California Proposition 95, Infraction Tickets and Funds for the Hungry and Homeless Initiative (1988)
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| Topic Healthcare and Housing |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
California Proposition 95 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in California on November 8, 1988. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported establishing infraction tickets for building standards and food preparation, creating the "Corporation for California" to provide services to hungry and homeless people, and allowing the Corporation for California to sell bonds. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing infraction tickets for building standards and food preparation, creating the "Corporation for California" to provide services to hungry and homeless people, and allowing the Corporation for California to sell bonds. |
Election results
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California Proposition 95 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 4,090,441 | 45.18% | ||
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4,962,409 | 54.82% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 95 was as follows:
| “ | Hunger And Homelessness Funding. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS FUNDING. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Creates public corporation to disburse funds to counties, other political subdivisions of the state, and nonprofit organizations pursuant to countywide plans, to provide emergency and transitional services for hungry and homeless persons, and for low-income housing as specified. Funding to come from new fines for the violation of existing laws and regulations relating to housing and food preparation, and bonds secured by the revenue from these fines. Includes other provisions. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: The revenue to be collected from new fines is unknown because (1) the measure does not specify the amount of each fine and (2) the measure lets cities and counties decide the number of fines given out. Possibly, several millions of dollars could be collected each year. | ” |
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 state statute is equal to 5 percent. For initiated statutes filed in 1988, at least 372,178 valid signatures were required.
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Footnotes
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