California 1984 ballot propositions

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Twenty-five statewide ballot propositions were on the 1984 ballot in California. Twenty-six propositions were scheduled to be on the ballot but one of them, Proposition 35, was removed by court order of the California Supreme Court prior to the election.

1984 was the first year that statewide ballot propositions were numbered sequentially based on numbers from previous years. In 1982 and earlier, measures on the ballot in June started with "Proposition 1", as did the numbers on the ballot in November. This resulted in a situation where a "Proposition 1", and so on, would be on the ballot in June and a different Proposition 1, and so on, would be on the November ballot.

On the ballot

June 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 16	Bonds	$250 million for county jails	a
LBM	Proposition 17	Bonds	$300 million for county correctional facilities	a
LBM	Proposition 18	Bonds	$370 million for parks, recreational facilities	a
LBM	Proposition 19	Bonds	$85 million for acquisition of coastal habitat	a
LRCA	Proposition 20	Elections	Candidate who libel their opponents are disqualified from that elective office	a
LRCA	Proposition 21	Pensions	Reduce limits on how public pension funds can be invested	a
LRCA	Proposition 22	Labor	Exempt more state officials from civil service	d
LRCA	Proposition 23	Taxes	When unreinforced masonry bearing wall is improved, added value not taxable	a
CISS	Proposition 24	Legislature	Rules about membership on Senate and Assembly Rules Committees	a

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 25	Bonds	$325 million for water projects	a
LBM	Proposition 26	Bonds	$450 million for public school improvements	a
LBM	Proposition 27	Bonds	$100 million for hazardous substance clean-up	a
LBM	Proposition 28	Bonds	$75 million to improve water	a
LBM	Proposition 29	Bonds	$650 million for veteran housing and farm loan program	a
LBM	Proposition 30	Bonds	$50 million for senior centers	a
LRCA	Proposition 31	Taxes	Costs of adding fire protection systems exempt from added value assessments	a
LRCA	Proposition 32	Judiciary	California Supreme Court can review parts of lower court decisions	a
LRCA	Proposition 33	Taxes	Disabled person can postpone payment of property taxes on primary residence	a
LRCA	Proposition 34	Taxes	Costs of improving historic structures exempt from added value assessments	d
CISS	Proposition 35	Spending	Call for U.S. Congress to balance the federal budget
CICA	Proposition 36	Taxes	Restrictions on ability of political class to raise taxes	d
CICA	Proposition 37	Gambling	Establish a state lottery with some proceeds going to education	a
CISS	Proposition 38	English	Governor required to write to U.S. President requesting that voting materials be in English only	a
CICA	Proposition 39	Redistricting	Establish a redistricting commission composed of eight former appellate court justices	d
CISS	Proposition 40	Elections	Limit on contributions to political campaigns	d
CISS	Proposition 41	Admin of gov't	Limit expenditures on public aid and medical assistance programs to national per capita average	d

External links

Suggest a link

• Hastings California I&R database
• California Law Library, June 5, 1984 ballot propositions
• California Law Library, November 6, 1984 ballot propositions
• PDF of the June 5, 1984 ballot proposition voter guide
• PDF of the November 6, 1984 ballot proposition voter guide