| June 2008 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 98 |
Elimination of Rent Control |
No |
Failed |
38.4 |
| 99 |
Restriction on the Use of Eminent Domain |
Yes |
Passed |
62.0 |
| |
| February 2008 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 91 |
Made Superfluous by Prop 1A of 2006 |
Abstain |
Failed |
41.6 |
| 92 |
Community College Funding and Fees |
No |
Failed |
42.7 |
| 93 |
Rejiggering Legislative Term Limits |
Yes |
Failed |
46.4 |
| 94 |
Indian Gaming Compact: Pechanga Tribe |
No |
Passed |
55.6 |
| 95 |
Indian Gaming Compact: Morongo Tribe |
No |
Passed |
55.6 |
| 96 |
Indian Gaming Compact: Sycuan Tribe |
No |
Passed |
55.5 |
| 97 |
Indian Gaming Compact: Agua Caliente Tribe |
No |
Passed |
55.5 |
| |
| November 2006 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 1A |
Earmarking Sales Tax on Gasoline for Transportation |
No |
Passed |
77.0 |
| 1B |
Transportation Bonds ($20 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
61.4 |
| 1C |
Housing Bonds ($2.85 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
57.8 |
| 1D |
School & University Construction Bonds ($10 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
56.9 |
| 1E |
Flood Control Bonds ($4 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
64.2 |
| 83 |
Increasing Punishment of Sex Offenders |
No |
Passed |
70.5 |
| 84 |
Drinking Water & Flood Control Bonds ($5.4 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
53.8 |
| 85 |
Parental Notification for Minors Getting Abortions (Again) |
No |
Failed |
45.8 |
| 86 |
Cigarette Tax Hike to Fund Health Services |
Yes |
Failed |
48.3 |
| 87 |
Oil Production Tax to Fund Alternative Energy |
Yes |
Failed |
45.4 |
| 88 |
$50-per-Parcel Tax for K-12 Education |
Yes |
Failed |
23.3 |
| 89 |
Public Financing of Political Campaigns |
Yes |
Failed |
25.7 |
| 90 |
Limiting Regulation of Private Property |
No |
Failed |
47.6 |
| |
| June 2006 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 81 |
Library Construction Bonds ($600 million) |
Yes |
Failed |
47.3 |
| 82 |
Tax on Incomes Over $400,000 for Preschools |
No |
Failed |
39.2 |
| |
| November 2005 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 73 |
Parental Notification for Minors Getting Abortions |
No |
Failed |
47.2 |
| 74 |
Increasing Teacher Probationary Period to Five Years |
No |
Failed |
44.8 |
| 75 |
Requiring Consent for Political Use of Public Employee Union Dues |
No |
Failed |
46.5 |
| 76 |
Limits on State Spending |
No |
Failed |
37.6 |
| 77 |
Redistricting by Three Retired Judges |
Yes |
Failed |
40.2 |
| 78 |
Prescription Drugs: The Industry's Proposal |
No |
Failed |
41.5 |
| 79 |
Prescription Drugs: Consumers Union's Proposal |
Yes |
Failed |
39.3 |
| 80 |
Re-regulating Electricity Providers |
No |
Failed |
34.4 |
| |
| November 2004 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 1A |
Making it Harder for the State to Grab Local Taxes |
Yes |
Passed |
83.7 |
| 59 |
Sunshine Law |
Yes |
Passed |
83.4 |
| 60 |
Preservation of Partisan Elections |
No |
Passed |
67.6 |
| 60A |
Sad, Sad Orphan Proposition |
No |
Passed |
73.3 |
| 61 |
$750 Million Private Children's Hospital Bonds |
No |
Passed |
58.3 |
| 62 |
Elimination of Partisan Elections |
Yes |
Failed |
46.1 |
| 63 |
Tax on Income Over $1 Million for Mental Health Services |
No |
Passed |
53.8 |
| 64 |
Weakening Unfair Business Competition Laws |
No |
Passed |
59.0 |
| 65 |
Another Sad Orphan Proposition |
No |
Failed |
37.6 |
| 66 |
Requiring Third Strike to be a Violent or Serious Felony |
Yes |
Failed |
47.3 |
| 67 |
Tax on Phone Bills for Emergency Medical Services |
No |
Failed |
28.4 |
| 68 |
Orphan No. 3: Racetrack & Card Room Casinos |
No |
Failed |
16.2 |
| 69 |
DNA Database |
No |
Passed |
62.1 |
| 70 |
Tribal Gaming: Agua Caliente Band's Scheme |
No |
Failed |
23.7 |
| 71 |
$3 Billion Stem Cell Research Bonds |
Yes |
Passed |
59.1 |
| 72 |
Requiring Employers of 20 or More to Provide Health Care Benefits |
Yes |
Failed |
49.2 |
| |
| March 2004 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 55 |
School and College Construction Bonds ($12.3 Billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
50.9 |
| 56 |
55 Percent Vote to Pass State Budget |
Yes |
Failed |
34.3 |
| 57 |
Debt Consolidation Bonds ($15 Billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
63.4 |
| 58 |
Balanced Budget Requirement |
Yes |
Passed |
71.2 |
| |
| October 2003 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 53 |
Forced Spending for Infrastructure |
No |
Failed |
36.2 |
| 54 |
Prohibiting Classification by Race |
No |
Failed |
36.1 |
| |
The Recall |
-- |
Passed |
55.4 |
| |
| November 2002 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 46 |
Housing Bonds ($2.1 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
57.6 |
| 47 |
School Facility Bonds ($13 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
59.1 |
| 48 |
Finalizing Elimination of Municipal Courts |
Yes |
Passed |
72.9 |
| 49 |
Giving Top Funding Priority to After-School Programs |
No |
Passed |
56.7 |
| 50 |
Water & Wetlands Bonds ($3.4 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
55.4 |
| 51 |
Earmarking Vehicle Sales Tax for Transportation |
No |
Failed |
41.4 |
| 52 |
Election Day Voter Registration |
Yes |
Failed |
40.6 |
| |
| March 2002 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 40 |
Conservation and Parks Bonds ($2.6 billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
56.9 |
| 41 |
Voting Machine Bonds ($200 million) |
Yes |
Passed |
51.6 |
| 42 |
Earmarking Gasoline Sales Tax for Transportation |
No |
Passed |
69.1 |
| 43 |
Right to Have Your Vote Counted |
Yes |
Passed |
71.6 |
| 44 |
Chiropractor Discipline |
Yes |
Passed |
79.8 |
| 45 |
Extending Legislators' Term Limits Four Years |
Yes |
Failed |
42.3 |
| |
| November 2000 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 32 |
Cal-Vet Loan Program |
Yes |
Passed |
67.2 |
| 33 |
Pensions for State Legislators |
Yes |
Failed |
38.9 |
| 34 |
Campaign Finance Reform: Repeal of Prop 208 |
No |
Passed |
60.1 |
| 35 |
Allowing Private Contractors for Public Works Projects |
Yes |
Passed |
55.2 |
| 36 |
Treatment Programs Instead of Prison for Drug Offenders |
Yes |
Passed |
60.9 |
| 37 |
Reclassifying Fees as Taxes |
No |
Failed |
47.9 |
| 38 |
School Vouchers |
No |
Failed |
29.4 |
| 39 |
55% Vote for School Bonds |
Yes |
Passed |
53.4 |
| |
| March 2000 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 1A |
Casinos on Indian Reservations, I |
Yes |
Passed |
64.5 |
| 12 |
Recreational and Natural Areas Bonds ($2 Billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
63.2 |
| 13 |
Delta, Water & Flood Control Bonds ($2 Billion) |
Yes |
Passed |
64.8 |
| 14 |
Library Bonds ($350 Million) |
Yes |
Passed |
59.0 |
| 15 |
Crime Laboratories Bonds ($220 Million) |
Yes |
Failed |
46.3 |
| 16 |
State Veterans’ Homes Bonds ($50 Million) |
Yes |
Passed |
62.3 |
| 17 |
Legalization of Charity Raffles |
Yes |
Passed |
58.7 |
| 18 |
Executing More Murderers, I |
No |
Passed |
72.6 |
| 19 |
Executing More Murderers, II |
No |
Passed |
73.6 |
| 20 |
Earmarking Lottery Funds for Textbooks |
No |
Passed |
53.0 |
| 21 |
Juvenile Crime Crackdown |
No |
Passed |
62.1 |
| 22 |
Defining Marriage as Man + Woman Only |
No |
Passed |
61.4 |
| 23 |
Allowing Votes for “None of the Above” |
Yes |
Failed |
36.0 |
| 24 |
[removed from ballot] |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Campaign Finance Reform for State Offices |
Yes |
Failed |
34.7 |
| 26 |
Simple Majority to Approve School Bonds |
Yes |
Failed |
48.7 |
| 27 |
Congressional Term Limit Pledges |
No |
Failed |
40.4 |
| 28 |
Repeal of Prop 10 Tobacco Tax |
No |
Failed |
27.8 |
| 29 |
Casinos on Indian Reservations, II |
No |
Passed |
53.1 |
| 30 |
Third-Party Lawsuits Against Insurers, I |
Yes |
Failed |
31.5 |
| 31 |
Third-Party Lawsuits Against Insurers, II |
Yes |
Failed |
28.3 |
| |
| November 1998 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 1A |
$9.2 Billion School Bonds |
Yes |
Passed |
62.5 |
| 1 |
Reassessment Exemption for Contaminated Property |
No |
Passed |
71.1 |
| 2 |
Elimination of Transit Tax Diversion |
Yes |
Passed |
75.4 |
| 3 |
Partisan Presidential Primaries |
Yes |
Failed |
46.2 |
| 4 |
Ban on Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps |
Yes |
Passed |
57.4 |
| 5 |
Casinos on Indian Reservations |
Yes |
Passed |
62.4 |
| 6 |
Ban on Horsemeat |
No |
Passed |
59.4 |
| 7 |
Air Pollution Reduction Tax Credits |
Yes |
Failed |
43.6 |
| 8 |
Pete Wilson's School Reform Omnibus |
No |
Failed |
36.9 |
| 9 |
Requiring Private Utilities to Eat Costs of Nuclear Power Plants |
Yes |
Failed |
26.6 |
| 10 |
Tobacco Tax to Fund Early Childhood Development Programs |
Yes |
Passed |
50.5 |
| 11 |
Sales Tax Revenue Sharing |
Yes |
Passed |
53.3 |
| |
| June 1998 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 219 |
Uniform Application of Ballot Propositions |
Yes |
Passed |
67.3 |
| 220 |
Consolidation of Municipal and Superior Courts |
Yes |
Passed |
64.5 |
| 221 |
Discipline of Court Commissioners and Referees |
Yes |
Passed |
81.0 |
| 222 |
Elimination of Work and Education Credits for Second Degree Murderers |
No |
Passed |
77.1 |
| 223 |
Capping School District Administration Budgets ("95/5") |
No |
Failed |
45.5 |
| 224 |
Use of State Agencies in Design and Engineering Projects |
No |
Failed |
38.2 |
| 225 |
Congressional Term Limit Pantomime |
No |
Passed |
52.9 |
| 226 |
Reducing Political Contributions by Unions |
No |
Failed |
46.7 |
| 227 |
Elimination of Bilingual Education |
No |
Passed |
60.1 |
| |
| November 1996 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 204 |
$1 Billion Delta & Water Bonds |
Yes |
Passed |
62.9 |
| 205 |
$700 Million Jail & Juvenile Facility Bonds |
Yes |
Failed |
40.6 |
| 206 |
Cal-Vet Loan Program |
Yes |
Passed |
53.6 |
| 207 |
Preventing Limits on Attorney Fees |
No |
Failed |
34.2 |
| 208 |
Campaign Finance Reform: League of Women Voters/Common Cause Proposal |
Yes |
Passed |
61.3 |
| 209 |
Elimination of Affirmative Action (CCRI) |
No |
Passed |
54.6 |
| 210 |
Minimum Wage Increase |
Yes |
Passed |
61.5 |
| 211 |
Making Securities Fraud Lawsuits Easier |
No |
Failed |
25.6 |
| 212 |
Campaign Finance Reform: CalPIRG Proposal |
No |
Failed |
49.1 |
| 213 |
Prevention of Suits by Drunk or Uninsured Drivers |
No |
Passed |
76.9 |
| 214 |
HMO Regulation: Service Employees International Union Proposal |
Yes |
Failed |
42.0 |
| 215 |
Medical Use of Marijuana |
Yes |
Passed |
55.6 |
| 216 |
HMO Regulation: California Nurses Association Proposal |
Yes |
Failed |
38.7 |
| 217 |
Retaining Top Income Tax Brackets |
Yes |
Failed |
49.2 |
| 218 |
Local Fees & Taxes: Great-Grandson of Prop 13 |
No |
Passed |
56.6 |
| |
| March 1996 |
| Prop. |
Title |
Rating |
Result |
Pct. |
| 192 |
$2 Billion Bridge Seismic Reinforcement Bonds |
Yes |
Passed |
59.9 |
| 193 |
Reappraisal Exemption for Property Inherited by Grandchildren |
No |
Passed |
67.3 |
| 194 |
Denial of Unemployment Benefits for Released Working Prisoners |
No |
Passed |
73.9 |
| 195 |
Death Penalty for Juror and Carjacking Murder |
No |
Passed |
85.8 |
| 196 |
Death Penalty for Drive-by Shooting |
No |
Passed |
85.8 |
| 197 |
Weakening Protections for Mountain Lions |
No |
Failed |
41.9 |
| 198 |
Open Primary Elections |
No |
Passed |
59.5 |
| 199 |
Elimination of Rent Control for Mobile Homes |
No |
Failed |
39.2 |
| |
About Torts (Propositions 200, 201 and 202) |
|
|
|
| 200 |
No-Fault Automobile Insurance |
No |
Failed |
34.8 |
| 201 |
"Losers Pay" in Shareholder Lawsuits |
No |
Failed |
40.7 |
| 202 |
Attorneys' Contingent Fee Limitation |
No |
Failed |
48.8 |
| 203 |
$3 Billion School & College Building Bonds |
Yes |
Passed |
62.0 |