California Proposition 65, Local Government Revenue Reduction Voter Approval Requirement Initiative (2004)

California Proposition 65
Election date November 2, 2004
Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance
Status d Defeated
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

California Proposition 65 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 2, 2004. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported requiring voter approval of state legislation that decreased local governments' revenue from vehicle license fees, sales taxes, and property taxes.

A "no" vote opposed requiring voter approval of state legislation that decreased local governments' revenue from vehicle license fees, sales taxes, and property taxes.

Election results

California Proposition 65
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		3,901,748	37.61%
No		6,471,506	62.39%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 65 was as follows:

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Local Government Funds, Revenues. State Mandates. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

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Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

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Requires voter approval for any legislation that provides for any reduction, based on January 1, 2003 levels, of local governments' vehicle license fee revenues, sales tax powers and revenues, and proportionate share of local property tax revenues. Permits local government to suspend performance of state mandate if state fails to reimburse local government within 180 days of final determination of state-mandated obligation; except mandates requiring local government to provide/modify: any protection, benefit or employment status to employee/retiree, or any procedural/substantive employment right for employee or employee organization.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Fiscal impact statement

The fiscal impact statement was as follows:

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Significant changes to state authority over local finances. Higher local government revenues than otherwise would have been the case, possibly in the billions of dollars annually over time. Any such local revenue impacts would result in decreased resources to the state of similar amounts.

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Path to the ballot

In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated amendments filed in 2004, at least 598,105 valid signatures were required.

See also

2004 Measures

• 2004 Measures
• Vehicle and driver regulations on the ballot
• Ballot measure process on the ballot
• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• 2004 legislative sessions

California

• California ballot measures
• California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• 2004 General Election Voter Guide