List of California ballot propositions 1970-1979

List of California ballot propositions: 1970-1979

See also: List of California ballot propositions 1960-1969, List of California ballot propositions 1980-1989

Table of contents

1 Elections

1.1 June 2, 1970
1.2 November 3, 1970
1.3 June 6, 1972
1.4 November 7, 1972
1.5 November 6, 1973
1.6 June 4, 1974
1.7 November 5, 1974
1.8 June 8, 1976
1.9 November 2, 1976
1.10 June 6, 1978
1.11 November 7, 1978
1.12 November 6, 1979

Elections

June 2, 1970

1 - Failed - University Of California Health Science Facilities.
2 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision: Local Government.
3 - Failed - Partial Constitutional Revision: Public Utilities, Corporations And Water Use.
4 - Failed - Partial Constitutional Revision: Various.
5 - Failed - Partial Constitutional Revision: Future Constitutional Amendments, State Civil Service.
6 - Passed - State And County Boards Of Education: Textbooks.
7 - Passed - Interest Rate On State Bonds.
8 - Failed - Taxation For Schools And Social Welfare.

November 3, 1970

1 - Passed - The Clean Water Bond Law of 1970.
2 - Failed - Vacancies In Specified Constitutional Offices.
3 - Passed - State Budget.
4 - Failed - Appropriation For Public Schools.
5 - Passed - Regents University Of California: Public Meetings.
6 - Passed - Teachers' Retirement Fund: Investments.
7 - Passed - State Colleges: Speaker Member Of Governing Body.
8 - Failed - Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
9 - Failed - County Superintendent Of Schools.
10 - Failed - Interest Rate Limitation.
11 - Passed - Chiropractors: Rules.
12 - Passed - Compensation Of County Supervisors.
13 - Passed - Tax Exemption For Disabled Veterans And Blind Veterans.
14 - Passed - State Civil Service.
15 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision.
16 - Passed - Constitutional Amendments.
17 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision: Social Welfare.
18 - Failed - Motor Vehicle Taxation And Revenues.
19 - Passed - Usury.
20 - Passed - The Recreation And Fish And Wildlife Enhancement Bond Act.

June 6, 1972

1 - Passed - The Veterans Bond Act Of 1971.
2 - Passed - The State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law Of 1972.
3 - Passed - Right To Assistance Of Counsel.
4 - Passed - Open Presidential Primary.
5 - Passed - Appointment Of Regents, University Of California.
6 - Passed - Naturalized Citizen Voting Eligibility.
7 - Passed - Valuation Of Single-Family Dwellings For Tax Purposes.
8 - Passed - Chiropractors.
9 - Failed - Clean Environment Act.
10 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision.

November 7, 1972

1 - Passed - Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities.
2 - Passed - Bonds To Provide Health Science Facilities.
3 - Passed - Environmental Pollution Bond Authorization.
4 - Passed - Legislative Reorganization.
5 - Passed - School Districts.
6 - Passed - Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions.
7 - Passed - Elections And Presidential Primary.
8 - Failed - Tax Exemption For Anti-Pollution Facilities.
9 - Passed - Bond Vote For Structurally Unsafe School Buildings.
10 - Passed - Blind Veterans Tax Exemption.
11 - Passed - Right Of Privacy.
12 - Passed - Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption.
13 - Passed - Workmen's Compensation.
14 - Failed - Property Tax Limitations.
15 - Failed - State Employee Salaries.
16 - Failed - Salaries. California Highway Patrol.
17 - Passed - Death Penalty.
18 - Failed - Obscenity Legislation.
19 - Failed - Marijuana - Removal Of Penalty For Personal Use.
20 - Passed - Coastal Zone Conservation Act.
21 - Passed - Assignment Of Students To Schools.
22 - Failed - Agricultural Labor Relations.

November 6, 1973

1 - Failed - Tax And Expenditure Limitations.

June 4, 1974

1 - Passed - Recreational Lands Bond Act.
2 - Passed - Clean Water Bond Law Of 1974.
3 - Passed - Veterans Bond Act Of 1974.
4 - Passed - Reassessment Of Property In Event Of Damage Or Destruction.
5 - Passed - Highways And Mass Transit Guideways.
6 - Passed - Public Legislative Proceedings.
7 - Failed - State Civil Service Exemptions.
8 - Passed - Sacramento County-Cities Consolidation.
9 - Passed - Political Reform Initiative.

November 5, 1974

1 - Passed - State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law.
2 - Passed - Charters For Counties And Cities.
3 - Failed - Postsecondary Education Commission Personnel - Civil Service.
4 - Passed - Regents, University Of California.
5 - Passed - Residence Of Local Government Employee.
6 - Passed - Property Tax Exemptions.
7 - Passed - Declaration Of Rights.
8 - Passed - Taxation And State Funds.
9 - Passed - Recall Of Public Officers.
10 - Passed - Right To Vote.
11 - Passed - Miscellaneous Language Changes Regarding Gender.
12 - Passed - Public Utilities.
13 - Passed - San Diego County Judicial Disticts.
14 - Failed - State College System.
15 - Failed - Low Rent Housing.
16 - Failed - Student Tuition, University Of California.
17 - Failed - Wild And Scenic Rivers Initiative.

June 8, 1976

1 - Failed - The State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law Of 1976.
2 - Passed - Veterans Bond Act Of 1976.
3 - Passed - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1976.
4 - Failed - Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities.
5 - Passed - Banks, Corporations, Franchises And Insurers-Taxation.
6 - Passed - Insurance Company Home Office Tax Deduction.
7 - Passed - Taxation Of Restricted Historic Property.
8 - Passed - Deposit Of Public Moneys In Savings And Loan Associations.
9 - Passed - Bingo.
10 - Failed - Bonds To Refund State Indebtedness.
11 - Passed - Motor Vehicle Taxes-Local Surplus Property.
12 - Failed - Interest Rate.
13 - Passed - Property Tax Postponement.
14 - Passed - Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions.
15 - Failed - Nuclear Power Plants-Initiative Statute.

November 2, 1976

1 - Failed - Housing Finance Bond Law Of 1975.
2 - Passed - Nejedly-Hart State, Urban and Coastal Park Bond Act of 1976.
3 - Failed - Residential Energy Conservation Bond Law.
4 - Passed - University of California. Competitive Bidding. Grounds for Denial of Admission.
5 - Failed - Interest Rates Allowable.
6 - Failed - Bills and Statutes-Effective Date. Governor's Consideration. Referendum.
7 - Passed - Judges. Censure, Removal, Judicial Performance Commission.
8 - Passed - County Superintendents of Schools and Boards of Education.
9 - Passed - State Constitutional Offices. Filling Vacancies In. Confirmation.
10 - Passed - Property Taxation by Local Governments Whose Boundaries Include Area in Two or More Counties.
11 - Passed - Tax Rates on Unsecured Property.
12 - Failed - Loans by State for Energy Conservation Improvements in Residential Structures.
13 - Failed - Greyhound Dog Racing - Initiative Statute.
14 - Failed - Agricultural Labor Relations - Initiative Statute.
15 - Passed - Chiropractors, Board of Examiners. Licensing Requirements.

June 6, 1978

1 - Failed - State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1978.

2 - Passed - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978.

3 - Failed - Taxation Exemption - Alternative Energy Systems.

4 - Passed - City Charters - Boards of Education.

5 - Passed - Administrative Agencies.

6 - Passed - Sheriffs.

7 - Passed - Local Agencies - Insurance Pooling Arrangements.

8 - Failed - Owner Occupied Dwellings - Tax Rate.

9 - Passed - Interest Rate - Judgments.

10 - Failed - Taxation - Rehabilitated Property.

11 - Failed - Taxation - County Owned Real Property.

12 - Failed - Constitutional Officers, Legislators and Judges Compensation.

13 - Passed - Property Tax Limitation.

November 7, 1978

1 - Passed - Veterans Bond Act of 1978.
2 - Failed - Public Utilities Commission.
3 - Passed - State Surplus Coastal Property.
4 - Passed - Chiropractors. School Accreditation and License Revocation.
5 - Failed - Regulation of Smoking.
6 - Failed - School Employees. Homosexuality.
7 - Passed - Murder. Penalty.
8 - Passed - Post Disaster Taxation.

November 6, 1979

1 - Passed - School Assignment and Transportation of Pupils.
2 - Passed - Loan Interest Rates.
3 - Passed - Property Taxation - Veteran's Exemption.
4 - Passed - Limitation of Government Appropriations.