California 1970 ballot propositions

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28 statewide ballot propositions were on the 1970 ballot in California.

On the ballot

June 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$246.3 million in bonds for University of California Health Sciences facilities	d
LRCA	Proposition 2	Constitution	Repeal, amend, revise and renumber various provisions of state constitution related to local government	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Constitution	Revisions of public utility, corporation and water use provisions in the state constitution	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Constitution	Delete state constitutional provisions relating to state institutions, public buildings, land, and homestead exemption	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Constitution	Allow state legislature to revise the constitutional amendments it proposes before submission to electorate	d
LRCA	Proposition 6	Education	Appointment or election of State Board of Education and county boards of education	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Bonds	Interest rates on state-issued bonds	a
CICA	Proposition 8	Education	Require state to provide at least 50% of public school costs from sources other than property taxes	d

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$250 million in bonds for water pollution control projects	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Executives	Procedures governing vacancies in most statewide executive offices	d
LRCA	Proposition 3	Budget	Governor to submit budget to legislature in first ten days of regular session; budget must be passed by June 15	a
LRCA	Proposition 4	Education	Legislature may make appropriations for public schools prior to passage of budget bill, if it is delayed	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Education	Meetings of the Board of Regents must be public, with some exceptions	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Education	Investment rules for the Teachers' Retirement Fund	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Education	Speaker of the Assembly an ex officio member of agencies that administer the state college system	a
LRCA	Proposition 8	Executives	An additional Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction exempt from civil service	d
LRCA	Proposition 9	Education	Appointment of county superintendents of schools	d
LRCA	Proposition 10	Regulation	Loans over $100,000 may be made to corporations or partnerships	d
LRSS	Proposition 11	Healthcare	Variety of changes to the Chiropractic Act	a
LRCA	Proposition 12	Admin of gov't	A county's governing body, not the state legislature, to set the compensation of its members	a
LRCA	Proposition 13	Veterans	Tax exemptions for blind and disabled veterans	a
LRCA	Proposition 14	Admin of gov't	Variety of changes to the civil service system	a
LRCA	Proposition 15	Constitution	Variety of miscellaneous revisions to the state constitution, including what it says about duels	a
LRCA	Proposition 16	Constitution	Allow legislature to amend or withdraw a constitutional amendment it had proposed, prior to statewide vote	a
LRCA	Proposition 17	Constitution	Repeal obsolete state constitutional provisions relating to social welfare	a
LRCA	Proposition 18	Taxes	Motor vehicle fuel tax and license fees can be used for control of environmental pollution	d
LRSS	Proposition 19	Regulations	Changes to the Usury Law Initiative Act approved by voters on November 5, 1918	a
LBM	Proposition 20	Bonds	$60 million in bonds for recreation and wildlife enhancement	a

External links

Suggest a link

• PDF of the June 2, 1970 ballot proposition voter guide (Propositions 1-7)
• PDF of the June 2, 1970 ballot proposition voter guide (Proposition 8)
• PDF of the November 3, 1970 ballot proposition voter guide (Propositions 1-17)
• PDF of the November 3, 1970 ballot proposition voter guide (Proposition 18-20)
• Hastings California I&R database

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