Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PRO POSITIONS … Palo Alto voters have plenty of tough decisions to make this election season, from choosing the nation’s president and creating a new road through El Camino Park to weighing in on perennially complex state issues like crime policies and rent control. But there are three state propositions that, from the City Council’s perspective, are easier to support than the rest. This week, the council unanimously voted to officially support Prop. 3, which enshrines in the state constitution the right to marry, regardless of sex or race; Prop. 4, which would authorize a $10-billion bond for wildfire prevention and protection of natural resources; and Prop. 5, which would allow local jurisdictions to pass bond measures for affordable housing with 55% of voter approval. The council also agreed not to weigh in on some of the more contentious state propositions, most notably Prop. 33, which would loosen rent control restrictions, and Prop. 36, which would increase criminal penalties for theft and drug crimes. Councilman Pat Burt proposed having the council discuss these propositions, which he noted would have a big impact on Palo Alto. But council member Vicki Veenker spoke for the majority when she urged the council not to get involved. “I think it’s quite complex,” Veenker said of Prop. 33. “Some people think it will keep the rent down because it’s obviously controlling it. Others think that by virtue of doing that, not only will there be less investment in building more but that landlords might neglect current tenants because they’re likely to stay because the rent is so low.” The council ultimately voted 7-0 to endorse Props. 3 and 4. They also voted 5-2 on Prop. 5, with council members Lydia Kou and Greg Tanaka dissenting. Both of them argued that a 55% threshold for bonds is too low. “These are burdens that are going to be imposed on property owners,” Kou said. “Many of them will be on limited incomes and there’s potential for them to not be able to pay their property tax if it increases.”