Californians decided on 1,306 ballot measures between 1910 and 2024
Ballotpedia completed an inventory of all California ballot measures since 1910, the year before they adopted the initiative and referendum process. Californians decided on 1,306 ballot measures between 1910 and 2024. Seven hundred fifty-two (752) measures were approved, and five hundred fifty-four (554) measures were defeated.
The California State Legislature has voted to refer 862 ballot measures to the state ballot between 1910 and 2024—nearly double the amount of initiatives (444) placed on the ballot by citizens. Legislatively referred measures were approved 69% of the time, as compared to 36% for ballot initiatives.
The inventory of California statewide ballot measures is part of Ballotpedia's Historical Ballot Measure Factbook, which will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will provide an unparalleled resource for researchers, reporters, and the voting public on how ballot measures have evolved, the issues they've covered, and the role they have played in our civic life.
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| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LRCA | Eliminate Successor Election at a State Officer Recall Election Amendment | Eliminate the successor election when a state officer is recalled, thereby leaving the office vacant until it is filled according to state law | On the ballot |
| 2026 | LRCA | Vote Requirements for Initiatives Requiring Supermajority Votes Amendment | Require initiatives that change vote thresholds to supermajority votes to pass by the same vote requirement as is being proposed | On the ballot |
| 2025 | LRCA | Proposition 50 | Allow the state to use a new congressional district map for 2026 through 2030 | On the ballot |
| 2024 | LRSS | Proposition 1 | Change the Mental Health Services Act to Behavioral Health Services Act and issue bonds for veteran housing and housing for homeless persons | Approved |
| 2024 | BI | Proposition 2 | Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities | Approved |
| 2024 | CISS | Proposition 32 | Increase the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour | Defeated |
| 2024 | CISS | Proposition 33 | Repeals Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act | Defeated |
| 2024 | CISS | Proposition 34 | Requires health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care | Approved |
| 2024 | CISS | Proposition 35 | Permanently authorizes a tax on managed care organizations to fund Medi-Cal programs | Approved |
| 2024 | CISS | Proposition 36 | Increase penalties for certain drug crimes and theft convictions and allow a new class of crime to be called treatment-mandated felony | Approved |
| 2024 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Repeal Proposition 8 and establish a right to marry | Approved |
| 2024 | BI | Proposition 4 | Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects | Approved |
| 2024 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Lower the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure | Defeated |
| 2024 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Remove involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime from the state constitution | Defeated |
| 2022 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Provide a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined to include abortion and contraceptives | Approved |
| 2022 | CICA/SS | Proposition 26 | Legalize sports betting at American Indian gaming casinos and licensed racetracks in California | Defeated |
| 2022 | CICA/SS | Proposition 27 | Legalize online and mobile sports betting in California | Defeated |
| 2022 | CISS | Proposition 28 | Require funding for K-12 art and music education | Approved |
| 2022 | CISS | Proposition 29 | Enact staffing requirements, reporting requirements, ownership disclosure, and closing requirements for chronic dialysis clinics | Defeated |
| 2022 | CISS | Proposition 30 | Create a 1.75% tax on personal income above $2 million and allocate revenue for zero-emissions vehicle and wildfire programs | Defeated |
| 2022 | VR | Proposition 31 | Uphold a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products | Approved |
| 2020 | BI | Proposition 13 | Authorizes $15 billion in bonds for school and college facilities | Defeated |
| 2020 | CISS | Proposition 14 | Issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research institute | Approved |
| 2020 | CICA | Proposition 15 | Requires commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on market value and dedicates revenue | Defeated |
| 2020 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Repeals Proposition 209 (1996), which says that the state cannot consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, or contracting | Defeated |
| 2020 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Restores the right to vote to people convicted of felonies who are on parole | Approved |
| 2020 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primaries and special elections | Defeated |
| 2020 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Changes how tax assessments are transferred between properties and inheritance rules for tax assessments; Dedicates increases in state revenue to fire agencies and counties | Approved |
| 2020 | CISS | Proposition 20 | Makes changes to policies related to criminal sentencing charges, prison release, and DNA collection | Defeated |
| 2020 | CISS | Proposition 21 | Expands the power of local governments to use rent control | Defeated |
| 2020 | CISS | Proposition 22 | Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts several labor policies related to app-based companies | Approved |
| 2020 | CISS | Proposition 23 | Adopts new regulations for dialysis clinics, including having an on-site physician and requring consent to close | Defeated |
| 2020 | CISS | Proposition 24 | Expands the provisions of the state's consumer privacy law | Approved |
| 2020 | VR | Proposition 25 | Upholds the contested legislation, Senate Bill 10, which would replace cash bail with risk assessments for detained suspects awaiting trials | Defeated |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CISS | Proposition 10 | Repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, allowing local governments to adopt rent control on any type of rental housing | Defeated |
| 2018 | CISS | Proposition 11 | Allow ambulance providers to require workers to remain on-call during breaks paid at their regular rate, among other changes | Approved |
| 2018 | CISS | Proposition 12 | Establish minimum space requirements for calves raised for veal, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens | Approved |
| 2018 | BI | Proposition 1 | Authorize $4 billion in general obligation bonds for housing-related programs, loans, grants, and projects and housing loans for veterans | Approved |
| 2018 | LRSS | Proposition 2 | Allow the state to use revenue from Proposition 63 (2004)—a 1 percent tax on income above $1 million for mental health services—on $2 billion in revenue bonds for homelessness prevention housing for persons in need of mental health services | Approved |
| 2018 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Authorize $8.877 billion in general obligation bonds for water infrastructure, groundwater supplies and storage, surface water storage and dam repairs, watershed improvements, and habitat restoration | Defeated |
| 2018 | CISS | Proposition 4 | Authorize $1.5 billion in bonds for the construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping of children's hospitals in California | Approved |
| 2018 | CICA/SS | Proposition 5 | Amend Proposition 13 (1978) to allow homebuyers who are age 55 or older or severely disabled to transfer their tax assessments, with a possible adjustment, from their prior home to their new home | Defeated |
| 2018 | BI | Proposition 68 | Authorize $4 billion in general obligation bonds for state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, and flood protection projects | Approved |
| 2018 | LRCA | Proposition 69 | Require that revenue from the diesel sales tax and Transportation Improvement Fee be used for transportation-related purposes | Approved |
| 2018 | CICA | Proposition 6 | Repeal fuel tax increases and vehicle fees from the 2017 RRAA and require voter approval for future fuel tax or vehicle fee changes by the California State Legislature. | Defeated |
| 2018 | LRCA | Proposition 70 | Require a one-time two-thirds vote in each chamber of the state legislature in 2024 or thereafter to pass a spending plan for revenue from the state's cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases. | Defeated |
| 2018 | LRCA | Proposition 71 | Move the effective date of ballot propositions, including citizen initiatives and legislative referrals, from the day after election day to the fifth day after the secretary of state certifies election results | Approved |
| 2018 | LRCA | Proposition 72 | Allow the state legislature to exclude rainwater capture systems added after January 1, 2019, from property tax reassessments | Approved |
| 2018 | LRSS | Proposition 7 | Allow the California Legislature to adjust daylight saving time or adopt permanent standard or daylight time with a two-thirds vote, pending federal law | Approved |
| 2018 | CISS | Proposition 8 | Require dialysis clinics to issue refunds to patients or patients' payers for revenue above certain limits | Defeated |
| 2016 | LRCA | Proposition 50 | Require a two-thirds majority to suspend a state legislator | Approved |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 51 | Authorizes $9 billion in bonds for education and schools | Approved |
| 2016 | CICA/SS | Proposition 52 | Require voter approval of changes to the hospital fee program | Approved |
| 2016 | CICA | Proposition 53 | Require voter approval of projects that cost more than $2 billion | Defeated |
| 2016 | CICA/SS | Proposition 54 | Prohibit the legislature from passing any bill until it has been in print and published on the Internet for 72 hours prior to the vote | Approved |
| 2016 | CICA | Proposition 55 | Extend personal income tax on incomes over $250,000 to provide education and healthcare funding | Approved |
| 2016 | CICA/SS | Proposition 56 | Increase the cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack | Approved |
| 2016 | CICA/SS | Proposition 57 | Increase parole and good behavior opportunities for felons convicted of non-violent crimes and juvenile trials | Approved |
| 2016 | LRSS | Proposition 58 | Allow bilingual education in public schools | Approved |
| 2016 | LRAQ | Proposition 59 | Advise on the state's position on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission | Approved |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 60 | Require the use of condoms in pornographic films | Defeated |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 61 | Regulate drug prices by requiring state agencies to pay no more than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays for prescription drugs | Defeated |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 62 | Abolish the death penalty in California | Defeated |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 63 | Prohibit the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines (defined as more than 10 rounds) and require certain individuals to pass a background check in order to purchase ammunition | Approved |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 64 | Legalize marijuana and hemp in California | Approved |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 65 | Dedicates revenue from grocery and retail carry-out bags to a special fund administered by the Wildlife Conservation Board | Defeated |
| 2016 | CISS | Proposition 66 | Changes death penalty procedures | Approved |
| 2016 | VR | Proposition 67 | Upholds prohibition on plastic single-use carryout bags | Approved |
| 2014 | BI | Proposition 1 | Issue $7.12 billion in bonds for California's water system | Approved |
| 2014 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Increase amount of potential savings in the state rainy day fund from 5% to 10% of the General Fund | Approved |
| 2014 | BI | Proposition 41 | Issue $600 million in bonds for veterans housing and homelessness prevention | Approved |
| 2014 | LRCA | Proposition 42 | Require local agencies to comply with the California Public Records Act | Approved |
| 2014 | CISS | Proposition 45 | Require public notice for insurance company rates | Defeated |
| 2014 | CISS | Proposition 46 | Increase the cap on damages that can be assessed in medical negligence lawsuits to over $1 million | Defeated |
| 2014 | CISS | Proposition 47 | Reduce the classification of certain nonviolent crimes from a felony to a misdemeanor | Approved |
| 2014 | VR | Proposition 48 | Ratify gaming compacts with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and the Wiyot Tribe | Defeated |
| 2012 | CICA | Proposition 28 | Change term limits for state legislators | Approved |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 29 | Increase the tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research | Defeated |
| 2012 | CICA | Proposition 30 | Increase the state sales and income taxes for seven years | Approved |
| 2012 | CICA/SS | Proposition 31 | Establish a two-year budget cycle, among other changes | Defeated |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 32 | Ban unions and corporations from contributing payroll-deducted funds to state and local candidates and ban government contractors from contributing to candidates that may award government contracts | Defeated |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 33 | Allow insurers to set prices based on whether the driver previously carried insurance coverage with any insurance company over the last five years | Defeated |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 34 | Prohibit the death penalty and replace it with a maximum life sentence without the opportunity for parole | Defeated |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 35 | Increase human trafficking penalties, allocate fines to victims, mandate offender registration, and require law enforcement training | Approved |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 36 | Revise the three-strikes law to impose life sentences only for serious or violent felonies and allow resentencing for non-serious, non-violent felonies, excluding cases of rape, murder, or child molestation | Approved |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 37 | Require labeling for foods that are genetically modified and prohibit labeling such foods as natural | Defeated |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 38 | Increase state income taxes by 0.4% for lowest individual earners to 2.2% for individuals earning over $2.5 million to fund education and early childhood programs | Defeated |
| 2012 | CISS | Proposition 39 | Require out-of-state businesses to calculate income taxes based on percentage of sales in California, among other changes | Approved |
| 2012 | VR | Proposition 40 | Uphold the State Senate districts drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission, which took effect on June 5, 2012 | Approved |
| 2010 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Exempt construction to seismically retrofit buildings from property tax reassessment | Approved |
| 2010 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Establish a top-two system for primary elections | Approved |
| 2010 | LRSS | Proposition 15 | Repeal the state ban on public funding of campaigns | Defeated |
| 2010 | CICA | Proposition 16 | Prohibit a local government from incurring any debt or expending public funds to expand electricity delivery services and prohibit local governments from becoming an aggregate electricity provider without a two-thirds supermajority vote of approval from voters | Defeated |
| 2010 | CISS | Proposition 17 | Allow car insurance companies to decrease or increase rates based on a driver's history of continuous car insurance coverage | Defeated |
| 2010 | CISS | Proposition 19 | Legalize marijuana in California | Defeated |
| 2010 | CICA | Proposition 20 | Transfer the power of congressional redistricting from the California State Legislature and the governor to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission | Approved |
| 2010 | CISS | Proposition 21 | Create an $18 surcharge to vehicle registration fees and dedicating revenue from the surcharge to state parks and wildlife programs | Defeated |
| 2010 | CICA | Proposition 22 | Prohibit the state from redirecting property tax revenues from local jurisdictions and using fuel tax revenue to pay for transportation bonds, even in the case of a fiscal emergency | Approved |
| 2010 | CISS | Proposition 23 | Suspend Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), which required greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, until California's unemployment rate decreases to 5.5% or less for four consecutive quarters | Defeated |
| 2010 | CISS | Proposition 24 | Repeal 2008 and 2009 tax laws that allowed corporations to lower their tax liability through transferring operating losses to prior years, sharing tax credits among affiliated corporations, and changing the tax calculation for multi-state businesses | Defeated |
| 2010 | CICA | Proposition 25 | Change the requirement to pass the state budget from two-thirds to a simple majority vote of the legislature and requiring legislators to forfeit pay when they do not pass a state budget on time | Approved |
| 2010 | CICA | Proposition 26 | Increase the vote requirement needed to impose certain new taxes and fees by the state legislature and local governments from a simple majority to a two-thirds supermajority vote | Approved |
| 2010 | CICA/SS | Proposition 27 | Repeal a 2008 ballot measure that established a citizens commission for legislative redistricting and returning the power of redistricting to the state legislature | Defeated |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | LRCA | Proposition 1A | Extend tax increases passed under the February 2009 budget bill for one to two years | Defeated |
| 2009 | LRCA | Proposition 1B | Make supplemental appropriations for K-12 schools and community colleges annually beginning in 2011-12 until reaching a total of $9.3 billion, dependent on approval of Proposition 1A | Defeated |
| 2009 | LRCA | Proposition 1C | Authorize borrowing against future lottery proceeds, repeal the requirement that lottery revenue be used only for education, and revise lottery management details | Defeated |
| 2009 | LRSS | Proposition 1D | Redirect $268 million in annual tobacco tax revenue currently earmarked for First Five early childhood development programs | Defeated |
| 2009 | LRSS | Proposition 1E | Redirect funds from Proposition 63 of 2004 for a two-year period to support mental health programs through the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program | Defeated |
| 2009 | LRCA | Proposition 1F | Prohibit pay increases for state legislators and certain state executive officials in years that the state is experiencing a budget deficit | Approved |
| 2008 | CISS | Proposition 10 | Issue $5 billion in bonds for alternative fuel projects | Defeated |
| 2008 | CICA/SS | Proposition 11 | Transfer the legislative redistricting power from elected representatives to a 14 member commission | Approved |
| 2008 | BI | Proposition 12 | Issue $900 million in bonds to provide loans to veterans to purchase homes or farms | Approved |
| 2008 | BI | Proposition 1A | Issue $9.95 in bonds for high-speed rail project | Approved |
| 2008 | CISS | Proposition 2 | Establish minimum space requirements based on square feet for calves raised for veal, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens | Approved |
| 2008 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Issue $980 million in bonds for children's hospitals | Approved |
| 2008 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Require parental notification before a minor can receive an abortion | Defeated |
| 2008 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Make changes to drug crime policy, sentencing, and rehabilitation programs | Defeated |
| 2008 | CISS | Proposition 6 | Make changes to gang-related criminal laws, law enforcement funding, and parole agent caseloads | Defeated |
| 2008 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Increase the state's renewable portfolio standard and make changes to renewable energy market regulations | Defeated |
| 2008 | CICA | Proposition 8 | Define marriage as between one man and one woman, reversing a state judicial ruling that legalized same-sex marriage | Approved |
| 2008 | CICA | Proposition 91 | Prohibit funds generated from certain gas taxes dedicated for transportation projects from being deposited into the state's general fund | Defeated |
| 2008 | CICA/SS | Proposition 92 | Change the existing formula for community college funding, reduce the credit fee from $20 per unit to $15 per unit, and establish independent community college districts and board of governors | Defeated |
| 2008 | CICA | Proposition 93 | Change the state's term limits to limit state legislators to a maximum of 12 years in office without regard to what chamber they were serving in | Defeated |
| 2008 | VR | Proposition 94 | Uphold a change to the gaming compact between the state and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians to allow them to operate an additional slot machines and require the tribe to pay $42.5 million and a portion of the additional slot revenue to the state | Approved |
| 2008 | VR | Proposition 95 | Uphold a change to the gaming compact between the state and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians to allow them to operate an additional slot machines and require the tribe to pay $36.7 million and a portion of the additional slot revenue to the state | Approved |
| 2008 | VR | Proposition 96 | Uphold a gaming compact enacted in early 2007 between the state of California and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation | Approved |
| 2008 | VR | Proposition 97 | Uphold a change to the gaming compact between the state and the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians to allow them to operate an additional slot machines and require the tribe to pay $23.4 million and a portion of the additional slot revenue to the state | Approved |
| 2008 | CICA | Proposition 98 | Enact new limits on eminent domain, prohibit any future rent control measures, and phase out rent control measures enacted prior to January 2007 | Defeated |
| 2008 | CICA | Proposition 99 | Prohibit state and local governments from acquiring an owner-occupied residence for the purpose of conveying it to another person with certain listed exceptions | Approved |
| 2008 | CICA/SS | Proposition 9 | Add specific rights of crime victims, together known as Marsy's Law, to the California Constitution | Approved |
| 2006 | LRCA | Proposition 1A | Require gasoline sales tax revenue Transportation Investment Fund transfer suspensions to be treated as loans to the state general fund that must be repaid in full with interest within three years | Approved |
| 2006 | BI | Proposition 1B | Issue $19.925 billion in bonds for transportation projects | Approved |
| 2006 | BI | Proposition 1C | Issue $2.85 million in bonds for housing and development programs | Approved |
| 2006 | BI | Proposition 1D | Issue $10.416 billion in bonds for public school facility repairs and upgrades | Approved |
| 2006 | BI | Proposition 1E | Issue $4.09 billion in bonds for flood control structures and water supply systems | Approved |
| 2006 | BI | Proposition 81 | Issue $600 million in general obligation bonds to fund grants to local governments to fund the construction, expansion, or renovation of libraries | Defeated |
| 2006 | CICA/SS | Proposition 82 | Create a free, voluntary, half-day public preschool program available to all four-year olds funded by a 1.7% tax on individual incomes above $400,000 | Defeated |
| 2006 | CISS | Proposition 83 | Increase civil and criminal penalties for sex offenders and child molesters, prohibit offenders from living within 2,000 feet of any school or park, and require GPS monitoring of offenders | Approved |
| 2006 | CISS | Proposition 84 | Issue $5.4 billion in bonds for projects related to water quality and supply, flood control, water pollution, and water conservation | Approved |
| 2006 | CICA | Proposition 85 | Require notification of a parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion | Defeated |
| 2006 | CICA/SS | Proposition 86 | Increase tax on cigarettes by $2.60 per pack and increasing the sales tax on other tobacco products | Defeated |
| 2006 | CICA/SS | Proposition 87 | Enact a severance tax on oil producers in California based on the gross value of each barrel of oil with funds dedicated to research and production of alternative energy | Defeated |
| 2006 | CICA/SS | Proposition 88 | Enact a $50 statewide parcel tax with funding dedicated to fund K-12 public class size reduction, instructional material, school safety, facility grants, and data systems | Defeated |
| 2006 | CISS | Proposition 89 | Create a public campaign finance program and increase the income tax rate paid by corporations from 8.4% to 9.04% and the income tax rate paid by financial institutions from 10.84% to 11.04% | Defeated |
| 2006 | CICA | Proposition 90 | Require the government to pay for private property losses that result from new laws or rules and limiting government authority to take private property | Defeated |
| 2005 | CICA | Proposition 73 | Require notification of a parent or legal guardian of a pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion | Defeated |
| 2005 | CISS | Proposition 74 | Extend the probationary period for newly hired teachers from two consecutive school years to five and change the process for dismissing permanent teachers who had received two unsatisfactory performance evaluations | Defeated |
| 2005 | CISS | Proposition 75 | Require obtaining written consent from employees before using union dues for political contributions | Defeated |
| 2005 | CICA | Proposition 76 | Limit state spending to the prior year's level plus three previous years’ average revenue growth, change state minimum funding for schools, and enact other budgetary changes | Defeated |
| 2005 | CICA | Proposition 77 | Transfer legislative and congressional redistricting from the state legislature to a panel of three retired judges | Defeated |
| 2005 | CISS | Proposition 78 | Establish a state drug discount program to reduce prices for prescription drugs for Californians with an income at or below 300% of the federal poverty level | Defeated |
| 2005 | CISS | Proposition 79 | Establish a state drug discount program to reduce prices for prescription drugs for Californians with an income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level | Defeated |
| 2005 | CISS | Proposition 80 | Place electric service providers under the regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, require public and private electric service providers to increase renewable energy resource procurement by at least 1% each year, with 20% of retail sales procured from renewable energy by 2010 | Defeated |
| 2004 | LRCA | Proposition 1A | Add language to constitution stating that local property and sales tax revenue is to remain with local governments | Approved |
| 2004 | BI | Proposition 55 | Issue $12.3 billion in bonds for school and college facilities | Approved |
| 2004 | CICA/SS | Proposition 56 | Decrease legislative vote needed to pass state budget from 2/3 to 55% | Defeated |
| 2004 | BI | Proposition 57 | Issue $15 billion in bonds for the state government's deficit | Approved |
| 2004 | LRCA | Proposition 58 | Require the passage of balanced budgets | Approved |
| 2004 | LRCA | Proposition 59 | Create a state constitutional right to public information and access to public meetings | Approved |
| 2004 | LRCA | Proposition 60A | Dedicate revenue from government property surplus sales to paying for Proposition 57 | Approved |
| 2004 | LRCA | Proposition 60 | Create a state constitutional right for political parties that participated in primaries to participate in general elections | Approved |
| 2004 | CISS | Proposition 61 | Issue $750 million bonds for children's hospitals | Approved |
| 2004 | CICA/SS | Proposition 62 | Establish a top-two system primary election system | Defeated |
| 2004 | CISS | Proposition 63 | Adopt a 1% tax on income above $1 million for mental healthcare services | Approved |
| 2004 | CISS | Proposition 64 | Change the rules governing California's Unfair Competition Law | Approved |
| 2004 | CICA | Proposition 65 | Require voter approval of legislation that decreases local governments' revenues from the state from specific taxes | Defeated |
| 2004 | CISS | Proposition 66 | Amend the state's three-strikes criminal sentencing law to reduce the number of crimes for which someone can be sentenced for life | Defeated |
| 2004 | CICA/SS | Proposition 67 | Create a 3% surcharge on telephone calls to provide emergency medical services funding | Defeated |
| 2004 | CICA/SS | Proposition 68 | Require American Indian tribes to pay 25% of slot machine and gaming device returns or allow non-tribal racetracks and gaming establishments to operate slot machines and gaming devices | Defeated |
| 2004 | CISS | Proposition 69 | Require that DNA be collected from persons convicted of felonies and submitted to a state database | Approved |
| 2004 | CICA/SS | Proposition 70 | Require the governor to execute American Indian tribe gaming compacts | Defeated |
| 2004 | CICA/SS | Proposition 71 | Establish a constitutional right to conduct stem cell research, create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), and issue a $3.00 billion bond to fund CIRM | Approved |
| 2004 | VR | Proposition 72 | Require employer contributions to healthcare insurance | Defeated |
| 2003 | LRCA | Proposition 53 | Dedicate upwards of 3% of General Fund revenues each year to fund state and local infrastructure projects | Defeated |
| 2003 | CICA | Proposition 54 | Prohibit government from classifying people based on race, ethnicity, color, or national origin in public education, contracting, or employment | Defeated |
| 2002 | BI | Proposition 40 | Issue $2.6 billion for environmental and park projects | Approved |
| 2002 | BI | Proposition 41 | Issue $200 million in bonds to provide counties with money to purchase new voting equipment | Approved |
| 2002 | LRCA | Proposition 42 | Require the state gas sales tax to be allocated for transportation purposes | Approved |
| 2002 | LRCA | Proposition 43 | Amend the constitution to state that "a voter who casts a vote in an election in accordance with the laws of this state shall have that vote counted." | Approved |
| 2002 | LRSS | Proposition 44 | Revoke chiropractic licenses for 10 years if a chiropractor is convicted a second time or on multiple counts of insurance fraud and other offenses | Approved |
| 2002 | CICA | Proposition 45 | Provide for a local legislative option process in which voters of a state House or Senate district could petition the secretary of state to allow their term-limited representative or senator to serve an extra four years | Defeated |
| 2002 | BI | Proposition 46 | Issue $2.1 billion in bonds for housing projects, including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing | Approved |
| 2002 | BI | Proposition 47 | Issue $13.05 billion in bonds for construction and renovation of public school facilities | Approved |
| 2002 | LRCA | Proposition 48 | Amend the California Constitution to remove any reference to municipal courts, which had been eliminated in 1998 | Approved |
| 2002 | CISS | Proposition 49 | Increase grants for before and after school programs and making every public school, including charter schools, eligible for grants | Approved |
| 2002 | CISS | Proposition 50 | Issue $3.4 billion in general obligation bonds for water projects including the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, regional water management, and safe drinking water | Approved |
| 2002 | CISS | Proposition 51 | Authorize the state to reallocate 30% of tax revenue from the sale of motor vehicles from the general fund to the Traffic congestion Relief and Safe School Bus Trust Fund | Defeated |
| 2002 | CISS | Proposition 52 | Allow eligible voters to register to vote on election day with valid identification, increase the criminal penalty for committing voter fraud, and create a fund to implement the measure | Defeated |
| 2000 | BI | Proposition 12 | issue $2.1 billion in bonds for clean water, recreational projects, and preserve open space and farmland | Approved |
| 2000 | BI | Proposition 13 | issue $1.97 billion in bonds for public water, wastewater treatment, groundwater storage, flood control, stream restoration, watershed protection, and other water-related projects | Approved |
| 2000 | BI | Proposition 14 | issue $350 million in bonds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities | Approved |
| 2000 | BI | Proposition 15 | Issue $220 million in bonds to fund the construction and renovation of forensic laboratories | Defeated |
| 2000 | BI | Proposition 16 | Issue $50 million in bonds to fund veterans' homes | Approved |
| 2000 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Permit private nonprofits to conduct raffles with at least 90% of the raffle's gross receipts dedicated to charitable purposes | Approved |
| 2000 | LRSS | Proposition 18 | Define 'lying in wait' as a special circumstance where the maximum penalty for first-degree murder is a life sentence without the possibility of parole or the death penalty | Approved |
| 2000 | LRSS | Proposition 19 | Require longer prison sentences for persons convicted of second-degree murder of a police officer working for the California State University system or the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District, making the criminal punishment consistent with the statewide policy for the murder of other police officers | Approved |
| 2000 | LRCA | Proposition 1A | Allow the governor to negotiate (subject to legislative approval) gambling compacts with Indians on tribal lands to authorize slot machines, lottery games, and banking and percentage card games | Approved |
| 2000 | LRSS | Proposition 20 | Require that half of any future growth in lottery funds be allocated to K-14 public schools and specifically used for instructional materials | Approved |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 21 | Increase criminal penalties for gang-related felonies, require individuals 14 years or older to be tried as adults for murder or specified sex offenses, prohibit the use of informal probation for any juvenile offender who commits a felony, and revise the lists of specific crimes defined as serious or violent offenses | Approved |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 22 | Define marriage between a man and a woman in the California Family Code | Approved |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 23 | Require election ballots for federal and state offices to provide an option to vote for 'none of the above' | Defeated |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 25 | Revise the state's campaign finance limits, create limited fundraising periods, provide public financing of certain candidate and ballot measure committees, and require top donors to ballot measure committees to be listed on pamphlets | Defeated |
| 2000 | CICA/SS | Proposition 26 | Decrease the vote requirement for certain local school bond questions from a two-thirds supermajority vote to a simple majority vote and require every K-12 school district to provide for charter school facilities "sufficient to accommodate the charter school’s students" | Defeated |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 27 | Allow all California candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to sign a non-binding declaration stating their intention to voluntarily limit their years of service to two terms in the Senate (12 years) or three terms in the House of Representatives (6 years) | Defeated |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 28 | Eliminate the $0.50 per-pack excise tax on cigarettes and the equivalent tax on other tobacco products imposed by Proposition 10 of 1988 and eliminate the California Children and Families First Trust Fund once all previously collected taxes under Proposition 10 were appropriated and expended | Defeated |
| 2000 | VR | Proposition 29 | Uphold the Pala Compacts, which authorized video lottery terminals as part of 11 tribal-state compacts | Approved |
| 2000 | VR | Proposition 30 | Uphold legislation that allowed third-party lawsuits against insurance companies for unfair claims practices in handling liability claims | Defeated |
| 2000 | VR | Proposition 31 | Uphold AB 1309, which was designed to limit certain third-party claimant lawsuits | Defeated |
| 2000 | BI | Proposition 32 | Issue $500 million in general obligation bonds for the Cal-Vet program | Approved |
| 2000 | LRCA | Proposition 33 | Allow members of the state legislature to participate in the state Public Employees Retirement System | Defeated |
| 2000 | LRSS | Proposition 34 | Enact campaign contribution limits to candidates for state elective offices | Approved |
| 2000 | CICA/SS | Proposition 35 | Allow the government to contract with private entities for engineering and architectural services | Approved |
| 2000 | CISS | Proposition 36 | Require that people convicted of the possession, use or transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture, receive probation and drug treatment, rather than incarceration | Approved |
| 2000 | CICA | Proposition 37 | Define a fee as a tax and require a two-thirds legislative vote to adopt a fee | Defeated |
| 2000 | CICA | Proposition 38 | Authorize a school voucher program providing at least $4,000 per pupil each year | Defeated |
| 2000 | CICA/SS | Proposition 39 | Reduce the supermajority requirement from two-thirds to 55% for voters to pass local school bond measures | Approved |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | CICA/SS | Proposition 10 | Enact a new tax on cigarettes to pay for childhood programs | Approved |
| 1998 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow local governments to enter into sales tax revenue sharing agreements | Approved |
| 1998 | BI | Proposition 1A | Issue $9.2 billion in bonds for education | Approved |
| 1998 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Allow environmentally contaminated buildings to be repaired or replaced without an increase in the tax-assessed value of the property | Approved |
| 1998 | LRCA | Proposition 219 | Require uniform ballot measure application in all parts of the jurisdiction affected by the measure | Approved |
| 1998 | LRCA | Proposition 220 | Consolidate superior and municipal courts | Approved |
| 1998 | LRCA | Proposition 221 | Give Commission on Judicial Performance authority to oversee and discipline court commissioners or referees | Approved |
| 1998 | LRSS | Proposition 222 | Provide that no person convicted of second-degree murder of a police officer may earn credits to reduce their prison sentence | Approved |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 223 | Limit amount school districts can spend on administrative costs and establish performance budgeting requirements | Defeated |
| 1998 | CICA | Proposition 224 | Require a new process for public entities prior to awarding contract for a variety of construction services | Defeated |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 225 | Require legislative candidates to indicate their position on term limits for U.S. Senate and U.S. House on ballot | Approved |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 226 | Prohibit deductions from paychecks and labor dues to fund political contributions without the consent of the worker | Defeated |
| 1998 | CISS | Propositition 227 | Require public schools to teach LEP students in special classes that are taught nearly all in English | Approved |
| 1998 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Require loans from transportation-related revenue to the state's general fund to be repaid within the same fiscal year | Approved |
| 1998 | LRSS | Proposition 3 | Change open primary to closed primary for presidential elections | Defeated |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 4 | Prohibit trapping of fur-bearing animals | Approved |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Provide for conditions for compact between Indian tribes and state of California on gambling on tribal lands | Approved |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 6 | Prohibit human consumption of horses | Approved |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Authorize tax credit for efforts to reduce emissions | Defeated |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 8 | Reduce class sizes and change teacher qualifications | Defeated |
| 1998 | CISS | Proposition 9 | Prohibit taxes and bonds surcharges to pay costs of nuclear power plants | Defeated |
| 1996 | BI | Proposition 192 | issue $2 billion in bonds to provide funds for a seismic retrofit program | Approved |
| 1996 | LRCA | Proposition 193 | Remove requirement for a new appraisal of real property upon purchase or transfer between grandparents and their grandchild | Approved |
| 1996 | LRSS | Proposition 194 | Prohibit prisoners employed by a joint venture program while in prison from applying for unemployment benefits once released | Approved |
| 1996 | LRSS | Proposition 195 | Add murder during or resulting from a carjacking or murder of a juror to the list of special circumstances for first-degree murder punishable by the death penalty | Approved |
| 1996 | LRSS | Proposition 196 | Add drive-by shooting murders to the list of crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment | Approved |
| 1996 | LRSS | Proposition 197 | Repeal the special protection status for mountain lions | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 198 | Adopt an open blanket primary system | Approved |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 199 | Prohibit rent control on mobile homes | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 200 | Require no-fault car insurance | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 201 | Require losing party to pay winning party's legal fees in shareholder actions against corporations | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 202 | Limit contingency fees which plaintiffs' attorneys may collect | Defeated |
| 1996 | BI | Proposition 203 | issue $3 billion in bonds for school facility improvements | Approved |
| 1996 | BI | Proposition 204 | Issue $995 million for water-related infrastructure and conservation projects | Approved |
| 1996 | BI | Proposition 205 | Issue $700 million bonds for county juvenile and adult correctional facilities | Defeated |
| 1996 | BI | Proposition 206 | Issue $400 million in bonds for farm aid and home aid for veterans | Approved |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 207 | Prohibit restrictions on negotiating attorneys' fees, prohibit lawsuits that are determined to be frivolous, and prohibit attorneys from charging certain fees | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 208 | Change California campaign finance laws to limit campaign contributions, prohibit contributions from lobbyists, establish voluntary campaign expenditure limits, and create penalties for campaign finance law violations | Approved |
| 1996 | CICA | Proposition 209 | Add language to the California Constitution that says that the state cannot discriminate against or grant preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting | Approved |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 210 | Increase the state minimum wage to $5.75 per hour | Approved |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 211 | Change laws concerning retirement savings securities fraud and prohibit limits on attorney-client arrangements | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 212 | Establish limits on campaign contributions to state and local candidates, prohibit lobbyist contributions, set voluntary spending caps, restrict fundraising periods, and impose penalties for campaign finance violations | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 213 | Prohibit uninsured or DUI drivers and felons injured during a crime or escape from suing the at-fault party for non-economic losses | Approved |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 214 | Enact new taxes on health care businesses for bed reductions, mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings; require healthcare businesses to make tax returns public, create a nonprofit public corporation for consumer advocacy, and prohibit healthcare businesses from denying recommended care without a physical examination | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 215 | Exempt patients and defined caregivers who possess or cultivate marijuana for medical treatment recommended by a physician from criminal laws which otherwise prohibit possession or cultivation of marijuana | Approved |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 216 | Prohibit healthcare businesses from denying recommended care without a physical examination, require healthcare businesses to make tax returns and other financial information public, and make other changes | Defeated |
| 1996 | CISS | Proposition 217 | Reinstate an income tax increase for individuals earning between $115,000 to $230,000 per year, which ended in 1995, and allocate the revenue from the increase to schools and local governments | Defeated |
| 1996 | CICA | Proposition 218 | Require local governments to refer ordinances to impose taxes or property-related assessments, fees, and charges to the ballot for voter consideration, require that elections for general taxes be held at regulation elections, and require a two-thirds supermajority vote of approval for special taxes | Approved |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 175 | Provide an income tax credit for renters that meet certain requirements. | Defeated |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 176 | Provide that nonprofit organizations that are federally tax-exempt, or exempt from certain state taxes, are also exempt from local taxes. | Approved |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 177 | Exempt parts of the value of a building that were added in order to make the building usable by a disabled person from property taxation. | Approved |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 178 | Exempt the value of a property that was related to the installation on the property of water conservation equipment from property taxation. | Defeated |
| 1994 | LRSS | Proposition 179 | Allow judges to issue sentences of 20 years to life to individuals convicted of certain second-degree murders. | Approved |
| 1994 | CISS | Proposition 180 | Authorize $2 billion in bonds for the acquisition and development of parks, historic sites and recreational facilities. | Defeated |
| 1994 | BI | Proposition 181 | Authorize the state to issue $1 million in bonds for rail transportation projects with repayment over 20 years. | Defeated |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 183 | Amend the state constitution to change laws governing recall elections. | Approved |
| 1994 | CISS | Proposition 184 | Create a three-strikes sentencing model to increase prison sentences for repeat offenders. | Approved |
| 1994 | CISS | Proposition 185 | Increase the retail tax on gasoline by 4% to fund transportation programs and projects. | Defeated |
| 1994 | CICA/SS | Proposition 186 | Create a single-payer healthcare system funded through existing healthcare funds as well as taxes on employers, individuals, and cigarettes/tobacco. | Defeated |
| 1994 | CISS | Proposition 187 | Create provisions related to those who have violated immigration laws. | Overturned |
| 1994 | CISS | Proposition 188 | Ban smoking in public with certain exceptions and regulate the location of tobacco billboards. | Defeated |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 189 | Allow courts to deny bail for individuals charged with a felony sexual assault. | Approved |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 190 | Make changes to the powers and makeup of the Commission on Judicial Performance. | Approved |
| 1994 | LRCA | Proposition 191 | Eliminate justice courts and give the state legislature authority to provide for the structure and jurisdiction of municipal courts. | Approved |
| 1994 | BI | Proposition 1A | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $2,000,000,000 for an earthquake relief and seismic retrofit program and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1994 | BI | Proposition 1B | Allow for bonds up to $1,000,000,000 for the construction and improvement of public schools and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1994 | BI | Proposition 1C | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $900,000,000 for public colleges and universities facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1993 | LRCA | Proposition 168 | Amend the constitutional definition of low-rent housing projects. | Defeated |
| 1993 | LRCA | Proposition 169 | Authorize a law relating to changes to appropriations in the budget. | Defeated |
| 1993 | LRCA | Proposition 170 | Establish provisions relating to repaying school bonds, approval of bonds for schools, and levying fees for schools. | Defeated |
| 1993 | LRCA | Proposition 171 | Authorize the legislature to extend special valuation provisions to replacement structures located in different counties. | Approved |
| 1993 | LRCA | Proposition 172 | Establish a revenue source from taxes for public safety purposes. | Approved |
| 1993 | BI | Proposition 173 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $200,000,000 for mortgage guaranty insurance and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1993 | CICA | Proposition 174 | Amend the state Constitution to require the state to establish a voucher program for schools. | Defeated |
| 1992 | BI | Proposition 152 | Allow the state legislature to issue $1.9 billion in bonds to fund the construction or improvement of California's public schools. | Approved |
| 1992 | BI | Proposition 153 | Allow $900 million in bonds to fund the construction or improvement of California's public college and university facilities. | Approved |
| 1992 | LRCA | Proposition 154 | Allow renters defined as low-income who purchased a home that he or she occupied as a renter to postpone payment of increased property taxes due to reappraisal | Defeated |
| 1992 | BI | Proposition 155 | Allow for bonds up to $900,000,000 for school construction and improvement and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1992 | BI | Proposition 156 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $1,000,000,000 for transportation improvements and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1992 | LRCA | Proposition 157 | Ban the collection of tolls on roads owned by the state and leased to a private entity after tolls had been collected for 35 years or upon expiration of the lease. | Defeated |
| 1992 | LRCA | Proposition 158 | Amend the constitution to create the Office of California Analyst to replace the Legislative Analyst. | Defeated |
| 1992 | LRCA | Proposition 159 | Establish the Auditor General is a constitutional office and establish procedures for the hiring and duties of the Auditor General. | Defeated |
| 1992 | LRCA | Proposition 160 | Allow the California State Legislature to expand the state's disabled veterans' property tax exemption. | Approved |
| 1992 | CISS | Proposition 161 | Allow mentally competent adults to instruct their physicians in writing to provide aid-in-dying. | Defeated |
| 1992 | CICA | Proposition 162 | Give the board of a public employee retirement system the sole ability to make decisions over the system and prohibit making changes to the board without voter approval. | Approved |
| 1992 | CICA/SS | Proposition 163 | Prohibit state and local governments from imposing sales or use taxes on food products | Approved |
| 1992 | CISS | Proposition 164 | Establish term limits for members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate based on years of service. | Approved |
| 1992 | CICA/SS | Proposition 165 | Allow the governor to declare a "fiscal emergency", make changes to the automatic cost of living adjustments for certain welfare programs, and allow counties to set general welfare assistance. | Defeated |
| 1992 | CISS | Proposition 166 | Require employers to provide health insurance to employees | Defeated |
| 1992 | CISS | Proposition 167 | Increase the tax for certain taxpayers, corporations, insurers, banks, and corporations and impose a new oil severance tax. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 107 | Issue $150 million in bonds for housing projects and purchasing assistance for first-time homebuyers. | Approved |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 108 | Issue $1 billion in bonds for passenger rail transportation projects. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 109 | Extend time from 12 days to 29 days for the Governor to review bills after adjournment in the first year of the legislative session. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 110 | Authorize the California State Legislature to allow severely disabled homeowners to transfer the value of their existing home to a replacement home. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 111 | Enact a 55% increase in truck weight fees and increase the tax by $0.01 on January 1 for the next four years. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 112 | Establish the Citizens Compensation Commission and limiting the ability of the state legislature to close sessions of the Legislature. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRSS | Proposition 113 | Amend the laws regulating licenses for chiropractors. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRSS | Proposition 114 | Amend the law to expand the types of peace officers whose murder is a special circumstance potentially warranting the death penalty. | Approved |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 115 | Create laws and constitutional amendments relating to criminal prosecution, crimes, and trials. | Approved |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 116 | Issue nearly $2 billion in bonds for passenger and commuter rail transportation projects. | Approved |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 117 | Create the Habitat Conservation Fund and appropriate $30 million annually to the fund until 2020. | Approved |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 118 | Require a two-thirds legislative vote and voter approval to approve state legislative and congressional redistricting plans | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 119 | Create the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission responsible for drawing district boundaries for the state legislative, congressional, and Board of Equalization districts | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 120 | Authorize the issuance of $450 million in bonds to fund prison construction. | Approved |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 121 | Authorize the issuance of $450 million in bonds for the construction of higher education facilities. | Approved |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 122 | Authorize the state to issue $300 million in bonds for seismic retrofitting of government facilities against earthquakes. | Approved |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 123 | Authorize the state to issue $800 million in bonds to fund the construction of public school facilities. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 124 | Allow local hospital districts to own stock of corporations engaging in any health-related business. | Defeated |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 125 | Authorize a portion of the revenue from motor vehicle gas taxes to be allocated to the purchase of rail transit vehicles and equipment. | Defeated |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 126 | Amend the state constitution to increase the taxes on alcohol. | Defeated |
| 1990 | LRCA | Proposition 127 | Amend the constitution to exclude earthquake safety modifications from property tax assessments until the property is sold. | Approved |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 128 | Regulate pesticides on food, establish water quality standards, and appropriate $340 million for environmental research and redwoods forestry projects. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 129 | Appropriate $1.9 billion over eight years for drug enforcement and issue $740 million in bonds for treatment and confinement facilities. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 130 | Impose restrictions on logging operations on nonfederal lands and authorize $742 million in bonds to acquire old-growth forestlands. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 131 | Establish provisions relating to term lengths and campaign finance contributions. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA | Proposition 132 | Establish the Marine Protection Zone, prohibit gill and trammel, and establish four new ocean water reserves for research purposes. | Approved |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 133 | Increase the state's sales tax, create the Safe Streets Fund, and prohibit the early release of certain convicted individuals. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 134 | Establish the Alcohol Surtax Fund and add an increased surtax of $0.05 on alcohol. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 135 | Appropriate $5 million annually to fund pesticide-related research, change the monitoring and regulation of pesticides on foods, and establish state training for pesticide users. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA | Proposition 136 | Require certain taxes be voted on by citizens. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA | Proposition 137 | Require voter approval for changes to the rules governing initiative petition circulators and how the initiative is presented to voters. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CISS | Proposition 138 | Establish provisions relating to logging, forests, greenhouse gases, and private land. | Defeated |
| 1990 | CICA/SS | Proposition 139 | Establish provisions relating to inmate labor. | Approved |
| 1990 | CICA | Proposition 140 | Create term limits and provisions relating to the legislature. | Approved |
| 1990 | LRSS | Proposition 141 | Extend to public agencies the prohibition on discharging or releasing into water chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 142 | Issue $400 million in bonds for home loans for veterans through the Cal-Vet program. | Approved |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 143 | Authorize the state to issue $450 million in bonds to fund the improvement of public higher education facilities in the state. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 144 | Authorize $450 million in bonds to fund the construction of new prisons and Youth Authority facilities to address overcrowding. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 145 | Issue $125 million in bonds to fund a housing and earthquake safety program. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 146 | Authorize $800 million in bonds for improvements to public school buildings under the State School Building Lease-Purchase Program. | Approved |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 147 | Authorize the state to issue $225 million in bonds to construct and renovate county correctional facilities and county juvenile facilities. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 148 | Authorize the state to issue $380 million for a water resources program and change provisions of the Water Conservation Bond Law. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 149 | Authorize the state to issue $437 million in bonds for developing and restoring state and local nature, historical, or museum properties. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 150 | Authorize the state to issue $200 million in bonds for the construction and renovation of county courthouse facilities. | Defeated |
| 1990 | BI | Proposition 151 | Authorize the state to issue $30 million in bonds for the construction of childcare facilities. | Defeated |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 100 | Implement motor vehicle insurance discounts for good drivers, and prohibit the government from setting insurance attorneys' fees. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 101 | Require insurance companies reduce the bodily injury liability and uninsured motorist parts of rates and limit claims for non-economic losses. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 102 | Require doctors to report suspected AIDs patients to local health officers. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 103 | Mandate 20% rate reduction for automobile and property/casualty insurance. | Approved |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 104 | Establish no-fault insurance for automobile accidents up to specified limits and permit individuals to sue for losses that exceed those limits. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 105 | Require certain disclosures for consumer, voters, and investors. | Approved |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 106 | Limit amount of contingency fee an attorney may collect from plaintiffs in tort cases. | Defeated |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 66 | Establish that the position of county assessor must be filled through an election. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRSS | Proposition 67 | Increase the minimum penalty for second-degree murder of a peace officer who was performing their duties to 25 years. | Approved |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 68 | Establish provisions relating to limits on campaign contributions and partial state funding for legislative candidates. | Approved |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 69 | Establish that AIDS and HIV are communicable diseases and establish provisions regarding the mandatory reporting of these diseases. | Defeated |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 70 | Allow for bonds up to $776,000,000 for the development and maintenance of natural lands and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1988 | CICA | Proposition 71 | Make changes to inflation calculations, taxes, and the use of state revenue. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CICA | Proposition 72 | Establish provisions relating to sales tax for motor vehicle fuel and general fund expenditures. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 73 | Place limits on campaign contributions and prohibit elected officials from using public funds to send mass mailings. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 74 | Allow for bonds up to $1,000,000,000 for road improvements and exclusive public mass transit guideways. | Defeated |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 75 | Allow for bonds up to $8,000,000 for the construction and improvement of public schools and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 76 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $510,000,000 for aiding veterans in purchasing farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 77 | Allow for bonds up to $150,000,000 for the California Earthquake Safety and Housing Rehabilitation program. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 78 | Issue $600 million in bonds for state higher education facilities. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 79 | Issue $800 million in bonds for public school construction and improvement. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 80 | Issue $817 million for the construction of new prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 81 | Issue $75 million for improvements to drinking water systems. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 82 | Issue $60 million for local water projects assistance program, water conservation programs, and groundwater recharge facilities. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 83 | Issue $65 million in bonds for water pollution control and water reclamation projects. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 84 | Authorize the issuance of $300 million in bonds to fund housing and first-time homebuyer purchase assistance. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 85 | Authorize the issuance of $75 million in bonds to fund library construction and renovation. | Approved |
| 1988 | BI | Proposition 86 | Authorize the issuance of $500 million in bonds to fund the county correctional facilities, county juvenile facilities, and youth centers. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 87 | Authorize the state legislature to require redevelopment agencies to use property tax revenue to pay off bonded indebtedness. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 88 | Authorize the state legislature to allow the deposit of public funds in any federally insured industrial loan company in California. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 89 | Authorize the governor to change any decision by the parole authority regarding the parole of those sentenced for committing murder. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 90 | Authorize individuals 55 years of age or older to transfer the assessed value of their residency to a replacement dwelling in other counties. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 91 | Establish provisions relating to justice courts and their justices. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 92 | Change provisions regarding serving on the Commission on Judicial Performance. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 93 | Remove the residency requirement for receiving the veterans' property tax exemption. | Approved |
| 1988 | LRCA | Proposition 94 | Allow judges to serve as part-time teachers. | Approved |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 95 | Establish infraction tickets for building standards and food preparation, create the "Corporation for California", and allow it to sell bonds. | Defeated |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 96 | Establish provisions regarding when there may be court-ordered HIV and other disease testing. | Approved |
| 1988 | CISS | Proposition 97 | Reestablish the private sector Cal-OSHA program and allow the state to enforce workplace health and safety standards where the state is also investigating such matters. | Approved |
| 1988 | CICA/SS | Proposition 98 | Adopt a law to establish a minimum level of funding for public education using two formulas. | Approved |
| 1988 | CICA/SS | Proposition 99 | Enact an additional excise tax of 25 cents per pack of cigarettes | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 42 | Authorize the state to issue $850 million in bonds to fund veterans home loans and farm aid. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 43 | Authorize the state to issue $100 million in bonds for park and recreational developments. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 44 | Authorize the state to issue $150 million in bonds for water conservation and water quality management. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 45 | Amend the state constitution to authorize the state to deposit public money in credit unions. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 46 | Amend the state constitution to create an exception to bond repayments. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 47 | Amend the constitution to require the state to allocate all revenues from taxes imposed under the Vehicle License Fee Law to counties and cities. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 48 | Amend the state constitution to set limits on retirement payments for enrollees of the California Legislators' and Judges' Retirement Systems. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 49 | Amend the state constitution to prohibit political parties or party central committees from endorsing or opposing nonpartisan candidates. | Overturned |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 50 | Require the state legislature to provide that a replacement property acquired after a declared disaster have the same tax assessment as the property damaged. | Approved |
| 1986 | CISS | Proposition 51 | Limit the liability of each responsible party in a lawsuit to that part of the non-economic damages that is equal to each responsible party's share of fault. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 52 | Authorize $495 million in bonds to fund the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, and replacement of county correctional facilities. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 53 | Authorize the state to issue $800 million in bonds for new public school construction and renovations. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 54 | Authorize the state to issue $500 million in bonds for the construction of new prisons. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 55 | Authorize the state to issue $100 million in bonds to make loans and grants for local drinking water systems. | Approved |
| 1986 | BI | Proposition 56 | Authorize $400 million in bonds for construction or improvement of facilities at California's public higher education institutions. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 57 | Preclude the retirement benefits of any nonlegislative or nonjudicial elected state constitutional officers from increasing. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 58 | Establish that property tax re-assessments need not occur when real property is transferred between spouses and between parents and children. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 59 | Establish that the office of district attorney must be filled by election. | Approved |
| 1986 | LRCA | Proposition 60 | Establish a procedure for determining the property valuation for replacement residential property for those over 55. | Approved |
| 1986 | CICA | Proposition 61 | Increase the salary of certain elected officials and establish limits on the salaries of state and local government employees and contractors. | Defeated |
| 1986 | CISS | Proposition 62 | Require new or higher general taxes to be approved by a two-thirds vote of the local government body and a simple majority vote of voters | Approved |
| 1986 | CICA | Proposition 63 | Designate English as the official language of California | Approved |
| 1986 | CISS | Proposition 64 | Declare AIDS and HIV communicable diseases and require that the Department of Health Services add AIDS to the list of diseases that must be reported. | Defeated |
| 1986 | CISS | Proposition 65 | Adopt new environmental health regulations on chemical discharges, public warnings, state chemical lists, and enforcement | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 16 | Allow for bonds up to $250,000,000 for the construction and improvement of county jails and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 17 | Allow for bonds up to $300,000,000 for the construction and improvement of state correctional facilities. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 18 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $370,000,000 for parks, beaches, recreation, or historical preservation. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 19 | Allow for bonds up to $85,000,000 for the Wildlife Conservation Board and the State Coastal Conservancy for the development of habitat areas. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Prevent those who have engaged in libelous or slanderous behavior towards an opponent from holding office. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Allow the legislature to authorize the investment of public retirement systems' funds in any investment. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Exempt the chief investment officer, assistant chief investment officer, and principal fund managers of the PERS and STRS from state civil service. | Defeated |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Establish that "new construction" for property taxation purposes does not apply to changes made to buildings to comply with earthquake safety law. | Approved |
| 1984 | CISS | Proposition 24 | Change procedures relating to the legislature. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 25 | Allow for bonds up to $325,000,000 for water pollution conservation projects and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 26 | Allow for bonds up to $450,000,000 for the construction or improvement of public schools. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 27 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $100,000,000 for hazardous substance cleanup and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 28 | Allow for bonds up to $75,000,000 for improving water systems to meet minimum drinking water standards. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 29 | Allow for bonds up to $650,000,000 for helping veterans purchase farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1984 | BI | Proposition 30 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $50,000,000 for funds for senior centers and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 31 | Establish that the term "newly constructed" does not apply to fire-related improvements, for taxation purposes. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 32 | Establish procedures for determining what cases the Supreme Court of California hears from the courts of appeals. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 33 | Allow the legislature to defer property tax payments for disabled people. | Approved |
| 1984 | LRCA | Proposition 34 | Establish that the term "newly constructed" does not include any changes to certified historical structures. | Defeated |
| 1984 | CICA | Proposition 36 | Add restrictions to the taxation of real property and create restrictions on creating new taxes on real property. | Defeated |
| 1984 | CICA/SS | Proposition 37 | Authorize the establishment of s statewide lottery, prohibit gambling casinos, and establish a California State Lottery Commission. | Approved |
| 1984 | CISS | Proposition 38 | Require the governor of California write a letter to federal governmental officials requesting that all election materials be provided in English only. | Approved |
| 1984 | CICA/SS | Proposition 39 | Create a commission of retired or resigned appellate or lower court judges to adopt redistricting plans for state legislative, congressional, and Board of Equalization districts | Defeated |
| 1984 | CISS | Proposition 40 | Limit contributions to political campaigns and establish a fund to give eligible candidates matching amounts to the personal contributions of their opponents. | Defeated |
| 1984 | CISS | Proposition 41 | Limit the amount of spending on certain public assistance programs. | Defeated |
| 1982 | VR | Proposition 10 | Uphold the congressional redistricting map passed by the state legislature | Defeated |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow municipal and justice courts of a county to unify within its superior court, subject to the approval of the majority of voters. | Defeated |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 11 | Establish a beverage container return program where returned containers can be exchange for money. | Defeated |
| 1982 | VR | Proposition 11 | Uphold the state Senate redistricting map passed by the state legislature | Defeated |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 12 | Require that the governor send a letter to members of the federal government proposing that governments halt nuclear weapon production. | Approved |
| 1982 | VR | Proposition 12 | Uphold the state Assembly redistricting map passed by the state legislature | Defeated |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 13 | Establish provisions relating to water conservation programs and the use of water. | Defeated |
| 1982 | CICA | Proposition 14 | Create a Districting Commission to conduct state legislative and congressional redistricting | Defeated |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 15 | Establish regulations relating to handgun ownership. | Defeated |
| 1982 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $495,000,000 for constructing state prisons and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1982 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $500,000,000 for the construction and improvement of public schools and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1982 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $280,000,000 for constructing and remodeling county jails and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Eliminate the provision that establishes the Lieutenant Governor as the President of the Senate. | Defeated |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Establish that the acquisition of comparable property to replace property taken through eminent domain would not trigger a change in ownership that requires reappraisal. | Approved |
| 1982 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $450,000,000 for helping veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Prohibit the issuance of bail for felony cases where the release may cause a substantial risk of harm to others. | Approved |
| 1982 | BI | Proposition 4 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $85,000,000 for protecting the Lake Tahoe Basin and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Repeal the current inheritance and gift tax laws, prohibit gift and inheritance taxes, and require the state to levy an estate tax. | Approved |
| 1982 | BI | Proposition 5 | Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for housing mortgage loans as part of the Cal-First Home Buyers Act and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 6 | Repeal the gift and inheritance tax statutes, prohibit the establishment of gift and inheritance taxes, and re-enact the "pickup" tax. | Approved |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish provisions relating to the investment of public pensions and retirement funds. | Defeated |
| 1982 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Adjust the graduated state personal income tax brackets by establishing that index percentage changes which exceed 3% be used. | Approved |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish that the term "newly constructed" does not include the addition of any fire sprinkler or alarm system not required by law. | Defeated |
| 1982 | CICA/SS | Proposition 8 | Establish a right to safe schools and make changes to the criminal justice system. | Approved |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow the treasurer of any city, county, or city and county to transfer up to 85% of total anticipated revenues to local agencies. | Approved |
| 1982 | VR | Proposition 9 | Establish certain facilities and programs, including a peripheral canal, as part of the Central Valley Project. | Defeated |
| 1982 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow the legislature to authorize public school textbooks to be loaned to students at nonpublic schools | Defeated |
| 1980 | CICA | Proposition 10 | Establish that rent-control is a local government issue and establish it should only be imposed if established through the enactment by voters. | Defeated |
| 1980 | CISS | Proposition 10 | Provide for smoking and no-smoking areas in certain enclosed places | Defeated |
| 1980 | CISS | Proposition 11 | Establish provisions relating to the taxation of energy businesses. | Defeated |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow the legislature to stop increases to a judge's salary during their term and establish that judicial salaries are not an obligation of contract. | Approved |
| 1980 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $495,000,000 for land and water resource management and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1980 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $285,000,000 for the development of parks and other recreational spaces and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1980 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $85,000,000 for acquiring property in the Lake Tahoe Basin to prevent the environmental decline in the area. | Defeated |
| 1980 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $750,000,000 for farms and houses for veterans and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Require that money spent to alter or modify historically restored areas of the state capital come from money specifically appropriated for this. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the legislature to allow insurance companies to deduct their contributions to the Insurance Guarantee Association from their taxes. | Defeated |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Establish provisions relating to low-income housing projects. | Defeated |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow for the increase in ad valorem taxes on real property to pay for the interest and redemption charges on indebtedness for property acquisition and improvements. | Defeated |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Establish provisions relating to property valuation of property updated to comply with seismic safety laws and property destroyed by disaster. | Defeated |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Prohibit any government body from issuing a citation to any person connected with news for refusing to disclose their sources of information. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Require that all types of districts be reasonably equal in population | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish provisions relating to the juries of civil trials. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish that the political subdivisions may provide aid for cleaning private lands and waters if the President has declared a major disaster in the area. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish that the term "newly constructed" for tax purposes shall not apply to the addition or construction of any active solar energy systems. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow the legislature to authorize bonds for the acquisition, construction, and installation of alternative energy source facilities. | Approved |
| 1980 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish that no water from the Wild and Scenic Rivers System may be stored unless permitted by statute and prohibit any public agency from condemning any water rights in the delta area. | Approved |
| 1980 | CICA | Proposition 9 | Establish that income taxes cannot exceed 50% of the 1978 rates and establish the indexing of income tax brackets | Defeated |
| 1980 | BI | Proposition 9 | Allow for bonds up to $30,000,000 for the improvement of domestic water systems that have are contaminated by compounds or radiation. | Approved |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Amend the state constitution to provide that desegregation through busing are only required in cases where the federal constitution requires it | Approved |
| 1979 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish provisions related to interest rates on loans. | Approved |
| 1979 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Change the property value assessment ratio from 25% to 100% and requires the veterans' exemption to be adjusted to reflect any changes to the assessment ratio made by the state legislature | Approved |
| 1979 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Limit growth in annual government spending financed from tax revenue and certain fee revenue | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the Legislature to exempt from property taxes the value of improvements made to qualified rehabilitated residential buildings | Defeated |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Prohibit a new county or other political subdivision from taxing property owned by the county that the land used to be a part of | Defeated |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Establish a commission to set the salary, retirement, insurance, and other benefits of constitutional officers, legislators, and judges | Defeated |
| 1978 | CICA | Proposition 13 | Require that properties be taxed at no more than 1% of their full cash value and limit annual increases of assessed value to the inflation rate or 2%. | Approved |
| 1978 | BI | Proposition 1 | Issue $350 million in bonds for the construction or improvement of public school buildings | Defeated |
| 1978 | BI | Proposition 1 | Issue $500 million in bonds for veterans home and farm loan program. | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Remove power of the PUC to appoint a commissioner to hold hearings or investigations. | Defeated |
| 1978 | BI | Proposition 2 | Issue $375 million in bonds for water pollution control and water conservation projects | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the Legislature to exempt property that is used for alternative energy systems from taxation | Defeated |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow lands purchased with transportation funds to be sold to conservation, parks, and fish and game agencies. | Approved |
| 1978 | LRSS | Proposition 4 | Expand the number of agencies that can accredit chiropractic schools. | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Require that all voters living in a school district governed by the city board of education be allowed to vote on charter changes regarding board of education members | Approved |
| 1978 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Prohibit smoking in enclosed public places. | Defeated |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Prohibit any agency from declaring a state law unconstitutional and refusing to enforce a state law | Approved |
| 1978 | CISS | Proposition 6 | Require schools to fire lesbian and gay teachers if a if school board determines them unfit for service. | Defeated |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Require county sheriffs to be elected offices in all counties | Approved |
| 1978 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Expand the use of death penalty and life imprisonment for murders. | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow two or more local government bodies to join in insurance pools to provide payment for losses | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow local governments to tax owner-occupied dwellings at a lower tax rate than all other types of property | Defeated |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish that property reconstructed after a disaster shall not be considered "newly constructed" for taxation purposes. | Approved |
| 1978 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow the Legislature to set interest rates on court judgments at up to 10% | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Prohibit new local government agencies that include two or more counties from levying a property tax without the approval of the majority of voters. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the legislature, by a 2/3 vote, to authorize the refunding of bonds to refinance any outstanding state debt. | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow excess land that had been purchased for road systems to be used for public parks and recreation areas. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Require the legislature to adjust the tax rate for unsecured property in any year that it changes the assessment ratio for property. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow the legislature to establish a program of providing loans with interest rates below prevailing interest rates for the installation of energy insulation and solar heating or cooling systems on residential structures | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow the interest rate for non-personal, non-family, non-household loans and credit advances to be 10% or 7% plus the prevailing interest rate. | Defeated |
| 1976 | CISS | Proposition 13 | Establish the California Greyhound Racing Commission, regulate greyhound racing and betting, and license participants. | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow the legislature to postpone the property taxes on the main place of residence of people of low or moderate income and age 62 or older. | Approved |
| 1976 | CISS | Proposition 14 | Allow union organizers to enter places of employment to campaign for elections. | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Reorganize, consolidate, and adjust language in the California Constitution without substantive changes | Approved |
| 1976 | LRSS | Proposition 15 | Increase the membership of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to seven and amend license and education requirements. | Approved |
| 1976 | CISS | Proposition 15 | Prohibit the construction of nuclear power plants and limit the use of current nuclear power plants to 60%, to be decreased by 10% annually. | Defeated |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for the construction or improvement of public schools and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $500,000,000 for low to moderate-income housing construction and mortgage loans and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for up to $280,000,000 for property for state and local parks, beaches, and recreational and historical resources preservation. | Approved |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $500,000,000 for helping veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $25,000,000 for the insulation of residential solar heating and cooling systems and residential energy insulation. | Defeated |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $175,000,000 for water systems and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1976 | BI | Proposition 4 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $150,000,000 for public community college facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow the legislature to require the University of California to follow competitive bidding principles when establishing contracts and prohibit denying admission to the University of California on the basis of sex, race, religion, or ethnic heritage. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Require a majority vote to approve bills imposing taxes on corporations and to change such taxes. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow the interest rate for non-personal, non-family, non-household loans and credit advances to be 10% or 7% plus the prevailing interest rate. | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Extend the period the governor has to veto bills after the adjournment of the legislature and establish that un-acted on bills go into effect on January 1. | Defeated |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Eliminate the tax exemption given to insurance companies for real property taxes paid on the insurers' home or principal office in California. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish procedures and policies relating to judges and the court system. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish the definition of property of historical significance and establish the manner for assessing the value of such property for taxation. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish provisions relating to superintendents of schools and boards of education. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow for the deposit of public moneys in savings associations, loan associations, and banks in California. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow the legislature to allow cities and counties to permit bingo games only for charitable purposes. | Approved |
| 1976 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Require that the legislature approve nominees to fill vacancies in select offices before they can take office. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Restore the right to vote after the completion of imprisonment and parole. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Amend language of the California Constitution to replace masculine gender words with gender-neutral words. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Make adjustments regarding the power of the Public Utilities Commission. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow any city in San Diego county to divide into one municipal court or justice court district if the legislature decides the division is warranted. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Increase the number of trustees in the California State University and Colleges system by adding the President pro Tempore of the State Senate. | Defeated |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Repeal the voter approval requirement for housing projects for low-income people and that receive funding from the government. | Defeated |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Require the state legislature to set the tuition for the University of California, if they decide tuition should be charged. | Defeated |
| 1974 | CISS | Proposition 17 | Add two portions of the Stanislaus River to be protected by the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. | Defeated |
| 1974 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $150,000,000 for the improvement and construction of public schools and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1974 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $250,000,000 for acquiring and developing lands for recreational purposes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Remove the requirement that the legislature approve all county or city charters and charter amendments. | Approved |
| 1974 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 for water pollution control and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Exempt the chief administrative officer and three deputies of the California Postsecondary Education Commission from civil service. | Defeated |
| 1974 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $350,000,000 for helping veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow for the reassessment of property after its lien date if it is damaged by a major disaster. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Increase the number of regents of the Regents on the University of California, adjust the terms of regents, and establish procedures for selecting regents. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Prohibit any local government from requiring its employees be residents of itself and allow local governments to require that its employees live within a reasonable distance of itself. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow funds from vehicle fuel taxes and fees to be used for mass transit guideways and the mitigation of environmental effects of their construction. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish that all meetings of the legislature are public unless provided by statute or resolution. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Increase the maximum property tax exemption to $1,750 and comparably increase the tax exemption for renters. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Exempt the chief administrative officer of the California Postsecondary Education Commission and five deputies from state civil service. | Defeated |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Amend the California Constitution's Declaration of Rights | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow Sacramento County and any cities in the county which desire so to become part of a consolidated county city. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Amend tax exemptions. | Approved |
| 1974 | CISS | Proposition 9 | Create the Fair Political Practices Commission and make changes to the campaign regulations and processes. | Approved |
| 1974 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Clarify the laws surrounding the recall of elected officials and make all local officials' offices subject to recall, | Approved |
| 1973 | CICA | Proposition 1 | Limit the taxing and spending powers of the state, cities, counties, and other government agencies. | Defeated |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the legislature to increase the property tax exemption for veterans blinded due to their service to $10,000. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Amend the Constitution relating to board of education members, penal institutions, water rates, land, and corporations. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Provide for a state constitutional right to privacy | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Extend tax exemption for disabled veterans and extend this tax exemption to surviving spouses. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow the legislature to establish that workmen's compensation awards are paid to the state, in the course of the death of an employee in the course of their work, who has no dependents and allow funds collected in such manner to be used for other injury compensation. | Approved |
| 1972 | CICA | Proposition 14 | Limit ad valorem property taxes and revise the system for financing public educatin and social welfare. | Defeated |
| 1972 | CICA | Proposition 15 | Establish procedures for setting the salaries of state employees and for employer-employee relations between the state and its employees. | Defeated |
| 1972 | CICA | Proposition 16 | Require the State Personnel Board to set the maximum salaries of policemen or deputy sheriffs and adjust the salaries of members of the Highway Patrol. | Defeated |
| 1972 | CICA | Proposition 17 | Provide that nothing in the California Constitution prohibits the death penalty | Approved |
| 1972 | CISS | Proposition 18 | Establish provisions and penalties related to obscenity. | Defeated |
| 1972 | CISS | Proposition 19 | Remove state criminal penalties for individuals 18 years or older for possessing or using marijuana | Defeated |
| 1972 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $160,000,000 for public community college facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1972 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 for farms and homes for veterans and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1972 | CISS | Proposition 20 | Create the State Coastal Zone Conservation Commission to preserve the environment and ecology of the coastal zone and appropriate $5,000,000 for the commission. | Approved |
| 1972 | CISS | Proposition 21 | Prohibit public school students from being assigned to schools because of their race or ethnicity and eliminate the provision that requires schools districts to develop plans to remedy ethnic and racial imbalances. | Approved |
| 1972 | CISS | Proposition 22 | Establish regulations for agricultural labor relations. | Defeated |
| 1972 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $155,900,000 for health science facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1972 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $350,000,000 for public school improvements and establish the terms of such bonds | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the legislature to issue bonds for the acquisition, construction, and installation of environmental pollution control facilities. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Restate that the defendant has the right to counsel and allow the legislature to require that a defendant has the assistance of counsel. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Establish changes to legislative sessions and the position of legislator. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Require the legislature to provide an open primary for the office of President of the United States with candidates' names who are recognized candidates throughout the United State of California or who appear on the ballot because of a petition to do so. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Require the approval of a majority of Senate members for appointments to the Regents of the University of California by the governor. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow school districts to act in any manner and carry out any programs that have established purposes and do not conflict with existing laws. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Adjust provisions relating to terms of officers and commissioners, the salaries of elected officials, and tax issues because of state's boundaries. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Eliminate provisions requiring naturalized citizens to be naturalized for 90 days before they are eligible to vote. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Make adjustments to laws relating to voting and elections. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow the legislature to prohibit valuing single-family dwellings at a value that would reflect a use other than as a single-family dwelling. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRSS | Proposition 8 | Edit provisions relating to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Chiropractic Act. | Approved |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow the legislature to authorize an ad valorem tax exemption for facilities designed to control air, water, or noise pollution. | Defeated |
| 1972 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Require a majority to approve bond measures relating to repairing, reconstructing, or replacing structurally unsafe public school buildings. | Approved |
| 1972 | CISS | Proposition 9 | Establish provisions relating to fuel, gas, oil, atomic-energy plants, pesticides, and air pollution. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Exempt loans of $100,000 or more for corporations or partnerships from the 10% yearly limit on interest. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRSS | Proposition 11 | Establish procedures for the Board of Chiropractic Examiners for establishing of rules and regulations governing chiropractors. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Establish that the county governing body shall set the salaries for county supervisors, subject to referendum. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Create provisions relating to veterans' property tax exemptions, | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Amend the civil service system, add positions to civil service, and remove positions from civil service. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Make changes to constitutional provisions. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Amend procedures relating to constitutional amendments and initiatives. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Repeal obsolete constitutional provisions relating to social welfare. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allow fuel taxes and license fees to be used to facilitate public transportation and to control pollution caused by cars. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRSS | Proposition 19 | Change the penalty for charging interest in an amount greater than allowed by law from a misdemeanor to a felony. | Approved |
| 1970 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $246,300,000 for University of California health science buildings. | Defeated |
| 1970 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 for water pollution control and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1970 | BI | Proposition 20 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $60,000,000 for recreation, fish, and wildlife facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Make changes to the Constitution regarding local government. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish that the Supreme Court has the sole authority to answer questions regarding vacancies of certain government officials. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Revise the Constitution regarding public utilities, corporations, water use, the State lending its credit, and the State owning corporate stock. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Require the governor to submit a budget to the legislature within 10 days of the start of each regular session and require the legislature to pass a budget bill by June 15. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Remove constitutional provisions relating to state institutions, public buildings, land, and homestead exemption. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow the legislature to make appropriations for public schools prior to the passage of the budget bill if the budget bill is delayed. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow the state legislature to review constitutional revisions before they are submitted to voters and adjust civil service exemptions. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Require that meetings of the Board of Regents of the University of California be public, with certain exceptions. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Require the legislature to establish the election or appointment of the State Board of Education and county boards of education. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Allow funds from the Teachers' Retirement Fund to be invested in specific securities. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow the legislature to raise the maximum rate of interest on unsold bonds. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish that the speaker of the Assembly shall be an ex officio member of any agency that has charge over the State College System. | Approved |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Exempt an additional Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction from civil service. | Defeated |
| 1970 | CICA | Proposition 8 | Establish provisions relating to funding from property taxes and increase the minimum homeowner's property tax exemption to $1,000. | Defeated |
| 1970 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow boards of education in non-chartered counties to appoint their superintendent of schools and allow two or more non-chartered counties to create a joint board of education. | Defeated |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 1A | Establish a minimum tax exemption of $750.00 for those owning owner-occupied dwellings and not receiving other exemptions. | Approved |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Revise the state Constitution in regards to initiatives and referendums, public education, public buildings, counties and cities, corporations, public utilities, water, homesteads, public lands, civil service, and constitutional revisions. | Defeated |
| 1968 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $200,000,000 for helping veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1968 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $65,000,000 for junior college facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish rules for taxing property owned by counties, cities and counties, and cities that are located outside of such governmental body's boundaries. | Approved |
| 1968 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $250,000,000 for state college, university, and urban school facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow the state to incorporate provisions of federal law regarding the reporting and collecting of state income taxes. | Defeated |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow the legislature to insure loans to nonprofit corporations and public agencies for hospital facilities and their original equipment. | Approved |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Exclude from taxation on insurance companies the premiums paid on contracts for retirement benefits of employees of certain non-profits. | Defeated |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow money allocated by the State General Fund to any county, city and county, or city to be used for local purposes. | Approved |
| 1968 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow the legislature to permit counties, cities and counties, and cities to share state-collected sales and use taxes. | Approved |
| 1968 | CICA | Proposition 9 | Decrease the ad valorem tax on property so that it does not exceed 1% of the market value of the property. | Defeated |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the legislature to issue loans with interest limitations for the repair, restoration, or replacement of private property damaged in disaster. | Defeated |
| 1966 | LRSS | Proposition 11 | Allow the legislature to amend, revise, or supplement the boxing and wrestling initiative act of November 4, 1924. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow counties to create assessment appeals boards to act as the board of equalization in a county. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Remove the requirement from the Constitution that requires taxpayers to file an annual property statement. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow the state legislature to collect personal income taxes by using the amount calculated for federal income taxes. | Defeated |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Establish that those who have lived in the United State for 20 years and were at least 50 years are exempt from the education requirement to vote. | Defeated |
| 1966 | CISS | Proposition 16 | Establish a prohibition on obscene materials, redefine 'obscene' and 'knowingly', and establish procedures for violating such prohibition. | Defeated |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 1A | Amend the California Constitution regarding separation of powers, the legislature, and the initiative and referendum process | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Allow the legislature to authorize the investment of up to 25% of state pension and retirement funds and establish regulations for the investments. | Approved |
| 1966 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $275,000,000 for capital outlay for public school buildings and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1966 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $230,000,000 for state college and university facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the legislature to define "open space lands" and establish usage restrictions for such lands. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Set the requirement for approval of bond measures about public schools and libraries at 60% of the voters. | Defeated |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow the legislature to authorize the assessment of property damaged by a disaster in an area declared a disaster area by the governor. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish that measures approved during regular sessions of the legislature shall go into effect 60 days after the legislature adjourns and 90 days after for other sessions. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow boards of supervisors to set their salary, subject to referendum, as well as the salaries of district attorneys and auditors. | Defeated |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Limit the amount of property taxes on the principal office of insurance companies that can be deducted from the insurance tax. | Approved |
| 1966 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Establish a property tax exemption of up to $5,000 for veterans who were blinded during service. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Repeal the provision requiring a fund be maintained with the money collected from selling land granted to California by the United States and estates of people who died without a will or heir, plus the interest on such money. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Eliminate the requirement that voters must approve a transfer of municipal functions to county officials and validate any such agreements. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow the legislature to authorize local agencies to property tax relief for property declared by the governor to be in a disaster area. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Prohibit any constitutional amendment that names a specific company to perform a specific duty. | Approved |
| 1964 | CICA | Proposition 14 | Create a state constitutional right to decline selling or renting residential properties to persons | Overturned |
| 1964 | CISS | Proposition 15 | Make it illegal to charge for television programming, with certain exceptions, and declare all contracts that require such payment void. | Overturned |
| 1964 | CISS | Proposition 16 | Create the State Lottery Commission and establish regulations relating to the commission. | Defeated |
| 1964 | CISS | Proposition 17 | Establish provisions relating to the labor regulations. | Approved |
| 1964 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $150,000,000 for land for recreational purposes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1964 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $380,000,000 for state college, junior college, university, mental illness, narcotics control, and forest fire fighting facilities. | Approved |
| 1964 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $260,000,000 for capital outlay for construction on public school buildings and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Establish provisions relating to military veterans' tax exemptions. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Increase the amount of property a widow of a veteran can own and receive the veteran tax exemption to $10,000. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish provisions relating to the out-of-state taxation of insurance companies. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow the legislature to authorize the investment of public pensions and retirement funds in stocks, shares, or other obligations in corporations. | Defeated |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish that in counties with more than 700,000 people, an incumbent superior court judge's name does not need to appear on the ballot if they are unopposed. | Approved |
| 1964 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Establish that all counties, except those exempted by the legislature, are subject to laws regarding supervisorial district boundary adjustments. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Exempt improvements on property leased for 99 years for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes in counties that adopt such an ordinance. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Create regulations relating to the assessment of structures of historical significance. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow un-remarried widows for servicemembers who would have qualified for the Veterans Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1943 to apply for such loan. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Extend a tax exemption to all land owned by non-profit colleges that is used for educational purposes. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow the sale of tidelands for purposes within two miles of any incorporated city, city and county, or town that are not needed for navigation purposes. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow the board of supervisors in counties with over 400,000 people to create county tax appeal boards to be the county board of equalization. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Eliminate obsolete and superseded provisions from the Constitution. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Establish that the salaries of legislators shall be set by law and shall not exceed $834 per month. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Establish four-year terms for members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board and allow the board to review evidence that points to a decision contrary to what the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control found. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Allow the salaries of all members of a city or county board, commission, or council to be increased at the start of the new term of one of the members. | Approved |
| 1962 | BI | Proposition 1A | Allow for bonds up to $270,000,000 for state college, junior college. university, and healthcare facilities and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1962 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $200,000,000 for public school buildings and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Establish that the salary of state legislators shall not be greater than half the salary of members of Congress. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow the legislature to amend the Boxing and Wrestling initiative act and prohibit the legislature from banning wrestling and 12-round boxing contests. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Establish that in counties with more than 5,000,000 people, an incumbent superior court judge's name does not need to appear on the ballot if they are unopposed. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRSS | Proposition 22 | Bring qualified osteopaths who use the term "M.D." under the regulation of the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California. | Approved |
| 1962 | CICA | Proposition 23 | Increase the number of state Senate districts from 40 to 50 and establishing new rules for apportionment and Senate terms | Defeated |
| 1962 | CICA | Proposition 24 | Declare the existence of a world communist movement, deny the communist movement and other subversive movements the ability to establish a political party or have tax exemptions, and prohibit members of such movements from holding public office or being employed by the state. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish that a dwelling owned by a nonprofit co-operative ownership housing corporation qualifies as property subject to the veterans' tax exemption. | Defeated |
| 1962 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 to help veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1962 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $270,000,000 for the construction, equipment, and acquisition of land for state government buildings. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Establish limitations on the veterans tax exemption. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Require assessor make tax assessment on farmland based on its agricultural use, | Defeated |
| 1962 | BI | Proposition 4 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $100,000,000 for loans for low-rent housing for elderly and physically handicapped people of low income. | Defeated |
| 1962 | BI | Proposition 5 | Issue $150 million in general obligation bonds for acquiring and developing lands for recreational purposes | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Require an employer to pay workmen's compensation to the state in cases where a death occurs and the deceased has no dependent to whom the money can be paid. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRSS | Proposition 6 | Adjust Daylight Savings Time to be the last Sunday in September until the last Sunday in October. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Amend the process regarding bond issues and constitutional amendments. | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow the legislature, by a two-thirds vote of each house, to propose complete or partial revisions of the state constitution for voter approval | Approved |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow the legislature to hear by committee 20 days after their introduction and limit the legislature's recess to 10 days that are not counted in calculating the duration of the legislative session. | Defeated |
| 1962 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Create a General Obligation Bond Proceeds Fund for bond repayments to be paid into. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Add members to the Judicial Council and create the Commission of Judicial Qualifications, | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Create requirements relating to the tax exemption for veterans. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Eliminate obsolete or superseded provisions in the Constitution. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Establish that the District Courts of Appeal has appellate jurisdiction over cases decided by the municipal and justice courts. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow local agencies to use up to 50% of such funds appropriated to them to repay bonds for grade crossing separation projects. | Defeated |
| 1960 | CICA | Proposition 15 | Establish a new formula for reapportioning state Senate districts | Defeated |
| 1960 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $400,000,000 for helping veterans purchase homes and farms and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1960 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $1,750,000,000 for the development of water resources and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1960 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $300,000,000 for school district buildings and equipment and housing for physically and mentally handicapped students. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish that the term for assembly members is four years and establish that half the seats in the Assembly are up for election every two years. | Defeated |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow bond issues to be voted upon at direct primaries and allow members of the State Allocation Board to have the same rights and duties as non-legislative members on issues regarding schools. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow veterans who lost or lost the use of their legs to exempt up to $5,000 of home valuation from taxation to any home they acquire. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow the legislature to set terms of office of up to eight years for members of state agencies created by the legislator to manage the State College System of California. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Increase the salary of legislative members to $750 per month. | Defeated |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Determine a manner to assess taxes for non-profit golf courses. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRSS | Proposition 7 | Allow the legislature to fix the fees for applicants and licensees and the per diem day of State Board of Chiropractic Examiners board members. | Approved |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Change prohibitions for voters to prohibiting voters who are serving a sentence for an infamous crime and those convicted of treason from voting. | Defeated |
| 1960 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow the legislature to prescribe the procedures when claims are brought against chartered counties, cities and counties, and cities or their employees. | Approved |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow agencies to take property that will be used for schools or airports through eminent domain prior to the owner being paid and require a 90-day notice before such taking occurs. | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow laws that authorize the issuance of bonds for streets and roads and establish that the repayment of such bonds be from the gasoline tax funds, | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow members of the legislature to be notaries public. | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Establish the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a position appointed by the State Board of Education. | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Eliminate the provision that prevents the compensation for county, township, or municipal officers to be increased during their term. | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRSS | Proposition 15 | Repeal Penal Code Section 413 ½, allowing for boxing exhibitions on Sundays and Memorial Day. | Defeated |
| 1958 | CICA | Proposition 16 | Exempt religious schools under the collegiate level from receiving the property tax exemption for schools. | Defeated |
| 1958 | CISS | Proposition 17 | Establish provisions relating to the sales and use tax and the income tax. | Defeated |
| 1958 | CICA | Proposition 18 | Enact a constitutional right-to-work law | Defeated |
| 1958 | BI | Proposition 1 | Issue $300 million in bonds for veterans' home program | Approved |
| 1958 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $220,000,000 for schools for physically or mentally handicapped children and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1958 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for the building of educational, mental, and correctional institutions and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1958 | BI | Proposition 4 | Allow for bonds up to $60,000,000 for the San Francisco Harbor and for financing a small craft harbor development program. | Approved |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow the legislator to set legislators' salaries and cap the legislators' salaries to the average salary of county supervisors in the five most populous counties. | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Require bond propositions to be published for 8 weeks before the election in newspapers in at least 50 counties, including the 5 most populous counties. | Defeated |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Add provisions to the state Constitution to allow for changes to the administration of government during times of war. | Approved |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow those who have lived in California for at least 54 days and meet all other qualifications to vote in the election of President and Vice-President. | Approved |
| 1958 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Establish regulations regarding the timing of general legislative sessions. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the state to use private architects and engineers by contract when the state's staff is not able to complete the work in the required time. | Defeated |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow boards of freeholders one year to prepare a county charter. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Adjust requirements regarding state bonds. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRSS | Proposition 13 | Repeal the inoperative law that previously denied immigrants who are ineligible for citizenship the right to own real estate. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow for the legislature to determine how to select legislative officers, attachés, and employees. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow the state and all political subdivisions to hold stocks in mutual water companies to secure water supply. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Eliminate the current time limit on when a Supreme Court hearing can be ordered after the decision by the District Court of Appeal and allow the Judicial Council to set such rule. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Eliminate constitutional provisions relating to salaries of superior court and appellate judges and the former Supreme Court Commission. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allow a judge of a justice court who is not a lawyer to serve as a judge on a superseding municipal court. | Defeated |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Allow the legislature to alter the state's boundaries with the cooperation of the adjoining states. | Approved |
| 1956 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $500,000,000 to help veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1956 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $100,000,000 for loans and grants to school districts to house and equip schools for handicapped students. | Approved |
| 1956 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for building educational, mental, and correctional institutions and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1956 | CISS | Proposition 4 | Create the California Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to prevent the waste of oil and gas. | Defeated |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Establish provisions regarding the regulation of alcohol. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Extend property tax exemption to church parking lots that are required to exist by law and that have not been used commercially during the last year. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Rename the State Assembly as House of Representatives | Defeated |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish provisions relating to the budget session of the legislature. | Approved |
| 1956 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow county charters to establish a borough form of government in unincorporated parts of its territory. | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Establish the term of Assembly members as four years, establish the term of Senators as six years, and limit the governor to two successive terms. | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow for a tax exemption of up to $5,000 on homes acquired with federal assistance for veterans | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow those who have completed their penalties for committing an infamous crime to vote. | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow the city of Vernon to frame a charter, allow such charter to define voter eligibility, and limit future annexations to uninhabited territory. | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Specify that the tax exemption for college buildings under construction includes the land on which the building is located. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Exempt property under construction owned by non-profit organizations for religious hospitals or charitable purposes from taxation. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Require that any acquisition of property by any agency means that such agency agrees to conform with California water law. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Allow money collected from street and highway revenues to be used for financing vehicle parking facilities, | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allow all foreigners who live in the United States and are eligible for citizenship the same property ownership rights as native-born citizens. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Allow a non-lawyer judge to be a judge of a municipal court if the person served as a judge of a justice court for five years. | Defeated |
| 1954 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $175,000,00 to help the Department of Veterans Affairs help veterans and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Extend the amount of time given to the board of freeholders while drafting a county charter to six months. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $100,000,000 for school district buildings and equipment and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Establish the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to control alcohol licensing and establish the makeup of such department. | Approved |
| 1954 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Increase monthly payments to aged people who meet the requirements of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Continue the local property tax exemption on California-registered freight and passenger ships with more than a 50 ton burden, | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish the salary of state legislators at $500 per month. | Approved |
| 1954 | LRSS | Proposition 7 | Allow the legislature to amend or repeal the Land Title Law (Torrens Act). | Approved |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Exempt deep sea fishing, freight, and passenger vessels of with over a 100 ton burden from local property taxation. | Defeated |
| 1954 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Exempt church buildings in the course of construction, including the equipment used and land where located, from taxation. | Approved |
| 1952 | CICA | Proposition 10 | Prohibit the giving state funds to any group that attempts to influence legislation and direct the Attorney General to recover any funds given to such groups. | Defeated |
| 1952 | IndISS | Proposition 11 | Place the old age security program under the control of the state and provide payments for health services and funeral expenses, | Defeated |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow one to hold federal and state office at the same time so that one can be active for up to 30 days in the United States armed forces reserves. | Approved |
| 1952 | IndISS | Proposition 13 | Require candidates and nominees of a political party to be a registered member of that party for at least three months prior to filing nomination papers. | Defeated |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Repeal Article XIX of the Constitution, which restricted residency, provided for their removal, and limited employment of certain immigrants. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Tax the State Compensation Insurance Fund in the same manner as private insurance companies and require banks to pay motor vehicle fees. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Allow a city or city and county charter to establish a borough in any portion of the territory of the city or city and county. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRSS | Proposition 17 | Increase the membership of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners to seven people and add instances in which the board can suspend or revoke a chiropractic license. | Defeated |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Declare all property that is part of a community redevelopment project subject to taxation and determine the amount of taxes to be collected. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Establish policies relating to the membership of grand juries. | Defeated |
| 1952 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $150,000,000 for helping veterans purchase farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow the legislature to allow public agencies and nonprofit corporations to use state funds for the construction of hospital facilities. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Establish that when a vacancy for a Superior Court judge opens during the general election year before the incumbent judge’s term ends, there will be an election to fill such spot at the next general election. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Permit the legislature to allow taxpayers to submit annual property tax statements that are verified by a written declaration. | Defeated |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Eliminate the requirement that federally sectionized land that is larger than 640 acres be assessed by section. | Defeated |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 24 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $185,000,000 for providing loans and grants to school districts and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1952 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Require the state to provide support for each student and require $120 of such support to go to the school district that each student attends. | Approved |
| 1952 | VR | Proposition 3 | Extend the property tax exemption to property used for schools controlled by nonprofit religious, hospital, or charitable organizations. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Prohibit restrictions on the spending of aid money given to blind people and establish that such aid be regarded as income of only the recipient. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Prohibit any person or group who advocates for the overthrow of the state or federal government from holding public office or receiving tax exemptions. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Require public officers and employees to take an oath of office saying they do not advocate for the overthrow of government. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRSS | Proposition 7 | Establish that the ballots of direct primary and special elections shall have the political party affiliation listed for those running for partisan office. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Extend tax exemption to church buildings during construction. | Approved |
| 1952 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Exempt non-profit college property, including buildings being built, from taxation. | Approved |
| 1950 | CICA | Proposition 10 | Require a ballot measure to authorize publicly funded low-rent housing projects. | Approved |
| 1950 | LRSS | Proposition 11 | Create a method to withdraw land placed into a registry created by the Torrens Act. | Approved |
| 1950 | CICA | Proposition 1 | Prohibit taxation on personal property by the state or other political subdivisions. | Defeated |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $100,000,000 for helping veterans purchase homes and farms and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Prohibit any constitutional amendment or law that names a specific individual to hold public office from being submitted to voters or taking effect | Approved |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Allow the legislature to create tax exemptions on the farms and homes purchased from the Veterans Welfare Board. | Defeated |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Establish a uniform system of municipal and justice courts throughout the state and establish courts in cities and judicial districts. | Approved |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow public bodies to use parking meter income for security for the payment of revenue bonds used to finance off-street parking. | Approved |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow voters who move from one county to another within 90 days of an election to retain their right to vote by voting in their former county. | Approved |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow legislators to hold office and be members of boards or commissions who apportion funds to other agencies. | Defeated |
| 1950 | CICA | Proposition 6 | Allow gambling in licensed establishments and create a five-man state commission to regulate, tax,, and license such gambling. | Defeated |
| 1950 | LRSS | Proposition 7 | Determine no one who is blind should be denied admission to chiropractic school or the taking of licensure tests because they are blind. | Approved |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Repeal the prohibition of increasing the salaries of any county, township, or municipal officer after they are elected or take office. | Defeated |
| 1950 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Create certain employees from state civil service. | Approved |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Remove Section 26a of Article I of the Constitution, which was inoperable and regarded the effective date of the prohibition amendment. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Eliminate sections from the Constitution. | Defeated |
| 1949 | CISS | Proposition 12 | Establish the time standard in California as Standard Pacific Time and establish daylight saving time. | Approved |
| 1949 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 for loans and grants for school districts and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1949 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Reinstate the Old Age Security and Aid to Blind plan to pay people of old age $75 per month and blind people $85 per month. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Establish limits on budget sessions of the legislature and set the salary of legislators. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Eliminate inoperative provisions. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Repeal Section 19 of Article XX of the state constitution, relating to the Constitutional Convention of 1878-1879, | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Repeal Section 1a of Article IV of the state Constitution, which relates to the effective date of statutes enacted by the 1933 legislature. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Delete inoperative provisions in the Constitution relating to taxation. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Eliminate a duplicate section from the Constitution, remove sections from the Constitution, and expand the legislature's power in giving money. | Approved |
| 1949 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Repeal Sections 4 to 9 of Article XXII of the Constitution. | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Enact a single-subject rule for ballot initiatives | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow city charters and amendments to be voted on at a special election or the next general election and allow charters to establish boroughs. | Defeated |
| 1948 | CICA | Proposition 12 | Allow cities and counties to restrict the sale of alcohol and require the city or county where an alcohol sale license is issued. | Defeated |
| 1948 | CICA | Proposition 13 | Change the formula for state Senate reapportionment | Defeated |
| 1948 | BI | Proposition 14 | Create the State Housing Agency and allow for bonds up to $100,000,000 for funding loans to public housing authorities. | Defeated |
| 1948 | CISS | Proposition 15 | Prohibit the use of purse nets and round haul nets for fishing in ocean and tide waters south of Point San Simeon in San Luis Obispo County. | Defeated |
| 1948 | CISS | Proposition 16 | Allow the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to regulate schooling for chiropractors and allow the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to set the license renewal fee | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Exempt certain positions from state civil service and prohibit reviving statutes relating to optional exemption from state civil service. | Defeated |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Require the state to reimburse all counties, cities and counties, cities, and districts for losses in tax revenue caused by tax exemptions for veterans, religious organizations, hospitals, and charitable institutions. | Defeated |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Establish that Fish and Game commissioners stay in their office once their term expires until their successor takes office. | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Establish that the property tax exemption for veterans be based on the assessed value. | Defeated |
| 1948 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Allow cities and counties to regulate the sale of alcohol and establish regulations on alcohol licensing. | Defeated |
| 1948 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Allow the Public Utilities Commission to set the number of brakemen to be used on trains. | Approved |
| 1948 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Increase aid for aged people , increase aid for blind people, change eligibility requirements for such aid, and place such aid programs under state control. | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow legislative wages to be set by law and allow the legislature to set mileage reimbursement rate (not to exceed $0.05 per mile). | Defeated |
| 1948 | CISS | Proposition 6 | Prohibit the use of nets, traps, set lines, or other appliances for commercial fishing in the San Francisco Bay and connecting waters. | Defeated |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Change voter residency eligibility requirements. | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish that Superior Court vacancies during a general election year shall be filled at the next general election. | Approved |
| 1948 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Establish that the successor to the governor in the case of a vacancy shall finish the rest of the term of the governor | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Set the salary of the governor and prohibit a change in salary for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Treasurer during their term | Approved |
| 1946 | CISS | Proposition 11 | Establish that it is unlawful to refuse to hire someone based on their race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry. | Defeated |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow the legislature to amend or repeal laws enacted by initiative and require such amendment or repeal to be approved by voters. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Simplify the procedure to allocate state funds to the public school system. | Defeated |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Establish the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and Controller as the order to take over the powers of the governor if other positions are unable to act | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Establish that the 1923 and 1943 legislative amendments to the infinitive measure in 1920 referred to as the Alien Land Law are valid. | Defeated |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Repeal section 12, Article XIII of the Constitution. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Rename the Railroad Commission the Public Utilities Commission and require Senate approval for commissioners appointed by the governor | Approved |
| 1946 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $100,000,000 for the Veterans' Welfare Board to help veterans and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1946 | CISS | Proposition 2 | Permit greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering, establish a board to license such racing, and collect a percentage of money wagered. | Defeated |
| 1946 | CICA | Proposition 3 | Establish the minimum salary for teachers and increase state support per student per year. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow the state to loan money to veterans to buy a business, land, buildings, supplies, equipment, machinery, or tools. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Create the Court of Tax Appeals to review appeals from the superior court regarding taxes and allow decisions of the Court of Tax Appeals to be reviewed by the Supreme Court. | Defeated |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish that the legislature shall meet annually, limit the discussion in even year to the budget and special topics, and establish that the state budget is for 1 year. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Allow the election of members of the county board of educatio and allow the qualifications and terms of office to be set by county charter. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Require the qualifications and salary of county superintendents be set by the legislature and allow the qualifications and salary to vary by county. | Approved |
| 1946 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Create one office of Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and three offices of Associate Superintendents of Public Instruction. | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the legislature, during times of war, to approve a suspension on the prohibition against increasing the compensation of local officers. | Approved |
| 1944 | CICA | Proposition 11 | Establish a $60 monthly payment to those above 60 or are permanently disabled and create an income tax to fund such payments. | Defeated |
| 1944 | CICA | Proposition 12 | Declare that there is a right to employment regardless if one belongs to a labor organization. | Defeated |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Remove the property tax exemption from federal property, except from property exempted under federal law. | Approved |
| 1944 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $30,000,000 for helping war veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Extend the property tax exemption to veterans who served during times of peace and were honorably released and to veterans who have continued their service. | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the legislature to set the pay for the Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Treasurer | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Exempt property owned for religious, hospital, or charitable non-profit purposes from taxation | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Authorize the legislature to allow the reinstatement of public officers and employees who resign to serve in the armed forces. | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish that the session of the legislature shall not exceed 60 days and require that budget and appropriation bill should cover one year. | Defeated |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Provide that members of the legislature receive the necessary funds to cover their attendance of legislative sessions. | Approved |
| 1944 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Declare that all deeds issued because of tax delinquency or assessments are valid unless declared invalid by a court. | Defeated |
| 1944 | CICA | Proposition 9 | Increase the amount of money given to public elementary schools to 166.66% of the amount of generated by counties. | Approved |
| 1942 | IndISS | Proposition 10 | Allow for the rehabilitation, readjustment, reorganization, consolidation, or merger of building and loan associations and provide for means of doing such. | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow the legislature to regulate wrestling and boxing and require money collected from such regulations to be used for homes for war veterans. | Approved |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow school districts and fifth and sixth class cities to hold stock in mutual water companies and them to have the same rights as other stockholders. | Approved |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Establish procedures relating to the State Board of Education. | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Declare the interest rate on any loan or forbearance, allow a contract with an interest of up to 10% and declare the interest rate on court judgments. | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow the Supreme Court to transfer cases to and from itself and establish the jurisdiction of other courts. | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Provide that nothing prohibits the legislature from allowing administrative agencies and officers to answer questions within their jurisdiction | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Allow the legislature to require that state money under state authority be held in a trust by the State Treasurer before being deposited in the treasury. | Approved |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Replace the Surveyor General with the State Controller on the Reapportionment Commission | Approved |
| 1942 | VR | Proposition 1 | Define hot cargo, define secondary boycott, and prohibit hot cargo and secondary boycotts. | Approved |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Require annual sessions of the legislature and require the governor submit a budget for the next fiscal year within the first five days of the legislative session | Defeated |
| 1942 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Create the Board of Examiners and require those applying to the Medical, Dental, Osteopathic, or Chiropractic Board to pass a written examination. | Defeated |
| 1942 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Require that income taxes be approved by the majority of voters and repeal the 1935 Personal Income Tax Act, | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Set the pay for legislative members at $200 per month and fix the rate for mileage reimbursement at a maximum of $0.05 per mile. | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Create the Board of Forestry to represent the state's interests in state and federal forestry. | Defeated |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Establish taxation on insurance companies and set rates for such taxation. | Approved |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Require that all money relating to protection, conservation, propagation, or preservation of fish, game, mollusks, or crustaceans collected through fines, forfeitures, and other manners be used for further such purposes. | Approved |
| 1942 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer, State Controller, and Secretary of State be set during their term of office. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Require that public improvements that are paid partially or fully special assessment taxes be subject to a variety of provisions. | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow the state to have stocks in mutual water companies when such ownership is required to secure a water supply. | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow either house of the legislature to create a committee to research facts and make recommendations. | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow the legislature to execute leases and sales of state park lands that contain oil or gas and require funds generated go to a general fund. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow the legislature to apportion to political subdivisions from money derived from Chapter 362 and Chapter 330 Statutes. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Limit the money the city treasurer is able to transfer to meet obligations of city or city and county, | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Provide for annual 60 day sessions of the legislature, require the budget be prepared annually, and limit the increase of general fund appropriations. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Allow the legislature to authorize the political subdivisions to purchase personal liability insurance against all officers, agents, and employees. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Release all liens, mortgages, and other encumbrances taken by counties as security for aid granted to aged persons. | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Release all liens, mortgages, and other encumbrances of those covered under the Old Age Security Act or Old Age Security. | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Declare that the legislature shall provide for the establishment, governance, and superintendence of institutions for all felons | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow the legislature to regulate the manner of election results for governor and lieutenant governor | Approved |
| 1940 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Start Daylight Saving Time on the last Sunday in April and end it on the last Sunday in September. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Allow the legislature to create ways for the superior court to review decisions made by administrative officers, boards, and commissions. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Make adjustments and reforms to the jurisdiction of courts. | Defeated |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Create the Fish and Game Commission | Approved |
| 1940 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Exempt all vessels from local taxes except yachts of more than 50 tons until January 1955. | Defeated |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CICA | Proposition 1 | Require the state to issue at least 30 $1 warrants for life to all electors above the age of 50, enact a 3% gross income tax, create a state bank to handle warrants, and require $20,000,000 of bonds for the warrants. | Defeated |
| 1939 | CISS | Proposition 2 | Convert the role of Secretary of Chiropractic Board to a full time position nd adjust powers and processes of the Chiropractic Board. | Defeated |
| 1939 | VR | Proposition 3 | Regulate the business and licensure of brokers and personal property brokers and regulate loans for $300 or less. | Approved |
| 1939 | VR | Proposition 4 | Regulate the business and licensure of brokers and personal property brokers and regulate loans for $300 or less. | Approved |
| 1939 | VR | Proposition 5 | Create the Oil Conservation Commission to regulate crude petroleum oil and natural gas production. | Defeated |
| 1938 | VR | Proposition 10 | Allow bidding on 11 parcels of state-owned tide and overflowed land at Huntington Beach for oil drilling from piers, islands or groins. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Divide California into 5 equalization districts and declare that the State Board of Equalization be made up of one member from each district. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Prohibit taxes, license fees, and other charges for any property controlled by the San Francisco Bay Exposition corporation for the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939. | Approved |
| 1938 | VR | Proposition 13 | Allow governmental subdivisions to use revenue bonds to pay for the construction or acquisition of public utilities. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Establish procedures regarding when a judge should be removed from the Supreme Court. | Approved |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Increase the number of members on the Judicial Council from 15 and allow the Council to make rules regarding all judges in the state. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Declare that retired judges continue as a judicial officer but may only exercise judicial power when assigned. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Require that once an initiative has been presented to the Secretary of State such measure be voted on in the next general election or special election. | Approved |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Require money controlled by any state agency be held in a trust by the State Treasurer and allow the State Treasurer to distribute the funds in such trust. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Allow surplus money from the Veterans’ Farm and Home Preservation Act of 1921 fund be distributed amongst veterans. | Defeated |
| 1938 | CISS | Proposition 1 | Define lawful and unlawful picketing, boycotting, and display of banners and recognize the right of employees to strike and bargain collectively, | Defeated |
| 1938 | CICA | Proposition 20 | Exempt homes valued up to $1,000 from taxation, repeal the sales tax, and phase out taxes on improvements and personal property. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Extend the tax exemption to furnishings and personal property of religious buildings and buildings and property used to provide aid to orphans. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Require that charter amendments be submitted to the local legislative body and require that voters vote on such amendments within 60 days of filing. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Allow for $10 per day per member of both houses of the legislature for legislative help. | Defeated |
| 1938 | VR | Proposition 24 | Allow bidding on 11 parcels of state-owned tide and overflowed land at Huntington Beach for drilling and require a minimum of 5 wells per parcel. | Defeated |
| 1938 | CICA | Proposition 25 | Create the State Retirement Life Payments Administrator and require the state issue retirement compensation warrants and stamps. | Defeated |
| 1938 | CISS | Proposition 2 | Establish regulations for animal pounds. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Require motor vehicle and gas tax money, vehicle license fees, and vehicle license tax money be used for street and highway purposes. | Approved |
| 1938 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Create the Highway and Traffic Safety Commission, eliminate the current State Highway Commission, and transfer the California Highway Patrol to the control of the Highway and Traffic Safety Commission. | Defeated |
| 1938 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Authorize the State Fish and Game Commission to issue permits for delivering fish, mollusks, or crustaceans beyond state waters. | Approved |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Tax insurance companies at 2.6% the amount of gross premiums minus return premiums. | Approved |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Give the legislature the power to administer relief for those suffering from hardship. | Approved |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Give the legislature the power to apportion funds from the State Treasury for municipal purposes and allow the legislature to gift things of value to municipal corporations. | Defeated |
| 1938 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Remove the provision exempting $1,000 worth of property from taxation for veterans released from active duty because of a disability. | Defeated |
| 1936 | CICA | Proposition 10 | Require the use of vehicle registration fees and taxes for highway purposes and require registration fees to be equal for all types of vehicles. | Defeated |
| 1936 | CICA | Proposition 11 | Create the State Tenure Board to hear cases against instructors and determine tenure. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Create the Court of Criminal Appeals to succeed in jurisdiction to the Supreme Court in cases regarding the death penalty and allow the governor to appoint the first justices whose position is later filled by election. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow state agencies and corporations operating, managing, and controlling fairs and expositions which are given public moneys to use eminent domain. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow any county with one or more incorporated cities to frame and adopt a charter for a consolidated city and county with the same boundaries as the county. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow the legislature to enact laws to repay or refund from public funds for street and highway improvement purposes. | Approved |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Allow water districts and water conservation districts to acquire stock in companies having water possessions and allow the treasurer to temporarily transfer funds to pay the interest and principal of bonds. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Base tax rates for oil rights, mining rights, improvements on leased land, and improvements on land exempt from taxation on the preceding year's tax rate. | Approved |
| 1936 | VR | Proposition 18 | Uphold a tax of $0.10 per pound on oleomargarine sold in California. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Exempt costs up to $5,000 for compiling the histories of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments from legislative expense restrictions. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow the governing bodies of political subdivisions to maintain museums and art galleries. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Allow the legislature to provide for punishment, custody, and care for women in a manner different than that of men convicted of similar felonies. | Approved |
| 1936 | VR | Proposition 22 | Require those owning stores to obtain a license for their store, and exempt certain businesses. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Rename the Railroad Commission the Public Service Commission of the State of California and eliminate the fixed term for its commissioners. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 24 | Require that the first question on a ballot for the adoption of a city or city and county charter be "Shall a board of freeholders be elected to frame a proposed new charter?". | Approved |
| 1936 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Require a vote by the majority of electors approving an income tax and repeal the 1935 Personal Income Tax Act and similar personal income tax laws. | Defeated |
| 1936 | CICA | Proposition 3 | Create the Alcoholic Beverage Commission to take control of alcohol regulation and licensing. | Defeated |
| 1936 | CISS | Proposition 4 | Establish procedures for the leasing of tide, submerged, or overflowed lands. | Defeated |
| 1936 | BI | Proposition 5 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $5,000,000 for a celebration of the completion of the Boulder Dam and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Establish procedures for the city of Los Angeles to celebrate the completion of the Boulder Dam. | Defeated |
| 1936 | CICA | Proposition 7 | Require that appointments be based on fitness and prohibit dismissals except for with cause after a hearing. | Defeated |
| 1936 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Allow the legislature to provide for the registration of electors' conduct of elections. | Defeated |
| 1936 | CICA | Proposition 9 | Allow all cities, towns, counties, cities and counties, and territories to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages within their limits. | Defeated |
| 1935 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $13,950,000 for construction and improvements of state buildings and for constructing state prisons. | Defeated |
| 1935 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Allow the state to borrow from banks an amount equal to 50% of the previous year's taxes and revenue and require the money to be repaid within 1 year. | Defeated |
| 1935 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the state to enter a contract with the Rector Dam Authority for projects supported by public funds and require a federal loan or grant for the project. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Require all state agencies be subject to regulation and requirements regarding budgets and filings with the State Controller, | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 11 | Eliminate the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and establish that the State Board of Education should consist of 10 members and should appoint a Director of Education. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Prescribe an annual interest rate on loans, allow written contracts for other interest rates, and exempt some groups from the restrictions. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 13 | Allow voters of a city or county to submit an initiative regarding the prohibition of beverages with more than 0.5% alcohol. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Create procedures for appointing judges and filling judicial vacancies. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Require that every county and that every city and county have a superior court with at least one judge and allow the legislature to divide counties with over one million people into judicial election districts. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Establish that the legislature shall establish a municipal court in any city or city and county of 40,000 people. | Approved |
| 1934 | CISS | Proposition 17 | Create the Naturopathic Association of California to regulate and license practitioners of naturopathy. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allow the legislature to create legislation regulating the use, acquisition, and development of water and energy. | Defeated |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Prohibit the state from becoming indebted over $300,000 unless authorized by a majority vote of electors. | Defeated |
| 1934 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $30,000,000 for helping veterans acquire houses and farms and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow fifth and sixth class cities to hold stock in mutual water companies and allow the city to have the same rights as any other stockholder. | Approved |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Allow the government to take possession of lands used for right of way or reservoirs as soon as the land is paid for in full. | Approved |
| 1934 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Allow two or more political subdivisions to create agreements for joint exercise of powers and create procedures for such agreements, | Defeated |
| 1934 | BI | Proposition 23 | Allow for bonds up to $24,000,000 for unemployment relief and create the Relief Administrator and the Relief Commission. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Prohibit the sale of alcohol except beer at saloons and barrooms, allow the sale and consumption of alcohol at certain places, and establish licenses establishments that sell alcohol. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 3 | Establish procedures for filling vacancies for Supreme Court and Appellate Court judges. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Establish the salary of the Attorney General and prohibit the Attorney General from practicing in private practice. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 5 | Establish procedures relating to trial witnesses and juries. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 6 | Establish procedures relating to defendants appearing in court. | Approved |
| 1934 | CICA | Proposition 7 | Establish procedures relating to state civil service. | Approved |
| 1934 | LRSS | Proposition 8 | Call for a Constitutional Convention to revise the state constitution. | Approved |
| 1934 | CISS | Proposition 9 | Create the State Chiropractors Association to regulate chiropractic and physical therapy practitioners and practices. | Defeated |
| 1933 | LRSS | Proposition 10 | Allocate $8,449,326 from the gasoline tax funds for payment of highway bonds | Defeated |
| 1933 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Require taxation on banks, insurance companies, and the property of public utility companies. | Approved |
| 1933 | BI | Proposition 1 | Create the Water Project Authority, allow for bonds up to $170,000,000 for constructing such systems, and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1933 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $20,000,000 for a fund for municipalities and counties for unemployment relief and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1933 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Create the California Horse Racing Board to regulate and license horse racing and wagering. | Approved |
| 1933 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Exempt educational buildings, equipment, securities, and income from taxation, exempt 10 acres of grounds of private colleges from taxation, and exempt 100 acres of grounds of public colleges from taxation. | Defeated |
| 1933 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Require property assessors from Los Angeles and Orange counties to reassess real and personal property damaged or destroyed by the March 10, 1933 earthquake. | Approved |
| 1933 | BI | Proposition 6 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $55,000,000 for refinancing irrigation and reclamation districts and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1933 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Declare all acts passed by July 16, 1933 effective 90 days after May 22, 1933 and declare such acts subject to referendum if petitions are submitted in 90 days. | Approved |
| 1933 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish regulations for supervisors, district attorneys, auditors, and other county officers. | Approved |
| 1933 | LRSS | Proposition 9 | Allocate $8,779,750 from the gasoline tax funds for payment of highway bonds | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the city of Escondido to have shares in a mutual water company and allow the city to have the same rights as other stockholders. | Approved |
| 1932 | CICA | Proposition 11 | Allow the Huntington Beach to use and lease tide and submerged lands and require half of the income generated be given to the state treasury. | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow Glendale to pay, from a surplus of its public service department, owners of property for the replacement of water mains on such property. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow the legislature to amend the State Athletic Commission act and use money generated for paying for the Commission and veterans' homes. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Exempt vessels of more than 50 tons that transport freight or passengers from taxation except for state purposes until January 1955. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow any public or municipal corporation to deposit money in any bank for payment of bonds from places outside California. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Establish regulations regarding liens on taxes and the repayment of liens on taxes. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Establish procedures regarding the city charters and amendments to them. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allow a county board of supervisors to draft a charter for said county. | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Allow charters to select any method for the selection of officers and allow any system of proportional representation and voting. | Defeated |
| 1932 | CISS | Proposition 1 | Repeal the Wright Act, which enforced the 18th Amendment of the federal Constitution. | Approved |
| 1932 | VR | Proposition 1 | Prohibit the destruction, production, storage, and uneconomic use of crude petroleum oil and create a commission to investigate the production of oil. | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow county charters to have any method to select elective officers and allow any system of proportional representation for the governing body of a county. | Defeated |
| 1932 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Allow California, if the Wright Act is repealed, to have the exclusive right to regulate alcohol and allow the legislature to allow the sale of liquor in stores. | Approved |
| 1932 | VR | Proposition 2 | Prohibit the leasing, by the state or state officials, of state tide or beach lands for production of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons, | Approved |
| 1932 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Determine conditions for foreclosure of mortgages and trust deeds. | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Remove the requirement that half of taxes collected on highway transportation companies be used on the maintenance of public highways. | Defeated |
| 1932 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Create the California Racing Board to regulate racing and divide the some of the fees between the Veterans' Welfare Board and Board of Agriculture. | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Exempt from taxation $1,000 of property from every resident of California who served during war and then continued service. | Approved |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Increase pay for employees of the legislature to a total of $400 for employees of the Senate and a total of $450 for employees of the Assembly. | Defeated |
| 1932 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Require initiative proponents to file their proposal with the attorney general, who would then prepare a ballot title and summary | Approved |
| 1932 | CICA | Proposition 9 | Create an income tax to fund schools and require at 75% of the state's money given to schools to be used for teachers' salaries. | Defeated |
| 1930 | CISS | Proposition 10 | Define construction loans, prevent corporations from pleading usury, and regulate industrial loan companies and pawnbrokers. | Defeated |
| 1930 | CICA | Proposition 11 | Create the Fish and Game Commission to create fishing and game districts and regulate fishing and hunting. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow each house of the legislature to employ help and set the daily pay to a total of $400 for all employees of the Senate and a total of $450 for all employees of the Assembly. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Declare that the legislature may pay farmers for animals that are taken, slaughtered, or otherwise disposed of to prevent the spread of disease. | Approved |
| 1930 | CISS | Proposition 14 | Require a new state-wide voter registration and require every other year that those who did not vote in the previous election to re-register to vote. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Confirm trusts and estates created for the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, allow the institution and its trustees to receive property for its benefit, and exempt the property of the trust from taxation. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Allow the legislature to create laws regarding the creation of corporations. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Require ocean marine insurance companies to pay a tax based on underwriting profits and require the legislature to set the tax rate. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Require the state to collect a tax on motor vehicles and pay 95% of the motor vehicle taxes to the county where the vehicle is registered. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Declare Supreme Court and District Court of Appeals justices ineligible for other public employment during their term | Approved |
| 1930 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $20,000,000 for helping war veterans acquire farms and houses and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow any department of the executive branch to be part of the Governor's Council. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Require the Department of Finance to report the net loss of each city and county from state property taxes and allow the legislature to determine the means and amount that the state reimburses cities and counties for these losses. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Require amendments for municipal charters to be submitted to electors to the legislature 60 days before the election. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Create an election of 120 delegates to draft a new state constitution and establish the procedures for the convention. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 24 | Establish procedures for judicial leave of absences and allow the legislature to change the number of Superior Court judges. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 25 | Change the residency requirement for voting and allow the legislature to create laws allowing those who expect to be absent or unable to vote. | Approved |
| 1930 | CISS | Proposition 26 | Prohibit keeping open any store, barber shop, workshop, factory, or other place of business on Sundays with the exception of certain businesses. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Require biennial legislation that distributes taxes on fire insurance companies and establish procedures for distributing the funds. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Set the Governor's and Lieutenant-Governor's salaries and declare the salaries of other positions to be set by law. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Set the tax rate of street railways at 4.25% of gross receipts from operations. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow the legislature to provide retirement salaries for state employees and create the requirements and terms for retirement. | Approved |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Require the state to pay taxes to counties, municipalities, or political subdivisions on toll bridges acquired by the state. | Defeated |
| 1930 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Advance the standard time by one hour on the last Sunday of April and decrease the standard time by one hour on the last Sunday of September. | Defeated |
| 1930 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Exempt from taxation non-profit hospitals or sanatoriums and create methods for determining tax exempt status of hospitals and sanatoriums. | Defeated |
| 1930 | BI | Proposition 9 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for improvements to the San Francisco Harbor and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the state, counties, or cities to acquire land within a specified radius through gift, purchase, or condemnation for public purposes. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Change provisions for electing and filling vacancies of Supreme Court justices and change jurisdictions of a variety of courts. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Establish provisions for aid for physically handicapped people in need and remove wording regarding the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow the state, political subdivision, municipality, or other public corporation to be a stockholder of any mutual water corporation. | Defeated |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Allow quasi-public corporations to extend their term of existence and require public utility corporations get consent before extending their existence. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow the legislature to regulate compensation of grand and trial jurors and eliminate the provision capping compensation at $3/day and mileage. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Declare the constitutional provision making stockholders liable for moneys embezzled or misappropriated unapplicable to exposition companies. | Approved |
| 1928 | BI | Proposition 17 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for railroad grade separations and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Allow those who are partaking in civil or congressional service to have the right to vote in other precincts under provisions created by the legislature. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Establish provisions to give aid to blind people in need. | Approved |
| 1928 | VR | Proposition 1 | Uphold the state legislature's redistricting plan for the Assembly and Senate | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Allow trial by jury to be waived in all criminal trials where both parties consent and the defendant and their attorney express so in open court. | Approved |
| 1928 | CISS | Proposition 21 | Define a variety of animal sports, prohibit the use of spurs on an animal for entertainment, and declare that such restrictions do not apply to of farms. | Defeated |
| 1928 | BI | Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $1,000,000 for holding an Olympiad in California and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Adjust taxation on banks, financial corporations, mercantile corporations, manufacturing corporations, and business corporations. | Approved |
| 1928 | BI | Proposition 4 | Allow for bonds up to $6,000,000 for the acquisition of properties in California for state parks and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1928 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Repeal an act that allowed boxing and wrestling contests for prize and the creation of an athletics commission to regulate such contests. | Defeated |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Create a State Board of Education with a salary fixed by law. | Defeated |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Require conservation of water to protect public welfare. | Approved |
| 1928 | VR | Proposition 8 | Increase fees for electric motor vehicles using pneumatic tires to transport passengers or property and double fees for non-electric vehicles. | Approved |
| 1928 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Allow the state to take property for right of way without full compensation being first made. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow for bonds of up to $8,500,000 for the completion and equipment of state buildings and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Exempt the property of any non-profit secondary educational institution that is accredited to the University of California from taxation. | Defeated |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Extend tax exemptions for veterans. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow individuals who are absent from their precincts due to injury, necessary travel, or government service to vote by absentee ballot | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Require that any increase in corporate indebtedness be approved by the holders of at least two-thirds of the amount in value of the stock. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Allow the legislature to provide for the incorporation and organization of school districts, high school districts, and junior college districts. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Require the state pay $3,000 of the salaries of Supreme Court, District Courts of Appeal, and Superior Court judges and the county pay the rest. | Defeated |
| 1926 | CICA | Proposition 17 | Allow public schools to purchase and use the Holy Bible, provided that no student is forced to read the Bible | Defeated |
| 1926 | CICA | Proposition 18 | Create a board appointed by the governor to distribute water and electric energy and allow for the issuance of bonds for the board. | Defeated |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Provide for pensions of half their last salary for certain judges. | Defeated |
| 1926 | BI | Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $20,000,000 for helping veterans acquire farms or homes and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1926 | CICA | Proposition 20 | Create a reapportionment commission to provide for reapportionment when the legislature failed to do so in the first session following a census. | Defeated |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Establish procedures for when two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness are submitted at the same election to voters. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Exempt from taxation immature forest trees planted on certain lands. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Establish procedures for voting for nonpartisan offices and for offices with more than one position to be filled. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 24 | Authorize irrigation districts to acquire stock of corporations owning water rights, waterworks, franchises, and concessions. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 25 | Declare that all property used exclusively for the burial of the human dead be exempt from taxation and local assessment. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 26 | Establish the abilities of appellate courts to ascertain facts from evidence. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 27 | Create a judicial council to regulate court practices and procedures. | Approved |
| 1926 | CICA | Proposition 28 | Divide the state legislature into senatorial and assembly districts following each federal census and create a Reapportionment Commission. | Approved |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish taxation on vehicles and trucks using public highways. | Approved |
| 1926 | VR | Proposition 3 | Add more regulations to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine and establish a tax on oleomargarine. | Defeated |
| 1926 | CISS | Proposition 4 | Require every distributor of gasoline to pay a license tax of one cent per gallon, in addition to the current two cent license tax. | Defeated |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Establish the salary of the Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, and Surveyor, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. | Defeated |
| 1926 | CISS | Proposition 6 | Regulate and license horse racing and pari-mutuel betting within the racetrack enclosure. | Defeated |
| 1926 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Reduce the tax on short-line steam railroads from 7% to 5.25% of gross receipts. | Approved |
| 1926 | CICA | Proposition 8 | Classify highways as primary or secondary, enumerate the primary highways, and allocate $5 million annually for 12 years for highways. | Defeated |
| 1926 | CISS | Proposition 9 | Repeal the Wright Act of 1922, which enforced alcohol prohibition, as provided for by the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. | Defeated |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Exempt county fire insurance companies from the state taxes on insurance companies. | Defeated |
| 1924 | CISS | Proposition 11 | Create the Klamath River Fish and Game District and prohibit of any dam or other artificial obstruction of waters in the district. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Establish municipal courts as courts of record and establish the jurisdiction of municipal courts and for appellate departments of superior courts. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Create an annual educational poll tax of at least five dollars on every male between the ages of 21 and 50, with certain exceptions. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Provide that state and local public bonds are exempt from taxation | Defeated |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Exempt property valued at less than $50,000 used exclusively as an airport or aviation field under the control of the federal government from taxation. | Defeated |
| 1924 | CICA | Proposition 16 | Create a board appointed by the governor to develop and distribute water and electrical energy and allow for the issuance of bonds. | Defeated |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Allow the railroad commission to fix compensation for property taken by an irrigation or other public corporation district. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Declare that any individual registered as an elector in one precinct who moves to another in the same county within 30 days of an election can vote. | Approved |
| 1924 | CICA | Proposition 1 | Require companies operating as common carriers on public highways to pay an annual 4% state tax on gross receipts from operations | Defeated |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Establish pay for legislators during regular and special sessions and create repayment for mileage expenses. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Allow the deposit of public moneys by any political subdivision into banks of the state of California. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Change the concurrent jurisdiction of inferior courts with superior courts in certain cases of forcible entry and detainer from cases. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Require local treasurers to transfer up to 85% of taxes once each fiscal year for obligations and to replace them before meeting other obligations. | Defeated |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Declare that personal property taxes be based on the previous year's tax rate and allow the equalization of personal property assessments. | Approved |
| 1924 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Authorize boxing and wrestling contests for prizes and create an athletic commission to license contests and participants. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Prohibit increases in the salaries of county officers by providing assistants and deputies as necessary. | Approved |
| 1924 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Authorize the taxation of notes, debentures, shares of stock, bonds, solvent credits, or mortgages at a rate proportionate to their value. | Approved |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 10 | Make property used by public agencies for public service subject to assessment and taxes in the same manner as private property. | Defeated |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 11 | Declare that public agencies providing public service be a public utility regulated by the State Railroad Commission like private corporations | Defeated |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 12 | Require the governor to submit a budget to the legislature within 30 days of each regular session and establish procedure for passage of the budget bill. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Eliminate the provision prohibiting a change in salaries for Superior Court Judges and have the state pay $3,000 of Superior Court Judges' salaries. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Authorize legislation for the taxation of notes, debentures, shares of stock, bonds, or mortgages in lieu of property taxes. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Permit public utilities paying state taxes to deduct any amount paid to other public utilities from gross receipts of operation. | Defeated |
| 1922 | CISS | Proposition 16 | Create a Board of Chiropractic Examiners to regulate chiropractic practice, with members appointed by the governor. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Authorize the state or other subdivisions to provide protection against flooding by utilizing any stream outside or partially outside the state. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Authorize two or more municipalities to control public works that supply public services and establish procedures for establishing such control. | Defeated |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 19 | Create a board to fix rates for water and electrical energy and allow for the issuance of bonds up to $500,000,000 for actions of the board. | Defeated |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 1 | Permit aid for United States Army and Navy veterans to acquire or develop farms or homes and validate the California Veterans' Welfare Bond Act. | Approved |
| 1922 | CISS | Proposition 20 | Create a Board of Osteopathic Examiners to carry out the Medical Practice Act of 1913 and other future acts, with members appointed by the governor. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Prohibit the state legislature from passing any special or local laws that create irrigation, reclamation, drainage, or flood control districts. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Permit absentee voting for active members of the military who are not at their home precinct at the time of an election. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Extend permission to deposit public moneys into state banks to political subdivisions aside from the state, counties, and municipalities. | Approved |
| 1922 | VR | Proposition 24 | Prohibit unlicensed persons from acting as an attorney, establish procedures for violations of such law, and provide exceptions to such law. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 25 | Require that a judge pro tempore be approved by the superior court in which he acts prior to trying a case. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 26 | Allow the formation of school districts situated in more than one county and the issuance of bonds by such districts. | Approved |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 27 | Increase the number of signatures needed to submit initiatives about taxes to 15% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. | Defeated |
| 1922 | CISS | Proposition 28 | Make illegal the dissection or torture any living person or animal for the purpose of experiment or investigation, except for medical care | Defeated |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 29 | Abolish the existing method of taxation, declare that private property rights apply only to products of labor and not land, and define franchises. | Defeated |
| 1922 | VR | Proposition 2 | Declare all acts prohibited by the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution also unlawful in the state of California. | Approved |
| 1922 | CICA | Proposition 30 | Give the Railroad Commission exclusive power to grant franchises for railways and motor vehicle transportation for compensation. | Defeated |
| 1922 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for helping veterans to purchase farms and houses and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1922 | BI | Proposition 4 | Allow for bonds up to $3,000,000 for carrying out the land settlement act and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1922 | VR | Proposition 5 | Regulate tenement locations and repeal the State Tenement House Act, the State Hotel and Lodging House Act, and the State Dwelling House Act. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Authorize for the classification of counties by population to regulate the business of issuing insurance policies for real or personal property. | Defeated |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Exempt $1,000 of property from taxation for those who are residents of California who have been honorably discharged from military service. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Prohibit incorporated cities from being transferred, annexed, or consolidated with another municipality without the consent of the voters. | Approved |
| 1922 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Authorize the creation of boroughs in municipalities through amendments to existing municipal charters and in new charters. | Approved |
| 1920 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Establish procedures relating to constitutional conventions. | Defeated |
| 1920 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Require the legislature to enact an annual tax of at least $4.00 on every noncitizen man between the ages of 21 and 60 residing in California | Approved |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 12 | Levy an ad valorem tax of 1.2 mills per dollar to supply the state university fund. | Defeated |
| 1920 | VR | Proposition 13 | Establish procedures relating to the willing of property. | Defeated |
| 1920 | VR | Proposition 14 | Prohibit any subsidiary corporation of, or person controlled by, any state bank from acting as the general agent of any insurance company, except in cities where the population is less than 5,000. | Defeated |
| 1920 | VR | Proposition 15 | Change provisions relating to the organization and creation of irrigation districts. | Approved |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 16 | Make changes to school funding and add kindergarten to the public school system. | Approved |
| 1920 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Provide for absentee voting for members of the military who are unable to be their voting precinct at the time of the election. | Defeated |
| 1920 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Exempt property used for orphanages from taxation. | Approved |
| 1920 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Authorize the legislature to grant aid to institutions and counties that support children of fathers incapacitated by permanent physical disability or severe cases of tuberculosis. | Approved |
| 1920 | CISS | Proposition 1 | Permit the acquisition and transfer of property by aliens eligible for citizenship to the same extent as citizens. | Approved |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 20 | Exempt personal property from taxes and require all public revenues to be collected from taxes on land values, exclusive of improvements. | Defeated |
| 1920 | VR | Proposition 2 | Define intoxicating liquor and prohibit the sale, manufacture, possession, or gifting of liquor for beverage purposes. | Defeated |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 3 | Increase the salaries of supreme court justices to $10,000 a year and increase the salaries of district courts of appeal judges to $9,000 a year. | Defeated |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 4 | Increase the number of signatures needed to submit initiative petitions related to taxes to 25 percent of voters at the last gubernatorial election. | Defeated |
| 1920 | CISS | Proposition 5 | Create a Board of Chiropractic Examiners to create regulations and licensing requirements. | Defeated |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 6 | Prohibit the requirement of any vaccine, inoculation, or other medicine for admission into any public school or for employment in any public office. | Defeated |
| 1920 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Prohibit the dissection or torture of any living person or animal for experiment or for physiological or pathological investigation, except for medical care. | Defeated |
| 1920 | VR | Proposition 8 | Regulate the sale and use of poisons and regulate the amount of opium, morphine, cocaine, and heroin physicians could prescribe. | Approved |
| 1920 | CICA | Proposition 9 | Create the State Highway Finance Board, cancel 40,000 unsold bonds issued by section 2 of article 16, and establish procedures for future bonds. | Approved |
| Year | Type | Title | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Authorize $40 million in bonds to construct and complete portions of state highways | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Declare when a borough is established, there shall be no change in the boundaries or governmental powers without a vote of borough electors. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Exempt cemeteries from taxation. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Authorize the state to reimburse cities for the loss of revenue resulting from tax exemptions for veterans when the value of the property exempted is greater than 5% of the city's property valuation. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Exempt counties from provisions requiring compensation be paid to the owner of the land before the land is appropriated for public use. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Exempt the properties of the YMCA and YWCA from taxation | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Create a state budget board, consisting of the board of control, state controller, and lieutenant governor, to help determine the needed budget for state offices, departments, and institutions. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Authorize the city of Venice to pay all of its debts incurred in 1914-1916 upon the approval of two-thirds of voters. | Approved |
| 1918 | VR | Proposition 17 | Require each county officer, prior to making a tax levy, to file financial statements and limit tax levy increases to five percent of the amount produced the year before. | Defeated |
| 1918 | CISS | Proposition 18 | Create a state board of authorization, require county officers to file financial statements, and limit tax levy increases to five percent of the amount produced the year before. | Defeated |
| 1918 | CICA | Proposition 19 | Require all public revenues to be raised by taxation on land values, irrespective of any improvements on the land. | Defeated |
| 1918 | CISS | Proposition 1 | Prohibit drinking saloons, the sale and distribution of alcohol (except for in specified instances), and limit places where the specified liquors can be sold. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Authorize the legislature to establish a health insurance system for persons deemed insufficient to meet the hazards of sickness and disability. | Defeated |
| 1918 | CISS | Proposition 21 | Change procedures and requirements for the Board of Dental Examiners and dental licenses. | Defeated |
| 1918 | CISS | Proposition 22 | Declare the manufacturing, importing, and selling of alcohol a misdemeanor and establish punishments for such misdemeanor. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Allow the legislature to establish a system of workmen's compensation. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 24 | Amend provisions relating to proportionate liability for corporations. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 25 | Allow jurisdictions to acquire more property than needed for an improvement through eminent domain and establish the procedure for doing so. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Authorize the state, counties, and municipalities to deposit moneys in national banks. | Approved |
| 1918 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Restrict and regulate interest rates on loans and limit fees, charges, and commissions related to loans. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Create absentee voting for those in the military. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Authorize counties with populations of 200,000 or more to make charters for consolidated city and county governments. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Remove a list of specific courts given judicial power from the constitution and replaced the list with courts given the power by the legislature. | Defeated |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Authorize Los Angeles County to reimburse funds held by the treasurer that were diminished due to payment of indebtedness. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Establish the powers and regulations of the governing body of the University of California. | Approved |
| 1918 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Divide the first and second district courts of appeal into two divisions of three justices each and establish procedures for creating such courts. | Approved |
| 1916 | CICA | Proposition 1 | Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic liquor. | Defeated |
| 1916 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Prohibit the possession, sale, or gift of alcoholic liquor in public places, define "alcoholic liquor", and establish penalties for violations of these laws. | Defeated |
| 1916 | BI | Proposition 3 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $15 million to complete unfinished parts of the state highway system and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1916 | VR | Proposition 4 | Amend the Direct Primary Act of 1913 to allow electors to declare partisanship at the polls and establish procedures for those who declare their partisanship. | Defeated |
| 1916 | CICA | Proposition 5 | Establish that all public revenues be raised by taxation on land values only, and exclude the value of improvements. | Defeated |
| 1916 | CICA | Proposition 6 | Make senators and members of the assembly ineligible for any other office or state employment during their term of office. | Approved |
| 1916 | LRSS | Proposition 7 | Allow the state engineering department to determine if bond costs for state highway construction in a county create an unjust burden to said county. | Approved |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Exempt all buildings and property used by religious organizations for social purposes from taxation. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Allow county charters to provide for elections, appointment and tenure of county officers. | Defeated |
| 1915 | VR | Proposition 1 | Establish regulations regarding primary elections. | Defeated |
| 1915 | VR | Proposition 2 | Establish the standards for size, form and manner of printing of ballots used at general elections. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Establish a 12-year term length for superior judges and declare them subject to recall, impeachment, and removal. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Allow judges appointed to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, District Court of Appeal, or Superior Court to finish the rest of the position's term. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Authorize the legislature to provide a land colonization system and establish a rural credit system to aid agriculture. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Allow state, county or municipal moneys to be deposited in banks under conditions provided by law. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Require a two-thirds (66.67%) vote to pass a ballot initiative to create bonded indebtedness | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Authorize the state, counties or municipalities to condemn neighboring property to be taken for public use and improvement. | Defeated |
| 1915 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Authorize the legislature to determine taxation and taxation classifications. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 10 | Prohibit poll and head taxes for any purpose in California | Approved |
| 1914 | BI | Proposition 11 | Allow the University of California to take up to $1.8 million in bonds for building on the UC-Berkely campus and establish terms for such bonds. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Establish that delegates to constitutional conventions be nominated at nonpartisan primary elections. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 13 | Establish that only property owners who taxes would be affected by a bond be allowed to vote on such bond. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 14 | Provide for absentee voting. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 15 | Authorize banks where public moneys are deposited to furnish bonds of districts within municipalities as security. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Authorize the state, counties, or municipalities to take neighboring property to what is presently needed through the process of eminent domain. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Allow for bonds to Alameda County up to $1 million for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1914 | VR | Proposition 18 | Make the buying, selling, shipping, offering, or exposing for sale of any wild game (except rabbits and wild geese) protected by law a misdemeanor. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 19 | Authorize cities of more than 50,000 people to annex contiguous territory within the county where the city is located. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRSS | Proposition 1 | Call for a constitutional convention to amend or revise the California Constitution. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 20 | Prohibit engaging in, training for, or betting on fights that result in compensation and prohibit all fights on Memorial Day and Sundays. | Approved |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 21 | Authorize chartered cities to establish municipal courts and municipal employees regulations and authorize such cities exceeding 175,000 population to consolidate by forming a charter. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 22 | Establish the procedures for obtaining property titles and methods for transfers and notifications of liens. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Declare a plurality of votes at any primary or election the election choice and authorize a preferential system of voting at primaries. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 24 | Increase the daily pay allowed for all employees of the Assembly to $600 per day and keep the daily pay allowed for all employees of the Senate to $500. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 25 | Establish procedures for cities with over 3,500 people to adopt charters and establish procedures for amending charters. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 26 | Authorize the state legislature to supervise, regulate and conduct affairs of irrigation, reclamation or drainage districts. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 27 | Authorize county charters to relate to any matters authorized by the constitution and allow counties to take over municipal functions. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 28 | Give railroad commissioners exclusive power to fix public utilities rates in all incorporated municipalities. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 29 | Allow county officers to perform municipal functions upon voter approval.and require charters be amended if such municipalities wish to use the allowance. | Approved |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 2 | Prohibit the sale, manufacture, and transportation of intoxicating liquor. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 30 | Allow irrigation districts to acquire stock of a foreign corporation that owns part of an international water system to gain control over the entire system. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 31 | Authorize the railroad commission to determine compensation paid for property taken through eminent domain for public utilities. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 32 | Eliminate provisions that prohibited the governor from being elected as a United States senator during their term of office. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 33 | Authorize municipal corporations to acquire and operate any type of public utilities. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 34 | Make all lands and improvements owned by a county or municipal corporation outside of its limits taxable. | Approved |
| 1914 | BI | Proposition 35 | Allow bonds up to $3 million for the building and equipment of state buildings in Sacramento and establishing the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1914 | BI | Proposition 36 | Provide for the issuance of state bonds to create a fund for completing a state building or buildings in the city and county of San Francisco. | Approved |
| 1914 | BI | Proposition 37 | Provide for the issuance of $750,000 in state bonds to improve the state fairgrounds in the city of Sacramento and establish the terms for such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 38 | Allow for bonds up to $1.25 million for the construction and maintenance of a state building in Los Angeles and establish the terms of such bonds. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 39 | Establish times when the Prohibition Amendment, if such amendment were to be approved, would go into effect. | Approved |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 3 | Make it a misdemeanor for an employer to require or permit an employee to work more than eight hours in one day or more than 48 hours in one week. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 40 | Authorize the governor to call extra sessions of the district courts of appeals and establish terms for such extra sessions. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 41 | Establish that no judgment shall be set aside or a new trial granted in any case unless evidence is found to indicate a miscarriage of justice occurred. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 42 | Authorize any county, municipality, irrigation district, or other public corporation that issued state bonds to pay interest on bonds at any place. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 43 | Exempt buildings, equipment, land, securities, and income of non-profit collegiate educational institutions from taxation. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 44 | Allow the legislature to create a minimum wage for women and minors and allow the legislature to create laws regarding the welfare of all employees. | Approved |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 45 | Prohibit employees from working more than six days or 48 hours per week and establish rules regarding working on Sundays. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 46 | Create a state board for drugless physicians to regulate people who treat patients without drugs or medicine. | Defeated |
| 1914 | CICA | Proposition 47 | Prohibit state elections on questions related to alcohol prohibition for eight years following the 1914 election. | Defeated |
| 1914 | BI | Proposition 48 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10 million for the betterment of the San Francisco Harbor and establish the terms of such bonds. | Approved |
| 1914 | VR | Proposition 4 | Declare places where acts of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution occur as nuisances and establish regulations for shutting down such places. | Approved |
| 1914 | VR | Proposition 5 | Create a state corporation department to regulate investment companies and brokers. | Approved |
| 1914 | VR | Proposition 6 | Create a state water commission to control the appropriation and use of water. | Approved |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Authorize counties and municipalities to exempt certain classes of property from taxation. | Defeated |
| 1914 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Exempt vessels weighing more than 50 tons that are used to transport freight or passengers from taxation. | Approved |
| 1914 | CISS | Proposition 9 | Authorize the governor to appoint an auditor of investments to define, regulate and examine investment companies. | Defeated |
| 1912 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Allow the legislature to determine how the state board of education is selected, allow the state board of education to select textbooks used in elementary schools, and provide such textbooks to students free of charge. | Approved |
| 1912 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Allow irrigation district bonds to be deposited in banks under the same conditions as state, county, and municipal funds | Approved |
| 1912 | VR | Proposition 3 | Add registrar of voters and sealer of weights and measures to the list of officers of a county. | Defeated |
| 1912 | VR | Proposition 4 | Require counties to have a registrar of voters office. | Defeated |
| 1912 | VR | Proposition 5 | Establish the pay of officers in third-class counties. | Defeated |
| 1912 | CICA | Proposition 6 | Establish standards for merging cities and/or counties, including a requirement that the proposed area has a combined population of at least 350,000. | Defeated |
| 1912 | CISS | Proposition 7 | Allow for horse racing and certain forms of betting, establish a racing commission. and prohibit bookmaking and pool-selling. | Defeated |
| 1912 | CICA | Proposition 8 | Allow all counties, cities and counties, towns, districts, and townships to create taxes for local purposes and to determine how taxes are collected. | Defeated |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 10 | Allow the legislature to compel employers to provide compensation to workers in the event of a work-related accident. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 11 | Remove the our-year term limit for those whose position is created under a local charter and who hold office in accordance with civil service laws. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 12 | Allow the state railroad commission to regulate and control certain commodities and services for the public | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 13 | Allow certain charters to set qualifications for employees of the courts, set terms regarding board of education members, set election procedures, and establish merger of municipalities guidelines. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 14 | Expand what utilities are included in the category "public works" and increase regulations on private utility companies. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 15 | Restrict alternations to school textbooks for a four years after their start of use in schools to alternations that do not require the purchase of a new textbook. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 16 | Increase the number of railroad commissioners from three to five, lengthen their terms from four years to six, and change the commission as an appointed one. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 17 | Allow counties and cities to prescribe an amount higher than the plurality when determining the winner of an election. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 18 | Remove state judicial power from justices of the peace, give the superior court original jurisdiction in property value cases, and allow for courts to replace justice of the peace. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 19 | Expand the list of government officials who are able to receive a free or discounted railroad ticket from railroad companies | Defeated |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 1 | Allow the legislature to pass laws regarding the measurement, weighing, and inspection of goods. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 20 | Provide that the clerk of the supreme court is an appointed position. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 21 | Provide for the impeachment of state officers and judges. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 22 | Provide for a $1,000 property tax exemption for military veterans who were honorably discharged | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 23 | Establish procedures related to railroad and other transportation companies. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 2 | Allow counties to adopt their own charters and provide for the election or appointment of county officers. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 3 | Change state legislative sessions from one continuous session to a session of a maximum of 30 days, then a recess of at least 30 days, then another session. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 4 | Provide for women's suffrage in state constitution. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 5 | Allow using eminent domain for railroad construction for logging or lumber and designate organizations that use eminent domain for such as common carriers. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 6 | Allow cities to vote on changes to the city charter more often, allow an extra session for the the local legislature to approve amendments, change the newspaper-charter posting requirement, allow cities to establish elector requirements for charter establishment, and allow borough system charters. | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 7 | Create an initiative and referendum process | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 8 | Provide for the recall of elected officials | Approved |
| 1911 | LRCA | Proposition 9 | Prohibit a retrial for criminal cases unless the court finds that an error resulted in a miscarriage of justice. | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 11 | Exempt mortgages and deeds of trust from taxation | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 14 | Establish the right of the people to fish on state-owned lands | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 1 | Provide for separate state and local taxation and taxation of corporations | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 33 | Authorize the city and county of San Francisco to amend its charter to allow the issuance of bonds in aid of the Panama Exposition | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 36 | Provide that judges may distribute caseload | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 38 | Authorize the legislature to provide uniform laws for the formation of new counties and for the alteration of existing county boundaries | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 44 | Provide for the classification of cities and towns by population in order to regulate the banking business | Approved |
| 1910 | LRCA | Amendment 52 | Levies a tax of $1.25 million per year over the course of five years to support the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 | Approved |
| 1910 | LRSS | India Basin Bond Measure | Issue $1 million in bonds to condemn or purchase 63 water-covered lots in the India basin in order to make an inner harbor | Approved |
| 1910 | LRSS | San Diego Sewall Bond Measure | Issue $1.5 million in bonds to construct a seawall in the harbor of San Diego | Approved |
| 1910 | LRSS | San Francisco Harbor Improvements Measure | Issued $9 million in bonds to make improvements to the harbor and waterfront of San Francisco | Approved |
| 1910 | LRSS | State Highway Bond Measure | Issue $18 million in bonds to build state highways | Approved |
Analysis
Ballotpedia completed an inventory of California ballot measures from 1910 to 2024. Californians have decided on 1,306 ballot measures placed on the ballot by successful citizen initiatives and the California State Legislature. The types of measures decided included bond issues, initiated constitutional amendments, initiated state statutes, indirect initiated state statutes, veto referendums, legislatively referred constitutional amendments, and legislatively referred state statutes. Seven hundred forty (752) measures were approved, and five hundred fifty-four (554) measures were defeated.
The inventory of California statewide ballot measures is part of Ballotpedia's Historical Ballot Measure Factbook, which will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will provide an unparalleled resource for researchers, reporters, and the voting public on how ballot measures have evolved, the issues they've covered, and the role they have played in our civic life.
Contents
Notable topics
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- In October 1911, California voters approved two amendments related to direct democracy. Proposition 7 created an initiative and referendum process in California. Since then, Californians have decided on 444 citizen-initiated measures. Voters went on to adopt a single-subject rule requiring initiatives to address a single subject in 1948. Proposition 8 in 1911 adopted the recall process. From 1913 to 2024, there have been 11 recall efforts of state officials that have qualified for the ballot.[1]
- An amendment in 1950 was approved requiring voter approval of a ballot measure to authorize publicly funded low-rent housing projects, with 50.8% of the vote. In 1980 and 1993, voters rejected ballot measures to repeal or amend the requirement.
- In 1956, Californians defeated an effort to rename the California State Assembly to the California House of Representatives. Eight states, including California, use names other than "House of Representatives" for their state house.
- Californians adopted the first formal ban against discrimination based on racial preferences with the adoption of Proposition 209 in 1996. In 2020, voters defeated Proposition 16, which would have repealed the ban against affirmative action.[2]
- An initiative declaring AIDS and HIV communicable diseases and requiring that the State Department of Health Services add AIDS to the list of diseases that must be reported was defeated in 1986 with 71.1% of voters against the measure.
- In 1994, Californians approved Proposition 184 with 71.8% of the vote, creating a three-strikes sentencing model to increase prison sentences for repeat offenders. California requires changes to approved initiatives to also receive voter approval. Initiatives were placed on the ballot to amend Proposition 184 in 2000, 2004, and 2012.
Statistics
Closest and widest margins
Of the 1,306 ballot measures, 27 were decided by less than a percentage point of the vote. The top five closest measures are below:
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California ballot measure topics
California ballot measures have addressed 91 unique topics with some addressing multiple topics in one measure. The top 10 most common topics addressed are:
- Taxes (250 measures)
- Bond issues (232 measures)
- Education (129 measures)
- State and local government budgets, spending, and finance (92 measures)
- County and municipal governance (85 measures)
- Business regulation (78 measures)
- Administration of government (78 measures)
- State judiciary (76 measures)
- Elections and campaigns (73 measures)
- State legislatures measures (69 measures)
By the decade
The average number of measures per decade was almost 109, and the average number of measures approved per decade was 57.1%. The decade with the most ballot measures was the 1970s, which featured 142 ballot measures. Ninety-five measures (66.9%) were approved, and 47 (33.1%) were defeated. The decade that had the highest approval rate was the 1980s, which featured 139 measures—98 (70.5%) were approved, and 41 (29.5%) were defeated. The decade with the lowest approval rating was the 1930s. The decade featured 138 ballot measures—58 (42.0%) were approved and 80 (58.0%) were defeated.
By type
- See also: Types of ballot measures in California
There are 10 different types of ballot measures in California, but only nine types have appeared on the ballot between 1910 and 2024. A constitutional convention question has not appeared on the ballot during that period. Legislatively referred constitutional amendments have appeared on the ballot the most number of times (642). Bond issues had the highest success rate at the ballot box, with 78% of the 175 bond measures approved by voters. Indirect initiated state statutes had the lowest success rate, with all three measures defeated by voters.
Legislatively referred measures have had better success at the ballot box than citizen-initiated measures. Legislatively referred measures were approved 69% of the time, as compared to 36% for ballot initiatives.
Background
Citizen-initiated ballot measures
In California, citizens have the power to initiate constitutional amendments, state statutes, combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes, and veto referendums. These powers were established with voter approval of a constitutional amendment in 1911.
From 1911 to 1966, initiated statutes were indirect in California. Voters made the process direct with approval of Proposition 1A in 1966.
In California, the number of signatures needed to place a measure on the ballot is based on the total number of votes cast for the governor in the preceding election.
The following are the requirements for the types of citizen-initiated measures in California:
- initiated constitutional amendment (ICA): 8 percent of the votes cast for governor
- initiated state statute (ISS): 5 percent of the votes cast for governor
- veto referendum (VR): 5 percent of the votes cast for governor
Legislatively referred ballot measures
In California, the state legislature has the power to refer constitutional amendments, state statutes, and bond measures to the ballot. Constitutional amendments and bond measures require two-thirds (66.67%) vote in each chamber during one legislative session. That amounts to a minimum of 54 votes in the California State Assembly and 27 votes in the California State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Bond issues also require the governor's signature. Statutes referred to the ballot require a simple majority vote in each chamber during one legislative session. That amounts to a minimum of 41 votes in the state Assembly and 21 votes in the state Senate, assuming no vacancies. State statutes also require the governor's signature.
