20th century: rapidly increasing incarceration rates and the expansion of the private prison industry. Beginning in the late 1970s, President Richard Nixon announced the "war on drugs," which led to 'tough on crime' policies by a range of politicians. Changes included mandatory minimum sentencing, harsh penalties barring inmates from being granted parole or probation, and stricter punishments for drug users both in and out of the prison. Neither party wanted to appear "soft on crime", and criminalization of minor offenses continued, resulting in high rates of incarceration. In response to but surpassing the growing numbers of inmates, the private prison industry expanded nearly 1600% between 1990-2009.


2012 California Proposition 36, Background to Three Strikes Law
By 2011, private prison companies were responsible for about 6% of state prisoners and 16% of federal prisoners. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), for example, in 2011 owned and operated 66 facilities, and it earned $1.7 billion in revenue. The rate of private prison expansion far outpaced the rate of overall growth in incarceration. By 2015, the two largest prison companies derived from 45 to 50% of their revenues from federal contracts and had incentives to keep prisons full.


2012 California Proposition 36, Background to Three Strikes Law
As a result of the continuing war on crime in the 1990s, numerous states passed what are known as Three Strikes laws. Between December 1993 and January 1996, twenty-four states passed such laws, which were designed to punish repeat felons. Under these laws, criminals convicted of a second felony must receive a sentence twice as harsh as a first-time offender. A criminal convicted of a third felony, regardless of its violence or severity, is to be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 25 years to life imprisonment.


2012 California Proposition 36, Background to Three Strikes Law
These laws limited the judges’ ability to exercise discretion when sentencing repeat criminals and required lengthy sentences even for non-violent crimes. Poor people of color have been disproportionately affected by the high rate of incarceration for even relatively minor offenses. In 2016 the United States had 5% of the population in the world and 25% of the world's prisoners.


2012 California Proposition 36, Background to Three Strikes Law
The first Three Strike Law was passed in Washington State, with overwhelming support from the voters. Its passage was attributed to public outrage over the murder of Diane Ballasiotes, who was kidnapped, raped, and brutally stabbed by Gene Kane Jr., an escapee from Seattle work-release. Similar outrage in California arose over the murders of Kim Reynolds and Polly Klaas, both of whom were killed by repeat felons. California also passed a three strike law.


2012 California Proposition 36, Background to Three Strikes Law
The three-strikes laws were representative of prevailing public dissatisfaction with the states’ policies regarding repeat offenders. Studies suggest that public concern is related to fears about threat related to crime, a threat repeatedly emphasized by politicians seeking support for re-election, and an opinion that courts were not dealing with it adequately. Most people have a fear of crime that does not realistically relate to their risk. Psychologists Zimring and Hawkins suggest that people are motivated to protect themselves and their communities from threats and thus support severe punishment. Also, people are motivated to punish criminals because rule-breaking behavior poses a threat to the moral cohesion of society; punishment reasserts social value and the obligation to obey social rules.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
Since Three Strikes has gone into effect in California, a number of studies have examined the effects of the law on sentencing patterns and crime levels. Overall, results from these studies have been mixed, with some concluding that Three Strikes has reduced crime rates, while others arguing it has had little impact if any.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
A 1994 study by analyst Peter Greenwood and colleagues at RAND assessed potential effects of the proposed law. Relying mostly on projected data from statistical models, the authors predicted that three strikes could result in up to a 28% reduction in serious or violent crime, but questioned whether or not the public would be willing to fully fund the bill's estimated cost of $5.5 billion to support a much larger prison population serving lengthy sentences.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
A study published in 2001 by Franklin Zimring and colleagues assessed the effects over several years of implementing the law and reached a more negative conclusion about its efficacy. Zimring examined samples of felony arrests from three major California cities between 1993 and 1995, and found that the group targeted by Three Strikes, namely people who had committed one or more serious or violent offenses, accounted for 10% of the total crime prior to the law's enactment; they did not differ significantly from the average criminal population.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
In terms of the law's effects, the study found that second-strike offenders were more likely to be punished, as well as to receive a longer average prison sentence than before, while third- strike offenders were sentenced to lengthier punishments. The authors conclude that Three Strikes could not be solely responsible for the large drop in aggregated California crime rates over the 1990s. This trend began before Three Strikes was enacted and continued at roughly the same rate of reduction afterward. Zimring argues that the law had only a weak deterrent effect on crime at best.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
A 2002 study conducted by Joanna Shepherd claimed that both of the above studies underestimate the deterrent effect of the law because they examined only what she calls "partial deterrence" effects of three strikes: that is, deterring of those criminals committing a third strike. She suggests that if this was the case, the expected result would be a small general decrease in all felonies, as any felony can qualify for a third-strike offense.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
Using statistical regression models, Shepard found that the result was a stronger decrease in serious or violent felonies that qualify for first and second strikes; she concluded that the Three Strikes law deterred the general criminal population as well. She attributed the deterrence of nearly 400,000 crimes, the vast majority of which are burglaries, to the law in its first two years of enactment.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
A 2001 study by criminologists Marvell and Moody found that homicide rates increased following the passage of Three Strikes Law. The authors argued that criminals, even when committing relatively minor crimes, were more motivated after the law to murder victims, witnesses, or law enforcement personnel in order to avoid apprehension and the mandatory harsh sentences. They found that the law would increase the total number of homicides in states enforcing three strikes laws by approximately 17%.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
A study published in 2012 by John Sutton focused more on the law's effects on sentencing and imprisonment. Sutton evaluated whether or not probability and severity of sentencing increased under Three Strikes, whether or not average sentencing uncertainty declined, and whether or not race played a significant role in sentencing before and after Three Strikes. He concluded that Three Strikes did increase the number of prison sentences and their average length in California. However, he also found that there is "no evidence of systematic prosecutorial manipulation" as a result of Three Strikes sentencing.


2012 California Proposition 36, Studies of effects of Three Strikes Law
In terms of race, Sutton found that black defendants were more likely to receive longer sentences under Three Strikes, but did not find other race-related effects of Three Strikes. He highlights the singular nature of this finding as worthy of further study.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36
Despite Proposition 184's easy passage, by the early 2000s many California citizens were beginning to consider reforming the law. Some common criticisms of the law include it resulting in prison overcrowding, inconsistent application of the law across the state, increasing costs of funding the growing prison population, and disillusion with particular applications of Three Strikes Law to minor offenses.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36, Immediate overcrowding of prisons and dramatic increases in prison funding
Within the first four years of the implementation of Three Strikes Law, 40,511 people were convicted under the laws in California. The rapidly growing inmate population resulted in an additional $1 billion spent on adult corrections in four years, from approximately $3 billion to over $4 billion. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 has increased to $6.4 billion. In addition, with the AB900, the ballot that was signed into law in May 2007 granting $7.4 billion for prison expansion, taxpayers will shell out an average of $315,000 per bed for the projects.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36, Immediate overcrowding of prisons and dramatic increases in prison funding
In California specifically, citizens are concerned over the billions of dollars spent by the state legislature on prison construction in the past few years, including $500 million via SB 1022 and $1.2 billion through AB 900. A number of anti-prison organizations have developed. Among them is California United for a Responsible Budget (CURB). As a broad-based coalition of more than 40 organizations, CURB seeks to "curb" prison spending by reducing the number of people in prison and the number of prisons in the state. The group works to provide resources and broader exposure in the field of prison divestment and to increase the outreach possibilities to the prison abolition movement.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36, Clogging of courts
Under the Three Strikes Laws, there were more than 7,400 second and third-strike cases filed statewide at the end of August 1994. Historically, more than 90% of the defendants would plea bargain for more lenient sentence or dismissal of other charges. However, knowing the consequence of having three strikes, in 1995 plea bargaining with guilty pleas dropped to a frequency of 14% of defendants with second-strike cases and 6% of defendants with third-strike cases. As a result of the significant decrease in plea bargaining, prosecutors and public defenders face a high volume of jury trials, which are more expensive and which slow other business in the courts.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36, Inconsistent implementation
Instead of a uniformity of ruling, counties throughout California evaluate the seriousness of crime differently. In 1996, San Francisco County announced that the county would no longer pursue third-strike conviction against drug cases and non-violent felonies, as it had found juries unwilling to convict in such cases given the harsh consequences. On the other hand, prosecutors in San Diego County were willing to pursue Three Strikes conviction for any felonies. San Diego has sent more three-strike defendants to prison than any other county with a comparable violent crime rate.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36, Ewing v. California
In 2003, Gary Ewing was sentenced 25 years to life in prison after he committed his third felony, stealing three golf clubs from a local shop in California Under California law, certain offenses known as "wobblers" may be classified as either misdemeanors or felonies. The court refused to exercise its discretion to reduce the conviction to a misdemeanor for Ewing, which triggered the Three Strikes Law. Ewing appealed, saying that his sentence was grossly disproportionate to the crime under the Eighth Amendment, but the US Supreme Court affirmed the court's ruling in Ewing v. California. The harsh sentence and later ruling for a crime of shoplifting not only shocked many people but was also questioned by some judges. This controversial case can be seen to have led to getting Proposition 66 on the ballot.


2012 California Proposition 36, Criticisms of Three Strikes Law and movement towards Proposition 36, Proposition 66
In 2004, Proposition 66 was placed on the California ballot. Proposition 66 would limit felonies that trigger the second and third strike applications to violent or serious crimes and would increase penalties for child molesters. Supporters believed that it restored the original purpose of the Three Strikes Law to keep dangerous criminals in prison and off the streets. Proposition 66 was backed by Citizens Against Violent Crime, a California political action committee, and Sacramento businessman Jerry Keenan, whose son was serving time for manslaughter in a car accident. But, voters rejected proposition 66 with 52.7% no votes, reportedly due to fear that as many as 26,000 inmates would be released to the streets if it were passed.


2012 California Proposition 36, Support and opposition for Prop 36, 2012, Support
Proponents argued that Proposition 36 would remove "draconian" standards of doling out punishment for third felonies that are neither serious nor violent. They claimed that the proposition presents rather modest reforms that would eliminate overly harsh sentencing of minor felonies, while keeping serious career criminals behind bars. They noted that repeat offenders would continue to serve longer sentences under Proposition 36. Supporters rejected opponents’ claims that Prop 36 would lead to a flood of career criminals into the streets. They said that fewer than 3,000 inmates statewide were eligible to petition for resentencing, and that many of these had already served long sentences, making them older and less likely to return to crime (which is committed primarily by younger people).


2012 California Proposition 36, Support and opposition for Prop 36, 2012, Support
Supporters noted the proposition could save California more than $100 million per year in prison costs and reduce overcrowding of prisons. Major supporters included District Attorneys Steve Cooley, George Gascon and Jeffrey F Rosen, Mike Romano, the NAACP, and the Democratic Party.


2012 California Proposition 36, Support and opposition for Prop 36, 2012, Opposition
Opponents of Prop 36 argued that the Three Strikes Law was widely popular at its passage, was successful in keeping dangerous criminals off the streets, and reduced crime rates in the past two decades. (Note: This link has not been proved by studies.) They dismissed claims that its passage would reduce overcrowding, noting that those inmates serving 25-life under Three Strikes Law made up 6.6 percent of the prison population, while those serving a life sentence with a third non-serious, non-violent felony comprise only 3.5 percent of the entire population.


2012 California Proposition 36, Support and opposition for Prop 36, 2012, Opposition
Opponents contended that Proposition 36 creates a "one size fits all" approach that strips judges of their discretion in Three Strikes cases. They said that savings of money should not be at the expense of public safety or the state's commitment to being tough on crime. The opposition said that Prop 36 was unnecessary, as the original bill had safeguards that allowed individual judges to assign sentences in accordance with each criminal's background and local standards. Major opponents includes Mike Reynolds, who drafted the Three Strikes Law, Keith Royal, and the Republican Party.


2012 California Proposition 36, Passage
The proposition was passed on November 6, 2012, with 8,575,619 people (69.3%) voting Yes and 3,798,218 people (30.7%) voting No. It passed by a majority in all counties of the state. It was most strongly supported in San Francisco (84.5%), Marin (83.2%), and Alameda (78.6%) counties. Madera county passed it with a slight majority of 52%.


2012 California Proposition 36, Implementation
Due to its relatively recent passage, a thorough analysis of its implementation and effects has yet to be conducted. However, Stanford Law Three Strikes Project at Stanford Law School and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund compiled a preliminary report of the progress of Proposition 36 in October 2013. The report said that more than 1,000 prisoners had been released as a direct result of Three Strikes reform. The report also found that Proposition had already saved California $10–13 million, and projected up to $1 billion in savings in the next ten years.


2012 California Proposition 36, Implementation
The report found the recidivism rate of released third strikers to be 2%, a rate dramatically lower than the statewide average of 16% of past inmates committing new crimes within 90 days of release. More than 2,000 additional inmates were awaiting resentencing review. The urgency with which county courts have reviewed these petitions has varied widely: San Bernardino has reviewed 73% of eligible petitions and Los Angeles has completed review of 19%. Of the petitions filed, 66% are pending, 32% have been granted, and 2% have been denied. The very low denial rate of release suggests that judges and prosecutors have concluded that a majority of the third strikers qualifying for review under Proposition 36 do not pose a threat to society.


2012 California Proposition 36, Implementation
That portion of Proposition 36 relating to sentencing of current repeat felons convicted of a nonviolent, non-serious third felony has been implemented statewide. Such individuals have been sentenced to twice the length of a sentence of a criminal convicted of that crime as a first offense.


2012 California Proposition 36, Implementation, Problems of implementation
Halfway through the two-year period allotted for court review of inmate petitions, more than two-thirds of such petitions have yet to be reviewed. The inconsistencies of implementation of Proposition 36 related to currently imprisoned populations is also problematic. The report also stresses the difficulties faced by released Third Strikers in re-entry to society. Unlike all other prisoners released from California jails, they are ineligible for state and county support, jobs, housing, and drug treatment. Some inmates have been released without warning to their families or authorities, and without qualifying for parole, probation, or any other form of state-sponsored assistance in returning to society.


2012 California Proposition 36, Implementation, Problems of implementation
Other critics complain that inadequate prosecutorial resources and attorney's intent upon denying or delaying resentencing to eligible inmates are also serious impediments to full implementation.


2012 California Proposition 37
Proposition 37 was a California ballot measure rejected in California at the statewide election on November 6, 2012. This initiative statute would have required labeling of genetically engineered food, with some exceptions. It would have disallowed the practice of labeling genetically engineered food with the word "natural." This proposition was one of the main concerns by the organizers of the March Against Monsanto in May 2013.


2012 California Proposition 37, Details
Section 2 of Proposition 37, the "Statement of Purpose", reads "The purpose of this measure is to create and enforce the fundamental right of the people of California to be fully informed about whether the food they purchase and eat is genetically engineered and not misbranded as natural so that they can choose for themselves whether to purchase and eat such foods. It shall be liberally construed to fulfill this purpose".


2012 California Proposition 37, Details
The proposed law also includes several exceptions, such as products that are certified organic, made from animals fed or injected with genetically engineered material (but not genetically engineered themselves), processed with or containing only small amounts of genetically engineered ingredients, administered for treatment of medical conditions, sold for immediate consumption such as in a restaurant; and alcoholic beverages.


2012 California Proposition 37, Details
Grocery stores and other retailers would be primarily responsible for ensuring that their food products are correctly labeled. For foods that are exempt, retailers would have to provide records either directly from the provider of the product, or by receiving independent certification from third parties. Farmers, food manufacturers, and every other party in the product's supply chain would also have to maintain such records.


2012 California Proposition 37, Potential impact
According to the California Attorney General, the measure would "increase annual state costs ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars to over $1 million to regulate the labeling of genetically engineered foods". It would also incur "Potential, but likely not significant, costs to state and local governments due to litigation resulting from possible violations of the requirements of this measure. Some of these costs would be supported by court filing fees that the parties involved in each legal case would be required to pay under existing law."


2012 California Proposition 37, Arguments for and against
Proponents argue that "Proposition 37 gives us the right to know what is in the food we eat and feed to our families. It simply requires labeling of food produced using genetic engineering, so we can choose whether to buy those products or not. We have a right to know." Opponents argued that "Prop. 37 is a deceptive, deeply flawed food labeling scheme, full of special-interest exemptions and loopholes. Prop. 37 would: create new government bureaucracy costing taxpayers millions, authorize expensive shakedown lawsuits against farmers and small businesses, and increase family grocery bills by hundreds of dollars per year."


2012 California Proposition 37, Arguments for and against
Opponents said Proposition 37 labeling requirements would increase grocery costs by as much as $400 per year based on a study by Northbridge Environmental Consultants and the non-partisan California Legislative Analyst's Office fiscal impact study.


2012 California Proposition 37, Arguments for and against
Proponents on the other hand, said that some organic US food processors argued that the changes in labeling will have no effect on consumer costs because companies change their labeling all the time, as it is, and changing labels is a regular cost already built into the price consumers pay for products. “We, as with most manufacturers, are continually updating our packaging. It is a regular cost of doing business - a small one at that - and is already built into the price consumers pay for products,” said Arran Stephens, president and founder of Nature's Path.


2012 California Proposition 37, Arguments for and against
Proponents believed that if the proposition is accepted in California, it would increase the likelihood that other states will also adopt the same rules. In turn, if enough states do decide to adopt GMO labeling laws, it is possible that the national government will become involved and take action.


2012 California Proposition 37, Arguments for and against
Opponents claimed Prop 37 backers real intent was to ban GMOs via labeling schemes removing consumer choices, citing claims by proponents like Jeffrey M. Smith that labeling requirements in California would cause food companies to source only non-GMO foods to avoid having labels that consumers would perceive as warnings.


2012 California Proposition 37, Arguments for and against
During the campaign, both sides made allegations of campaign improprieties.


2012 California Proposition 37, Campaign donations
The organization in support is "California Right to Know" and the organization against is "NO Prop. 37, Stop the Deceptive Food Labeling Scheme". As of November 6, 2012, the total donations to each side were $9.2 million in support, and $46 million in opposition. The top 10 donors to each side are as follows:


2012 California Proposition 37, Result
Proposition 37 was defeated, gaining 48.6% of voters at the polls in 2012. If it had passed, California would have been the first state to require GMO labeling.


2012 California Proposition 38
Proposition 38, officially titled Tax for Education. Early Childhood Programs, was a California ballot measure that was rejected by California voters at the statewide election on November 6, 2012. The proposition proposed increased funding to K-12 schools and early education programs through increased state tax revenue.


2012 California Proposition 38
The following justifications for the proposition were officially advanced: Public schools require more government funding to nurture student learning, promote more student activities, and to provide more extracurricular activities. Getting proper funding and allocating it correctly have always been a challenge for public schools. With this funding schools can keep textbooks up to date and have adequate computer resources. With additional funds they can organize more field trips or out of class activities for the students. Sports and additional extracurricular classes can be offered with increased funding as well. Public schools demand more government funding to encourage student learning, promote more student activities, and to provide more extracurricular activities.


2012 California Proposition 38
The proposition was created and largely funded by Pasadena civil rights attorney Molly Munger.


2012 California Proposition 39
Proposition 39 is a ballot initiative in the state of California that modifies the way out-of-state corporations calculate their income tax burdens. The proposition was approved by voters in the November 6 general election, with 61.1% voting in favor of it.


2012 California Proposition 39
Supporters of Proposition 39 claimed that it will close a tax loophole that currently rewards out-of-state companies for taking jobs out of California and, for tax purposes, treats out-of-state companies the way California-based companies are treated. The savings generated by closing the loophole will be directed to fund public schools and create jobs in the state, especially construction jobs in the clean energy sector. Opponents argued that Proposition 39 is simply a tax increase, and it will make out-of-state companies less likely to do business in California. The proposition does not affect California-based companies or California residents.


2012 California Proposition 39
The nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst's Office has determined that changing the way out-of-state corporations are taxed in California will generate approximately $1 billion in revenue and create 40,000 jobs.


2012 California Proposition 39
The primary financial backer of Proposition 39 was Thomas Steyer, who also played a lead role in designing the initiative. California State Senator Kevin de León served as the co-chairman of the Prop 39 campaign.


2012 California Proposition 39
California State Controller John Chiang appointed three members to a board created to oversee the Allocation of new funds related to the California Clean Energy Jobs Act. The three board members include: Gary Kremen, the founder of Match.Com also a clean technology engineer, entrepreneur and inventor; Erik Emblem, executive administrator and chief operating officer of the Western States Council-Sheet Metal Workers in Sacramento; and Dana Cuff, professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles.


2012 California Proposition 39, Background
In 2009, Sacramento legislators changed corporate tax law so that out-of-state companies could choose between two methods for calculating their California income tax. Companies could choose either the “three-factor” or “single-sales factor” method. The three-factor method bases half of a company's tax bill on in-state sales and the other half on in-state property and employees.


2012 California Proposition 39, Background
A company with ample sales but no physical presence in the state significantly reduces its tax burden when choosing the three-factor method. The change was part of a balanced budget deal between Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Republicans. California is the only state that allows out-of-state companies to choose how their income tax is calculated.


2012 California Proposition 39, Background
Supporters of Proposition 39 include San Francisco-based philanthropist and businessman Thomas Steyer, who founded Farallon Capital, a hedge fund, and One Pacific Bank, a community bank. Steyer, a signer of The Giving Pledge, has contributed $21.9 million of his own money to a campaign in favor of the initiative. In 2010, Steyer co-chaired the successful effort to beat Proposition 23, a ballot initiative to overturn California's climate change laws.