List of California ballot propositions: 1970-1979

See also: List of California ballot propositions 1960-1969, List of California ballot propositions 1980-1989

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1 Elections

Elections

June 2, 1970

November 3, 1970

  • 1 - Passed - The Clean Water Bond Law of 1970.
  • 2 - Failed - Vacancies In Specified Constitutional Offices.
  • 3 - Passed - State Budget.
  • 4 - Failed - Appropriation For Public Schools.
  • 5 - Passed - Regents University Of California: Public Meetings.
  • 6 - Passed - Teachers' Retirement Fund: Investments.
  • 7 - Passed - State Colleges: Speaker Member Of Governing Body.
  • 8 - Failed - Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
  • 9 - Failed - County Superintendent Of Schools.
  • 10 - Failed - Interest Rate Limitation.
  • 11 - Passed - Chiropractors: Rules.
  • 12 - Passed - Compensation Of County Supervisors.
  • 13 - Passed - Tax Exemption For Disabled Veterans And Blind Veterans.
  • 14 - Passed - State Civil Service.
  • 15 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision.
  • 16 - Passed - Constitutional Amendments.
  • 17 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision: Social Welfare.
  • 18 - Failed - Motor Vehicle Taxation And Revenues.
  • 19 - Passed - Usury.
  • 20 - Passed - The Recreation And Fish And Wildlife Enhancement Bond Act.

June 6, 1972

  • 1 - Passed - The Veterans Bond Act Of 1971.
  • 2 - Passed - The State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law Of 1972.
  • 3 - Passed - Right To Assistance Of Counsel.
  • 4 - Passed - Open Presidential Primary.
  • 5 - Passed - Appointment Of Regents, University Of California.
  • 6 - Passed - Naturalized Citizen Voting Eligibility.
  • 7 - Passed - Valuation Of Single-Family Dwellings For Tax Purposes.
  • 8 - Passed - Chiropractors.
  • 9 - Failed - Clean Environment Act.
  • 10 - Passed - Partial Constitutional Revision.

November 7, 1972

  • 1 - Passed - Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities.
  • 2 - Passed - Bonds To Provide Health Science Facilities.
  • 3 - Passed - Environmental Pollution Bond Authorization.
  • 4 - Passed - Legislative Reorganization.
  • 5 - Passed - School Districts.
  • 6 - Passed - Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions.
  • 7 - Passed - Elections And Presidential Primary.
  • 8 - Failed - Tax Exemption For Anti-Pollution Facilities.
  • 9 - Passed - Bond Vote For Structurally Unsafe School Buildings.
  • 10 - Passed - Blind Veterans Tax Exemption.
  • 11 - Passed - Right Of Privacy.
  • 12 - Passed - Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption.
  • 13 - Passed - Workmen's Compensation.
  • 14 - Failed - Property Tax Limitations.
  • 15 - Failed - State Employee Salaries.
  • 16 - Failed - Salaries. California Highway Patrol.
  • 17 - Passed - Death Penalty.
  • 18 - Failed - Obscenity Legislation.
  • 19 - Failed - Marijuana - Removal Of Penalty For Personal Use.
  • 20 - Passed - Coastal Zone Conservation Act.
  • 21 - Passed - Assignment Of Students To Schools.
  • 22 - Failed - Agricultural Labor Relations.

November 6, 1973

  • 1 - Failed - Tax And Expenditure Limitations.

June 4, 1974

  • 1 - Passed - Recreational Lands Bond Act.
  • 2 - Passed - Clean Water Bond Law Of 1974.
  • 3 - Passed - Veterans Bond Act Of 1974.
  • 4 - Passed - Reassessment Of Property In Event Of Damage Or Destruction.
  • 5 - Passed - Highways And Mass Transit Guideways.
  • 6 - Passed - Public Legislative Proceedings.
  • 7 - Failed - State Civil Service Exemptions.
  • 8 - Passed - Sacramento County-Cities Consolidation.
  • 9 - Passed - Political Reform Initiative.

November 5, 1974

  • 1 - Passed - State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law.
  • 2 - Passed - Charters For Counties And Cities.
  • 3 - Failed - Postsecondary Education Commission Personnel - Civil Service.
  • 4 - Passed - Regents, University Of California.
  • 5 - Passed - Residence Of Local Government Employee.
  • 6 - Passed - Property Tax Exemptions.
  • 7 - Passed - Declaration Of Rights.
  • 8 - Passed - Taxation And State Funds.
  • 9 - Passed - Recall Of Public Officers.
  • 10 - Passed - Right To Vote.
  • 11 - Passed - Miscellaneous Language Changes Regarding Gender.
  • 12 - Passed - Public Utilities.
  • 13 - Passed - San Diego County Judicial Disticts.
  • 14 - Failed - State College System.
  • 15 - Failed - Low Rent Housing.
  • 16 - Failed - Student Tuition, University Of California.
  • 17 - Failed - Wild And Scenic Rivers Initiative.

June 8, 1976

  • 1 - Failed - The State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law Of 1976.
  • 2 - Passed - Veterans Bond Act Of 1976.
  • 3 - Passed - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1976.
  • 4 - Failed - Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities.
  • 5 - Passed - Banks, Corporations, Franchises And Insurers-Taxation.
  • 6 - Passed - Insurance Company Home Office Tax Deduction.
  • 7 - Passed - Taxation Of Restricted Historic Property.
  • 8 - Passed - Deposit Of Public Moneys In Savings And Loan Associations.
  • 9 - Passed - Bingo.
  • 10 - Failed - Bonds To Refund State Indebtedness.
  • 11 - Passed - Motor Vehicle Taxes-Local Surplus Property.
  • 12 - Failed - Interest Rate.
  • 13 - Passed - Property Tax Postponement.
  • 14 - Passed - Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions.
  • 15 - Failed - Nuclear Power Plants-Initiative Statute.

November 2, 1976

  • 1 - Failed - Housing Finance Bond Law Of 1975.
  • 2 - Passed - Nejedly-Hart State, Urban and Coastal Park Bond Act of 1976.
  • 3 - Failed - Residential Energy Conservation Bond Law.
  • 4 - Passed - University of California. Competitive Bidding. Grounds for Denial of Admission.
  • 5 - Failed - Interest Rates Allowable.
  • 6 - Failed - Bills and Statutes-Effective Date. Governor's Consideration. Referendum.
  • 7 - Passed - Judges. Censure, Removal, Judicial Performance Commission.
  • 8 - Passed - County Superintendents of Schools and Boards of Education.
  • 9 - Passed - State Constitutional Offices. Filling Vacancies In. Confirmation.
  • 10 - Passed - Property Taxation by Local Governments Whose Boundaries Include Area in Two or More Counties.
  • 11 - Passed - Tax Rates on Unsecured Property.
  • 12 - Failed - Loans by State for Energy Conservation Improvements in Residential Structures.
  • 13 - Failed - Greyhound Dog Racing - Initiative Statute.
  • 14 - Failed - Agricultural Labor Relations - Initiative Statute.
  • 15 - Passed - Chiropractors, Board of Examiners. Licensing Requirements.

June 6, 1978

November 7, 1978

  • 1 - Passed - Veterans Bond Act of 1978.
  • 2 - Failed - Public Utilities Commission.
  • 3 - Passed - State Surplus Coastal Property.
  • 4 - Passed - Chiropractors. School Accreditation and License Revocation.
  • 5 - Failed - Regulation of Smoking.
  • 6 - Failed - School Employees. Homosexuality.
  • 7 - Passed - Murder. Penalty.
  • 8 - Passed - Post Disaster Taxation.

November 6, 1979

  • 1 - Passed - School Assignment and Transportation of Pupils.
  • 2 - Passed - Loan Interest Rates.
  • 3 - Passed - Property Taxation - Veteran's Exemption.
  • 4 - Passed - Limitation of Government Appropriations.