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- Proposition 1A
Class Size Reduction Kindergarten- University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 1998.
(Bond Act. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature.)
4,886,570 /
62.5% Yes votes
2,934,131 /
37.5% No votes
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This nine billion two hundred million
dollar ($9,200,000,000) bond issue
will provide funding for necessary
education facilities for at least four years
for class size reduction, to relieve
overcrowding and accommodate
student enrollment growth and to
repair older schools and for wiring and
cabling for education technology. Funds
will also be used to upgrade and build
new classrooms in community colleges,
the California State University, and the
University of California. These bonds
may be used only for eligible
construction projects. Fiscal Impact:
State cost of about $15.2 billion to pay
off both the principal ($9.2 billion) and
interest ($6 billion) on the bonds. The
average payment for principal and
interest over 25 years would be about
$600 million per year. State cost of
$160 million to offset all or part of
school-related development fees borne
by certain homebuyers and renters.
- Proposition 1
Property Taxes: Contaminated Property.
(Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature.)
5,366,159 /
71.1% Yes votes
2,185,831 /
28.9% No votes
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Amends article XIII A of the
Constitution, added by Proposition 13,
to allow repair or replacement of
environmentally-contaminated
property or structures without
increasing the tax valuation of original
or replacement property. Fiscal
Impact: Property tax revenue losses
probably less than $1 million annually
in the near term to schools, counties,
cities, and special districts. School
revenue losses (about half of total)
would be made up by the state.
- Proposition 2
Transportation: Funding.
(Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature.)
5,519,390 /
75.4% Yes votes
1,801,685 /
24.6% No votes
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Imposes repayment conditions on
loans of transportation revenues to the
General Fund and local entities.
Designates local transportation funds
as trust funds and requires a
transportation purpose for their use.
Fiscal Impact: Not likely to have any
fiscal impact on state and local
governments.
- Proposition 3
Partisan Presidential Primary Elections.
(Legislative Initiative Amendment. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature.)
3,424,127 /
46.1% Yes votes
3,994,091 /
53.9% No votes
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Changes existing open primary law to
require closed, partisan primary for
purposes of selecting delegates to
national political party presidential
nominating conventions. Limits voting
for such delegates to voters registered
by political party. Provides partisan
ballots to be voted only by members of
the particular party. Fiscal Impact:
Minor costs to state and county
governments statewide.
- Proposition 4
Trapping Practices. Bans Use of Specified Traps and Animal Poisons.
(Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
4,485,030 /
57.5% Yes votes
3,324,133 /
42.5% No votes
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Prohibits trapping fur-bearing or
nongame mammals with specified
traps. Prohibits commerce in fur of
animals so trapped. Generally
prohibits steel-jawed leghold traps on
mammals. Prohibits use of specified
poisons on animals. Fiscal Impact:
Unknown state and local costs of
several hundred thousand to in the
range of a couple of million dollars
annually, depending on workload and
effectiveness of alternative trapping
methods.
- Proposition 5
Tribal-State Gaming Compacts. Tribal Casinos.
(Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
5,090,452 /
62.4% Yes votes
3,070,358 /
37.6% No votes
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Specifies terms and conditions of
mandatory compact between state and
Indian tribes for gambling on tribal
land. Allows slot machines and banked
card games at tribal casinos. Fiscal
Impact: Uncertain impact on state and
local revenues, depending on the
growth in gambling on Indian lands in
California. Effect could range from
little impact to significant annual
revenue increases.
- Proposition 6
Criminal Law. Prohibition on Slaughter of Horses and Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption.
(Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
4,670,524 /
59.4% Yes votes
3,194,570 /
40.6% No votes
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Makes possession, transfer, or receipt
of horses for slaughter for human
consumption a felony. Makes sale of
horsemeat for human consumption a
misdemeanor. Fiscal Impact: Probably
minor, if any, law enforcement and
incarceration costs.
- Proposition 7
Air Quality Improvement. Tax Credits.
(Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
3,313,816 /
43.6% Yes votes
4,282,557 /
56.4% No votes
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Authorizes $218 million in state tax
credits annually, until January 2011,
to encourage air-emissions reductions
through the acquisition, conversion,
and retrofitting of vehicles and
equipment. Fiscal Impact: Annual
state revenue loss averaging tens of
millions to over a hundred million
dollars, to beyond 2010. Annually,
through 2010-11: state cost of about
$4.7 million; additional local revenues,
potentially in the millions of dollars.
Potential unknown long-term savings.
- Proposition 8
Public Schools. Permanent Class Size Reduction. Parent-Teacher Councils. Teacher Credentialing. Pupil Suspension for Drug Possession. Chief Inspector's Office.
(Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
2,913,430 /
36.8% Yes votes
4,989,466 /
63.2% No votes
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Permanent class size reduction
funding for districts establishing
parent-teacher councils. Requires
testing for teacher credentialing; pupil
suspension for drug possession. Fiscal
Impact: Creates up to $60 million in
new state programs, offset in part by
existing funds and fees. Local school
districts' costs potentially in the high
tens of millions of dollars annually.
- Proposition 9
Electric Utilities. Assessments. Bonds.
(Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
2,064,623 /
26.5% Yes votes
5,710,140 /
73.5% No votes
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Prohibits assessment of taxes, bonds,
surcharges to pay costs of nuclear
power plants. Limits recovery by
electric companies for costs of
non-nuclear power plants. Prohibits
issuance of rate reduction bonds.
Fiscal Impact: State government net
revenue reductions potentially in the
high tens of millions of dollars
annually through 2001-02. Local
government net revenue reductions
potentially in the tens of millions of
dollars annually through 2001-02.
- Proposition 10
State and County Early Childhood Development Programs. Additional Tobacco Surtax.
(Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
4,042,466 /
50.5% Yes votes
3,962,738 /
49.5% No votes
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Creates state and county commissions
to establish early childhood
development and smoking prevention
programs. Imposes additional taxes on
cigarettes and tobacco products. Fiscal
Impact: New revenues and
expenditures of $400 million in
1998-99 and $750 million annually.
Reduced revenues for Proposition 99
programs of $18 million in 1998-99
and $7 million annually. Other minor
revenue increases and potential
unknown savings.
- Proposition 11
Local Sales and Use Taxes-- Revenue Sharing
(Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.)
3,896,675 /
53.4% Yes votes
3,408,640 /
46.6% No votes
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This measure would authorize local
governments to voluntarily enter into
sales tax revenue sharing agreements
by a two-thirds vote of the local city
council or board of supervisors of each
participating jurisdiction. Fiscal Impact:
No net change in total sales tax
revenues going to cities and counties.
Potential shift of sales tax revenues
among cities and counties.
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