California 1974 ballot propositions

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Twenty-six statewide ballot propositions were on the 1974 ballot in California.

On the ballot

June 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$250 million to acquire land for recreational purposes	a
LBM	Proposition 2	Bonds	$250 million for water pollution control	a
LBM	Proposition 3	Bonds	$350 million in bonds for veterans	a
LRCA	Proposition 4	Taxes	Property value re-assessments after sustaining damage from a disaster	a
LRCA	Proposition 5	Taxes	Allowable uses of revenue from gas taxes	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Taxes	Property tax exemption for homeowners	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Admin of gov't	Civil service exemption for members of the Postsecondary Education Commission	d
LRCA	Proposition 8	Admin of gov't	Consolidation of the City and County of Sacramento	a
CISS	Proposition 9	Elections	Creation of the Fair Political Practices Commission	a

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$150 million for construction or improvement of public schools and earthquake reconstruction	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Admin of gov't	County and city charters	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Admin of gov't	Civil service exemption for members of the Postsecondary Education Commission	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Admin of gov't	University of California Regents	a
LRCA	Proposition 5	Admin of gov't	Residence of local government employees	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Taxes	Property tax exemptions	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Constitution	Substantial revisions to Article I of the California Constitution	a
LRCA	Proposition 8	Taxes	Revisions in property tax exemptions and other tax codes	a
LRCA	Proposition 9	Recall	Recall of elected officials	a
LRCA	Proposition 10	Elections	Rules governing who has the right to vote	a
LRCA	Proposition 11	Constitution	Transition to gender-neutral language in the California Constitution	a
LRCA	Proposition 12	Energy	Regulation of public utilities	a
LRCA	Proposition 13	Judiciary	Judicial districts in San Diego County	a
LRCA	Proposition 14	Education	Board of State College System of California	d
LRCA	Proposition 15	Housing	Prohibit government-owned low-rent housing projects unless residents in impacted area vote to approve	d
LRCA	Proposition 16	Education	Tuition at state colleges to be determined by state legislature, not Board of Regents	d
CISS	Proposition 17	Natural resources	The "Wild and Scenic Rivers" Initiative	d

External links

Suggest a link

• PDF of the June 4, 1974 ballot proposition voter guide
• PDF of the November 5, 1974 ballot proposition voter guide
• Hastings California I&R database

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