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California Local Government Housing Bond Measures Initiative (2022)
| California Local Government Housing Bond Measures Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Housing | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The California Local Government Housing Bond Measures Initiative (#21-0040) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have addressed the laws governing local government bond issues for certain housing projects.[1]
Text of the measure
Full text
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in California
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 180 days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least 131 days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives.
The requirements to get initiated constitutional amendments certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 997,139 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was 131 days before the general election, which was around June 30, 2022. However, the process of verifying signatures can take multiple months and proponents are recommended to file signatures at least two months before the verification deadline.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least 100 percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot. If the random sample estimates that between 95 and 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
Initiative #21-0040
Amie Fishman filed the ballot initiative on November 12, 2021.[2] The ballot initiative was withdrawn.
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