California 2000 ballot propositions

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Twenty-eight statewide ballot propositions were on the 2000 ballot in California. Ballot proposition elections took place twice, first during the March 7, 2000 statewide primary and then again in the November 7, 2000 general election.

• Twenty statewide propositions were on the March ballot. Of these, twelve were approved and eight defeated.
• Eight propositions appeared on the November ballot. Of these, five were approved and three defeated.

Background

Looking at just the citizen-initiated measures:

• There were 15 citizen-initiated measures, including 3 veto referenda on the March and November ballots taken together. Of these, six passed.

• Two of the three veto referenda failed.

• As of the end of 2000, a cumulative total of 275 initiatives (counting citizen-initiated constitutional amendments and citizen-initiated state statutes and not counting veto referenda) had appeared on California ballots since the first initiatives in 1912.

On the ballot

March 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1A	Gambling	Gambling on tribal lands	a
LBM	Proposition 12	Bonds	$2.1 billion in bonds for water projects, forest and open space acquisition	a
LBM	Proposition 13	Bonds	$1.97 billion in bonds for water projects	a
LBM	Proposition 14	Bonds	$350 million in bonds for libraries and literacy programs	a
LBM	Proposition 15	Bonds	$220 million in bonds for Hertzberg-Polanco crime labs construction	d
LBM	Proposition 16	Bonds	$50 million in bonds for veterans	a
LRCA	Proposition 17	Gambling	Non-profits allowed to conduct lotteries and charitable raffles	a
LRSS	Proposition 18	Law enforcement	Special circumstances where no possibility of parole is available for murder convictions	a
LRSS	Proposition 19	Law enforcement	Extend who is defined as a police officer for special circumstance murder trials	a
LRSS	Proposition 20	Gambling	Part of California state lottery proceeds for textbooks	a
CISS	Proposition 21	Law enforcement	Juvenile crime treatment provisions	a
CISS	Proposition 22	Marriage	Limit on marriages	a
CISS	Proposition 23	Elections	"None of the Above" ballot option	d
	Prop 24		Removed from ballot by the California Supreme Court
CISS	Proposition 25	Elections and campaigns	Campaign contribution and spending limits	d
CICA	Proposition 26	Education	Allow local school bonds to be approved by majority, rather than supermajority, vote	d
CISS	Proposition 27	Term limits	Declaration of position on term limits to appear on ballot	d
CISS	Proposition 28	Taxes	Repeal "First Five" tobacco surtax	d
VR	Proposition 29	Gambling	1998 Indian gaming compacts	a
VR	Proposition 30	Business regulation	Insurance claims practices, civil remedies	d
VR	Proposition 31	Business regulation	Limits on third-party claimant lawsuits in insurance proceedings	d

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 32	Bonds	Veterans' bond act ($500 million)	a
LRCA	Proposition 33	State legislature	Legislative participation in retirement system	d
LRSS	Proposition 34	Elections and campaigns	Campaign spending limits, disclosure	a
CICA	Proposition 35	Admin of gov't	Governing engineering/architectural contracts on public works	a
CISS	Proposition 36	Marijuana	Probation and treatment	a
CICA	Proposition 37	Taxes	Redefines some fees as taxes	d
CICA	Proposition 38	School choice	Allow school choice	d
CICA	Proposition 39	Education	Authorizes local school bond issues for certain uses if approved by 55%	a

See also

• List of California ballot propositions from 1912-present
• History of Initiative and Referendum in California
• Laws governing I&R in California

Struck from ballot

• California Proposition 24 (2000)

External links

• Official California Voter Guide for the March ballot proposition election
• Official California Voter Guide for the November 7, 2000 ballot proposition election
• Official declaration of the March 7, 2000 vote
• Official declaration of the November 7, 2000 vote
• Official March 7, 2000 Ballot Proposition Voter Guide for Propositions 1A and 12-29 (PDF of paper version)]
• Official March 7, 2000 Ballot Proposition Voter Guide for Propositions 30 and 31 (PDF of paper version)
• Official November 7, 2000 Ballot Proposition Voter Guide for Propositions 32-39 (PDF of paper version)
• Spending on 2000 California ballot measures