2024 California Ballot Measures

Entitlements and the Safety Net

Election Date State Title Outcome
Nov. 8, 2016 California Proposition 52: State Fees on Hospitals. Federal Medi-Cal Matching Funds. Initiative Statutory and Constitutional Amendment. Passed

Government Budget and Spending

Election Date State Title Outcome
Feb. 5, 2008 California Proposition 92: Community Colleges. Funding. Governance. Fees. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Failed
June 3, 2008 California Proposition 98: Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property. Constitutional Amendment. Failed
Nov. 4, 2008 California Proposition 6: Criminal Penalties and Laws. Public Safety Funding. Statute. Failed
Nov. 4, 2008 California Proposition 12: Veterans' Bond Act of 2008 Passed
May 19, 2009 California Proposition 1B: Education Funding. Payment Plan. Failed
May 19, 2009 California Proposition 1F: Elected Officials' Salaries. Prevents Pay Increases During Budget Deficit Years. Passed
May 19, 2009 California Proposition 1C: Lottery Modernization Act. Failed
May 19, 2009 California Proposition 1E: Mental Health Services Funding. Temporary Reallocation. Helps Balance State Budget. Failed
May 19, 2009 California Proposition 1A: Stabilizes State Budget. Reforms California Budget Process. Limits State Spending. Increases "Rainy Day" Budget Stabilization Fund. Failed
Nov. 2, 2010 California Proposition 25: Changes Legislative Vote Requirement to Pass Budget and Budget-Related Legislation from Two-Thirds to a Simple Majority. Retains Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Passed
Nov. 2, 2010 California Proposition 22: Prohibits the State from Borrowing or Taking Funds Used for Transportation, Redevelopment, or Local Government Projects and Services. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Passed
Nov. 6, 2012 California Proposition 30: Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Passed
Nov. 6, 2012 California Proposition 31: State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Failed
Nov. 6, 2012 California Proposition 34: Death Penalty. Initiative Statute. Failed
June 3, 2014 California Proposition 41: Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 Passed
Nov. 4, 2014 California Proposition 1: Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 Passed
Nov. 4, 2014 California Proposition 2: State Budget. Budget Stabilization Account. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Passed
Nov. 8, 2016 California Proposition 51: School Bonds. Funding for K-12 School and Community College Facilities. Initiative Statutory Amendment. Passed
Nov. 8, 2016 California Proposition 53: No Blank Checks Initiative Failed
June 5, 2018 California Proposition 68: Authorizes Bonds Funding Parks, Natural Resources Protection, Climate Adaption, Water Quality And Supply And Flood Protection Passed
June 5, 2018 California Proposition 69: Requires That Certain New Transportation Revenue Be Used For Transportation Purposes Passed
June 5, 2018 California Proposition 70: Requires Legislative Supermajority Vote Approving Use Of Cap-And-Trade Reserve Fund Failed
Nov. 6, 2018 California Proposition 1: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Specified Housing Assistance Programs Passed
Nov. 6, 2018 California Proposition 2: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Existing Housing Program for Individuals with Mental Illness Passed
Nov. 6, 2018 California Proposition 3: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage Failed
Nov. 6, 2018 California Proposition 4: Authorizes Bonds Funding Construction at Hospitals Providing Children's Health Care Passed
March 3, 2020 California Proposition 13: Authorizes Bonds For Facility Repaid, Construction, And Modernization At Public Preschools, K-12 Schools, Community Colleges, And Universities Failed
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