California 2006 ballot propositions

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Fifteen statewide ballot propositions were on the 2006 ballot in California.

Nine of the 15 measures were initiatives, while 6 of the propositions were referred to the ballot by the California State Legislature. Of the nine initiatives, only 2 of were approved, including Proposition 83 (Jessica's Law), which requires sex offenders to wear a GPS device after being released from prison.

According to an analysis of California ballot initiative petition signature costs for 2006, a total of $16,843,421 was spent collecting signatures to qualify the initiated measures for the 2006 ballot.

Campaign spending on 2006's Proposition 87 stood out for two reasons:

• A total of $154.3 million was spent by both sides.
• Stephen Bing's contribution of $49.5 million amounted to "the biggest single personal investment in a ballot proposition in state history".,

On the ballot

June 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 81	Bonds	$600 million in bonds for libraries	d
CICA/SS	Proposition 82	Education, taxes	Tax increase on higher-income individuals to fund pre-school	d

November 7

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1A	Transportation	Transportation funding	a
LBM	Proposition 1B	Bonds	$19.925 billion in bonds for highway safety, air quality	a
LBM	Proposition 1C	Bonds	$2.85 billion in bonds for housing, emergency shelter	a
LBM	Proposition 1D	Bonds	$10.4 billion in bonds for education facilities	a
LBM	Proposition 1E	Bonds	$4.1 billion in bonds for disaster preparedness	a
CISS	Proposition 83	Law enforcement	Sex offenders, monitoring	a
CISS	Proposition 84	Bonds	$5.4 billion in bonds for flood control	a
CICA	Proposition 85	Abortion	Require parental notification of a minor's abortion	d
CICA/SS	Proposition 86	Taxes	Tax on cigarettes	d
CICA/SS	Proposition 87	Environment, taxes	New tax on gas, oil	d
CICA/SS	Proposition 88	Education, taxes	Impose a new statewide $50 parcel tax	d
CISS	Proposition 89	Elections and campaigns	Public funding for political campaigns	d
CICA	Proposition 90	Eminent domain	Limit government's ability to take property through power of eminent domain	d

Cost of signatures

See also: California ballot initiative petition signature costs

Ballot measure	Subject	Signature collection company	Cost	Signatures required	CPRS
Proposition 82	Education	Kimball Petition Management	$1,616,569	598,105	$2.70
Proposition 83	Law enforcement	Bader & Associates	$700,000	373,816	$1.87
Proposition 84	Bond issues	Kimball Petition Management	$1,043,484	373,816	$2.79
Proposition 85	Abortion	Bader & Associates	$2,527,615	598,105	$4.22
Proposition 86	Taxes	Masterson & Wright	$2,558,147	598,105	$4.28
Proposition 87	Taxes	Kimball Petition Management	$2,382,280	598,105	$3.98
Proposition 88	Taxes	National Petition Management	$4,226,621	598,105	$7.06
Proposition 89	Elections and campaigns			373,816
Proposition 90	Eminent domain	Arno Political Consultants	$1,788,706	598,105	$2.99
		TOTAL:	$16,843,422

Background

As of the end of 2006, a cumulative total of 310 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.

See also

• List of California ballot propositions from 1912-present
• California 2008 ballot propositions
• History of Initiative and Referendum in California
• Laws governing I&R in California
• List of California ballot propositions

External links

• June 6, 2006 online voter guide (official)
• November 7, 2006 online voter guide (official)
• PDF of the mailed June 6, 2006 voter guide for Propositions 81 and 82
• PDF of the mailed November 7, 2006 voter guide for Propositions 1A-1E and 83-90
• Official declaration of the November 7, 2006 results on ballot propositions
• Official declaration of the June 6, 2006 results on ballot propositions