In other words, the official case against Proposition 12 presented to California voters was that it was insufficiently aggressive toward animal agriculture. That litigation-first posture meant the one moment when Proposition 12 could have been defeated outright — at the ballot box, before it became law — passed with the industry's checkbook mostly closed. The voteOn Nov. 6, 2018, Proposition 12 passed overwhelmingly: roughly 62.7% yes to 37.3% no, with about 7.5 million Californians voting in favor. The first was extraterritoriality: the claim that Proposition 12 impermissibly regulated conduct occurring wholly outside California. Notably, the Biden administration's solicitor general sided with the pork industry, urging the Court to strike the law.