California Proposition 13, Water Bond Measure (March 2000)

California Proposition 13
Election date March 7, 2000
Topic Bond issues
Status a Approved
Type Bond issue	Origin State Legislature

California Proposition 13 was on the ballot as a bond issue in California on March 7, 2000. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported issuing $1.97 billion in bonds for public water, wastewater treatment, groundwater storage, flood control, stream restoration, watershed protection, and other water-related projects.

A "no" vote opposed issuing $1.97 billion in bonds for public water, wastewater treatment, groundwater storage, flood control, stream restoration, watershed protection, and other water-related projects.

Overview

The ballot measure authorized $1.97 billion in bonds for water-related infrastructure and conservation projects.

Election results

California Proposition 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		4,745,872	64.74%
No		2,585,298	35.26%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 13 was as follows:

“

Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Act.

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Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“

This act provides for a bond issue of one billion nine hundred seventy million dollars ($1,970,000,000) to provide funds for a safe drinking water, water quality, flood protection, and water reliability program. Appropriates money from the General Fund to pay off bonds.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Fiscal impact statement

The fiscal impact statement was as follows:

“

State cost of up to $3.4 billion over 25 years to pay off both the principal ($1.97 billion) and interest ($1.4 billion) costs on the bonds. Payments of about $135 million per year. Potential costs of an unknown amount to local governments to operate or maintain projects developed with these bond funds.

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Path to the ballot

Proposition 13 was voted onto the ballot by the California State Legislature via Assembly Bill 1584 of the 1999-2000 Regular Session (Chapter 725, Statutes of 1999).

Votes in legislature to refer to ballot
Chamber	Ayes	Noes
Assembly	68	11
Senate	30	6

See also

2000 Measures

• 2000 Measures
• Water on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 2000 legislative sessions

California

• California ballot measures
• California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• Official 2000 Primary Voter Guide