California Proposition 61, Salaries of Government Officials Initiative (1986)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
California Proposition 61 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 4, 1986. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported increasing the salary of certain elected officials and establishing limits on the salaries of state and local government employees and contractors. |
A “no” vote opposed increasing the salary of certain elected officials and establishing limits on the salaries of state and local government employees and contractors. |
Election results
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California Proposition 61 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,341,883 | 34.11% | ||
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4,523,463 | 65.89% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 61 was as follows:
| “ | Compensation Of Public Officials, Employees, Individual Public Contractors. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC CONTRACTORS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Sets Governor's annual salary at $80,000; other "Constitutional" officers at $52,000. Limits maximum compensation of elected or appointed state and local government employees and individual public contractors to 80% of Governor's salary. Requires people's vote to increase salaries of constitutional officers, members of Board of Equalization, legislators, judiciary, and specified local elected officers. Prohibits public officials and employees from accruing sick leave or vacation from one calendar year to another. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: Public official and employee salary and benefit-related reductions would amount to $125 million in the first year at the state level and roughly the same amount at the local level. These reductions would not necessarily result in comparable savings. They would be offset to some extent or could be outweighed by the need to pay various costs depending on unknown factors relating to (1) how the measure is interpreted, (2) possible payment of vested sick and vacation leave at a one-time cost of about $7 billion, (3) how the measure would be implemented, (4) its effect on governmental efficiency resulting from its limitation on pay for officers, employees and contractors. Net fiscal impact is unknown. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated amendments filed in 1986, at least 630,136 valid signatures were required.
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Footnotes
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