BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

Propositions are numbered consecutively (i.e. 1 to 227) starting with the November 1982 General Election. The numbering scheme begins again with Proposition 1 in the November 3, 1998 General Election. This list also includes propositions starting in June 1978, which had Prop. 13 in that election. Note: If you are using Netscape, you can use the find button on the browser to jump down in the list. For example, to find the proposition on "medical marijuana," hit the FIND button and type in a keyword such as: marijuana

1) School Building Aid Bonds

2) Clean Water Bonds

3) Property tax exemption for non-nuclear, non-fossil fuel energy systems

4) City charter amendments related to boards of education

5) Powers of administrative agencies

6) Election of county sheriffs

7) Local government insurance pooling arrangements

8) Lower property tax rate for owner-occupied dwellings

9) Interest rate on court judgments

10) Property tax exemption for rehabilitated dwellings

11) Taxation of real property owned by a county

12) State elected officials compensation commission

13) Tax limitation (the famous PROP. 13 concerning property taxes)

November 7, 1978
Propositions 1-8

1) Veterans bond act of 1978

2) Public Utillities Commission

3) State surplus coastal property

4) Chiropractors, school accreditation and license revocation

5) Regulation of smoking

6) School employees--homosexuality

7) Murder penalty

8) Property taxation

November 6, 1979
Propositions 1-4

1) School assignment and transportation of pupils

2) Loan interest rates

3) Property taxation--veterans' exemption

4) Limitation of government appropriations

June 3, 1980
Propositions 1-11

1) Parklands and renewable resources investment programs (Bonds)

2) Veterans Bond Act of 1980

3) State Capitol maintenance

4) Low-rent housing

5) Freedom of press

6) Reapportionment

7) Disaster assistance

8) Alternative energy sources facilities financing

9) Taxation--income

10) Rent

11) Taxation--surtax

November 4, 1980
Propositions 1-11

1) Parklands acquistions and development program

2) Lake Tahoe acquistions Bond act of 1980

3) Insurance guarantee funds, tax offset

4) Taxation--real property--property acquistion by taxing entity

5) Taxation--real property valuation--disasters, seismic safety, change in ownership

6) Number of jurors in civil cases

7) Taxation--real property valuation--solar energy systems

8) Water resources and development

9) California safe drinking water bond act of 1976

10) Smoking and no-smoking sections

11) Judges' salaries

June 8, 1982
Propositions 1-12

1) New prison construction bond act of 1981

2) President of Senate

3) Taxation--real property valuation--change in ownership

4) Bail

5) Gift and inheritance taxes (proponent Miller)

6) Gift and inheritance taxes (proponent Rogers)

7) Income tax indexing

8) Criminal justice

9) Water facilities including a Peripheral Canal

10) Reapportionment Congressional districts

11) Reapportionment Senate districts

12) Reapportionment Assembly districts

November 2, 1982
Propositions 1-15

1) State school building lease-purchase Bond act of 1992

2) County jail capital expenditure bond act of 1981

3) Veterans bond act of 1982

4) Lake Tahoe acquistions Bond act

5) First-time home buyers Bond act of 1982

6) Public pension fund investment

7) Taxation--real property valuation--new construction

8) Transfer of funds by local government

9) School textbooks--nonpublic schools

10) Unifying superior, municipal and justice courts

11) Beverage containers

12) Nuclear weapons

13) Water resources

14) Reapportionment of districting commission or Supreme Court

15) Guns

June 5, 1984
Propositions 16-24

16) County jail capital expenditure bond act of 1984

17) New prison construction bond act of 1984

18) California park and recreational facilities act of 1984 (Bonds)

19) Fish and wildlife habitat enhancement act of 1984 (Bonds)

20) Elected officials--disqualification for libelous or slanderous campaign statements

21) Public pension fund investments

22) Exempt state civil service positions

23) Property taxation--seismic safety construction exclusion

24) Legislature--rules, procedures, powers, funding

November 6, 1984
Propositions 25-41

25) Clean water bond act of 1984

26) State school building lease-purchase bond law of 1984

27) Hazardous substance cleanup bond act

28) California safe drinking water bond law of 1984

29) Veterans bond act of 1984

30) Senior center bond act of 1984

31) Property taxation fire protection systems exclulsion

32) Supreme Court transfer of causes. Review of decisions

33) Property tax postponement--disabled person

34) Property taxation--historic structure exclusion

35) (Number 35 not used this election)

36) Taxation--amends Prop. 13 adding restrictions on real property taxation

37) State lottery

38) Voting materials--English only

39) Reapportionment

40) Campaign contributions

41) Public aid--medical assistance programs

June 3, 1986
Propositions 42-52

42) Veterans Bond act of 1986

43) Community parklands act of 1986 (Bond)

44) Water conservation and water quality bond law of 1986

45) Deposit of public moneys in credit unions

46) Property taxation

47) Allocation of vehicle license fee taxes to counties and cities

48) Legislators' and judges' retirement systems

49) Nonpartisan offices

50) Property taxation--disasters

51) Multiple defendants tort damage liability

52) County correctional facility capital expenditure bond act of 1986

November 4, 1986
Propositions 53-65

53) School lease-purchase bonds

54) Prison bonds

55) Safe drinking water bonds

56) Higher education facilities bonds

57) Pension limits

58) Property tax exemption--transfers within family

59) Election of district attorneys

60) Property tax exemption--replacement homes for senior citizens

61) Salary limits

62) Voting of local taxes

63) Official state language

64) AIDS

65) Toxic waste

June 7, 1988
Propositions 66-77

66) Election of county assessors

67) Second degree murder of police officers

68) Legislative campaign spending

69) AIDS

70) Park lands fund

71) Honig sponsored Gann limit

72) Gann limit transportation

73) Campaign funding reform

74) Transportation bonds

75) School bonds

76) Veterans bonds

77) Earthquake safety bonds

November 8, 1988
Propositions 78-106

78) Higher education facilities bond act of 1988

79) 1988 school facilities bond act

80) New prison construction bond act of 1988

81) California safe drinking water bond law of 1988

82) Water conservation bond law of 1988

83) Clean water and water reclamation bond act of 1988

84) Housing and homeless bond act of 1988

85) Library construction and renovation bond act of 1986

86) County correctional facility capital expenditure and youth facility bond act of 1988

87) Property tax revenues--redevelopment agencies

88) Deposit of public moneys

89) Governor's parole review

90) Assessed valuation--replacement dwellings

91) Justice courts--eligibility

92) Commission of judicial performance

93) Veterans' property tax exemption

94) Judges

95) Hunger and homelessness funding

96) Communicable disease tests

97) State occupational safety and health plan

98) School funding

99) Cigarette and tobacco tax benefit fund

100) Insurance rates--regulation

101) Automobile accident claims and insurance rates

102) Reporting exposure to AIDS virus

103) Insurance rates, regulations, commissioner

104) Automobile and other insurance

105) Disclosure to consumers, voters, investors

106) Attorney fees limit for tort claims

June 5, 1990
Propositions 107-123

107) Housing and homeless bond act of 1990

108) Passenger rail and clean air bond act of 1990

109) Governor's review of legislation--legislation deadlines

110) Property tax exemption for severely disables persons

111) Traffic congestion relief and spending limitations act of 1990

112) State officials, ethics, salaries, open meetings

113) Practice of chiropractic

114) Murder of a peace officer--criminal penalties--special circumstance

115) Criminal law

116) Rail transportation bond act

117) Wildlife protecton

118) Legislature--reapportionament--ethics

119) Reapportionment by commission

120) New prison construction bond act of 1990

121) Higher education facilities bond act of June 1990

122) Earthquake safety and public buildings rehabilitation bond act

123) 1990 school facilities bond act

November 6, 1990
Propositions 124-151

124) Local hospital districts

125) Motor vehicle fuels tax--rail transit funding

126) Alcoholic beverages taxes

127) Earthquake safety--property tax exclusion

128) Environment--public health bonds

129) Drug enforcement, prevention, treatment, prisons bonds

130) Forest acquisition--timber harvesting practices bond act

131) Limits of terms of office, ethics, campaign financing

132) Marine resources

133) Drug enforcement and prevention--taxes--prison terms

134) Alcohol surtax

135) Pesticide regulation

136) State, local taxation

137) Initiative and referendum process

138) Forestry programs--timber harvesting practices bond act

139) Prison inmate labor--tax credit

140) Limits of terms of office, legislators' retirement, legislative operating costs

141) Safe drinking water--toxics

142) Veterans bond act

143) High education facilities bond act

144) New prison construction bond act

145) California housing bond act

146) School facilities bond act

147) County correctional and juvenile facilities bond act

148) Water resources bond act

149) Park, recreation, and wildlife enhancement bond act

150) County courthouse facility capital expenditure bond act

151) Child care facilities financing act (Bonds)

June 2, 1992
Propositions 152-154

152) School bonds

153) High education bonds

154) Property tax increases delay

November 3, 1992
Propositions 155-167

155) 1992 school facilities bond act

156) Passenger rail and clean air bond act of 1992

157) Toll roads and highways

158) Office of California analyst

159) Office of the Auditor General

160) Property tax exemption

161) Physician-assisted death--terminal condition

162) Public employees' retirement systems

163) Ends taxation of certain food products

164) Congressional term limits

165) Budget process--welfare--procedural and substantive changes

166) Basic health care coverage

167) State taxes

November 4, 1993
Propositions 168-174

168) Housing projects--ends need for public vote on low-income housing projects

169) Budget bills--lets Legislature implement budget with single bill

170) School bonds--allows local school bond votes to pass with a simple majority

171) Property taxes--allows disaster victims to transfer lower valuation

172) Sales tax--extends half-cent sales tax for public safety

173) Housing bonds for first time homebuyers

174) School vouchers

June 8, 1994
Propositions 175-180

175) Renters credit

176) Nonprofit exempt

177) Disabled exemption

178) Water conservation

179) Murder penalty

180) Park bond

November 8, 1994
Propositions 181-191

181) Passenger rail and clean air bond act of 1994

182) (Removed from ballot by law)

183) Recall elections--state officers

184) Increased sentences for repeat offenders

185) Public transportation trust funds--gasoline sales tax

186) Health services taxes

187) Illegal aliens--ineligibility for public service, verification and reporting

188) Smoking and tobacco products--local preemption, statewide regulation

189) Bail exception--felony sexual assault

190) Commission of judicial performance

191) Justice courts

March 26, 1996
Propositions 192-203

192) Seismic retrofit bond act of 1996

193) Property appraisal--exception--grandparent-grandchild transfer

194) Prisoners--joint venture program--unemployment benefits--parole

195) Punishment--special circumstances--carjacking--murder of juror

196) Punishment for murder--special circumstances--drive-by shootings

197) Amendment of the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (Prop. 117)--mountain lions

198) Elections--open primary

199) Limits on mobilehome rent control--low-income rental assistance

200) No-fault motor vehicle insurance

201) Attorneys' fees--shareholder actions--class actions

202) Attorneys' contingent fees--limits

203) Bonds to build or repair schools, colleges

November 5, 1996
Propositions 204-218

204) Safe, clean, reliable water supply act (Bonds)

205) Youthful and adult offender local facilities bond act of 1996

206) Veterans' bond act of 1996

207) Attorneys' fees--right to negotiate--frivolous lawsuits

208) Campaign contributions and spending limits--restricts lobbyists

209) Prohibition against discrimination or preferential treatment by state and other public entities

210) Minimum wage increase

211) Attorney-client fee arrangements--securities fraud--lawsuits

212) Campaign contributions and spending limits--repeals gift and honoraria limits--restricts lobbyists

213) Llimitation of recovery to felons--uninsured motorists, drunk drivers

214) Health care--consumer protection

215) Medical use of marijuana

216) Health care--consumer protection--taxes on corporate restructuring

217) Top income tax brackets--reinstatement--revenues to local agencies

218) Voter approval for local government taxes--limitations of fees, assessments, charges

June 2, 1998
Propositions 219-227

219) Ballot measures--application

220) Courts--superior and municipal court consolidations

221) Subordinate judicial officers--discipline

222) Murder peace officer victim--sentence credits

223) Schools--spending limits on adminstration

224) State-funded design and engineering services

225) Limiting congressional terms--proposed U.S. constitutional amendment

226) Political contributions by employees, union members, foreign entities

227) English language in public schools

Nov. 3, 1998
Brief Ballot Measure Summary...from the State of California Secretary of State's Office

Propositions 1A-10

1A) Class Size Reduction Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 1998

1) Property Taxes: Contaminated Property

2) Transportation: Funding

3) Partisan Presidential Primary Elections

4) Trapping Practices. Bans Uses of Specified
Traps and Animal Poisons

5) Tribal-State Gaming Compacts. Tribal Casinos

6) Criminal Law. Prohibition on Slaughter of
Horses and Sale of Horsemeat For Human Consumption

7)Air Quality. Improvement Tax Credits

8) Public Schools. Permanent Class Size Reduction. Parent-Teacher Councils. Teacher Credentialing. Pupil Suspension For Drug Possession. Chief Inspector'S Office.

9) Electric Utilities. Assessment Bonds.

10) State and County Early Childhood Development Programs. Additional Tobacco Surtax.

11) Local Sales and Use Taxes. Revenue Sharing.