List of California ballot propositions

Elections in California
Federal government Presidential elections 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Primary elections Democratic 2000 2004 2008 Republican 2000 2004 2008 2012 United States Senate elections 1950 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1992 (special) 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 Congressional elections At-Large (1849-1863) 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 12th (1946) 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 11th (2006) 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Special elections to the House 5th (2005) 48th (2005) 36th (2007) 12th (2008) 10th (2009) 32nd (2009) 36th (2011)
State government (executive) Gubernatorial elections 1861 1906 1910 1914 1918 1922 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2003 (recall) 2006 2010 2014 Lieutenant gubernatorial elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Attorney General elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Secretary of State elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Treasurer elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Controller elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Insurance Commissioner elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Superintendent of Public Instruction elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
State government (legislative) State Senate elections 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Special State Assembly elections 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Special
State government (judicial) Court of Appeals elections 1994 1998 2002 2006
Propositions 1910-1919 1911 4 7 8 1960-1969 1964 14 1970-1979 1972 11 17 1978 8 13 Briggs Initiative 1980-1989 1982 8 1986 64 65 1988 98 99 1990-1999 1994 187 1996 196 209 215 218 1998 6 10 227 2000-2009 2000 21 22 36 39 2003 53 54 2004 1A 55 56 57 58 59 60 60A 61 62 63 64 65 66 69 71 2005 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 2006 81 82 83 85 87 89 90 2008 91 92 93 94, 95, 96, and 97 98 and 99 1A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2009 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 2010-2019 2010 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2012 29 30 32 34 37 38 39 Full list
Elections by year State elections Nov 1992 Nov 1994 Nov 1996 Nov 1998 Nov 2000 Nov 2002 Nov 2004 Nov 2005 Nov 2006 Feb 2008 Jun 2008 Nov 2008 May 2009 Jun 2010 Nov 2010 Jun 2012 Nov 2012 2014
Los Angeles Mayoral elections 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1909 (M) 1909 (N) 1911 1913 1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925 1929 1933 1937 1938 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 General elections 2009 2011 2013 City Attorney elections 2009 Board of Supervisors elections 2006 2008 2010 2012
San Diego Mayoral elections 2000 2004 2005 (special) 2008 2012 2013–14 (special) City Council elections 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
San Francisco Mayoral elections 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Board of Supervisors elections 1977 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 General elections Mar 2004 Nov 2004 Nov 2005 Jun 2006 Nov 2006 Nov 2007 Feb 2008 Jun 2008 Nov 2008 Nov 2009 Jun 2010 Nov 2010 Nov 2011 Jun 2012 Nov 2012 Nov 2013
San Jose Mayoral elections 2014

The following is a list of California ballot propositions broken down by decade. Propositions can be placed on the ballot either through the initiative process or by a vote of the state legislature. Propositions were added to the California constitution as part of the ethics reform instituted by Governor Hiram Johnson in the early 1910s.

• List of California ballot propositions 1910–1919
• List of California ballot propositions 1920–1929
• List of California ballot propositions 1930–1939
• List of California ballot propositions 1940–1949
• List of California ballot propositions 1950–1959
• List of California ballot propositions 1960–1969
• List of California ballot propositions 1970–1979
• List of California ballot propositions 1980–1989
• List of California ballot propositions 1990–1999
• List of California ballot propositions 2000–2009
• List of California ballot propositions 2010–2019

History

Ballot measures were not numbered prior to the general election of 1914.^[1] Until the November 1982 general election, proposition numbers started with "1" for each election. After November 1982, subsequent propositions received sequentially increasing numbers until November 1998 when the count was reset to "1". Starting with November 1998, the count is reset in 10-year cycles.

Until 1960, citizen-led initiative measures appeared on general election ballots only. From 1960 to 2012, initiative measures appeared on primary, general, and special election ballots.^[1] In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June 2012 presidential primaries) prior to the signing of the law, making the June 2012 primaries the last statewide non-general election in California to have statewide initiatives on the ballot. Propositions originating in the State Legislature can still appear on non-general election ballots, as was the case with Propositions 41 and 42 in June 2014.^[2]

Notable propositions

Some notable propositions which have received a great deal of attention include

• Proposition 6 (1978) (defeated) on barring homosexuality in the public school system
• Proposition 13 (1978) (passed) on property tax; imposing 2/3 requirement for budget vote, tax increases
• Proposition 65 (1986) (passed) on notification of hazardous materials
• Proposition 98 (1988) (passed) on school funding (requires minimum percentage of budget to be directed toward education with increases based on inflation)
• Proposition 187 (1994) (passed, then declared unconstitutional) on denying illegal immigrants eligibility to receive public services (immediate stay was federally imposed and is still in effect)
• Proposition 209 (1996) (passed) on banning affirmative action in public sector (employment, education, etc.)
• Proposition 215 (1996) (passed) on legalizing medical marijuana
• Proposition 5 (1998) (passed) on the establishment of Tribal casinos
• Proposition 22 (2000) (passed, then declared unconstitutional) on a statute banning same-sex marriage
• Proposition 23 (2000) (defeated) On the inclusion of a "none of the above" choice on ballots.
• Proposition 52 (2002) (defeated) Would allow voting registration on Election Day.
• Proposition 71 (2004) (passed) On the use of stem cells in scientific research.
• Proposition 73 (2005) (defeated) on parental notification before abortion
• Proposition 83 (2006) (passed) Jessica's Law
• Proposition 85 (2006) (defeated) second attempt at Proposition 73
• Proposition 8 (2008) (passed, then declared unconstitutional) on a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in order to override the In re Marriage Cases (Proposition 22) decision earlier that year that legalized same-sex marriage
• Proposition 14 (2010) (passed) established non-partisan blanket primaries in place of closed primaries
• Proposition 19 (2010) (defeated) on the legalization of marijuana
• Proposition 37 (2012) (defeated) Requires labeling on raw or processed food offered for sale to consumers if made from plants or animals with genetic material changed in specified way.
• Proposition 34 (2012) (defeated) on the abolition of the death penalty
• Proposition 46 (2014) (defeated) Imposes random drug and alcohol testing on doctors.
• Proposition 47 (2014) (passed) Redefined some nonviolent offenses as misdemeanors, rather than felonies, as they had previously been categorized.

See also

• Elections in California

References

External links

• California Ballot Measures Database from University of California, Hastings College of the Law Library, a comprehensive, searchable source of information on California ballot propositions and initiatives from 1911 to the present