California Proposition 147, County Jail Bond Measure (1990)

California Proposition 147
Election date November 6, 1990
Topic Bond issues and Prisons
Status d Defeated
Type Bond issue	Origin State Legislature

California Proposition 147 was on the ballot as a bond issue in California on November 6, 1990. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the state to issue $225 million in bonds to construct and renovate county correctional facilities and county juvenile facilities.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the state to issue $225 million in bonds to construct and renovate county correctional facilities and county juvenile facilities.

Election results

California Proposition 147
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,574,002	37.28%
No		4,329,678	62.72%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 147 was as follows:

“

County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Juvenile Facility Bond Act of 1990

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Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

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This act provides for a bond issue of two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) to provide funds for the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, replacement, and deferred maintenance of county correctional facilities and county juvenile facilities.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Fiscal impact

The fiscal estimate provided by the California Legislative Analyst's Office said:

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Direct Costs of Paying Off the Bonds. For these types of bonds, the state typically would make principal and interest payments from the state's General Fund over a period of about 20 years. If all of the bonds authorized by this measure are sold at an interest rate of 7.5 percent, the cost would be about $400 million to pay off both the principal ($225 million) and interest (about $175 million). The average payment for principal and interest would be about $17 million per year. Costs to Operate County Jails. Counties will incur increased costs to operate additional jail facilities constructed with these bond funds. These additional operating costs are unknown, but could be in the millions of dollars annually.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

A simple majority vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the measure to the ballot for voter consideration. The California State Legislature voted to put Proposition 147 on the ballot with Senate Bill 1094 (Statutes of 1990, Ch. 579) in accordance with the provisions of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

See also

1990 Measures

• 1990 Measures
• Prison and jail funding on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1990 legislative sessions

California

• California ballot measures
• California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1990)