# List of California ballot propositions: 1980–1989

Elections in California :
Federal government
U.S. President
1852
1856
1860
1864
1868
1872
1876
1880
1884
1888
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
Dem
Rep
2000
Dem
Rep
2004
Dem
Rep
2008
Dem
Rep
2012
Dem
Rep
2016
Dem
Rep
2020
Dem
Rep
2024
Dem
Rep
U.S. Senate
1849
1850
1852 sp
1856
1857 sp
1860
1860 sp
1868
1872
1873
1873 sp
1878
1880
1885
1886 sp
1887
1891
1891 sp
1893
1895 sp
1897
1900 sp
1903
1905
1909
1911
1914
1916
1920
1922
1926
1928
1932
1934
1938
1940
1944
1946
1946 sp
1950
1952
1954 sp
1956
1958
1962
1964
1968
1970
1974
1976
1980
1982
1986
1988
1992
1992 sp
1994
1998
2000
2004
2006
2010
2012
2016
2018
2022
2022 sp
2024
2024 sp
2028
U.S. House of Representatives
1849
1851
1852
1854
1856
1859
1861
1863
1864
1867
1868
1871
1872
1875
1876
1879
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
12th
1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1987
5th sp
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2001
32nd sp
2002
2004
2005
5th sp
48th sp
2006
50th sp
2007
36th sp
2008
12th sp
2009
10th sp
32nd sp
2010
2011
36th sp
2012
2014
2016
2017
34th sp
2018
2020
25th sp
2022
22nd sp
2024
16th
20th sp
30th
45th
47th
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State government
Executive Governor
1849
1851
1853
1855
1857
1859
1861
1863
1867
1871
1875
1879
1882
1886
1890
1894
1898
1902
1906
1910
1914
1918
1922
1926
1930
1934
1938
1942
1946
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2003 (recall)
2006
2010
2014
2018
2021 (recall)
2022
2026
Lieutenant governor
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Attorney general
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Secretary of state
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Treasurer
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Controller
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Insurance commissioner
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Superintendent
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Board of equalization
2018
2022
Legislature Senate
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Special
Assembly
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2021 (79th sp)
2022 (17th sp)
2024
Special
Judiciary Court of appeals
1994
1998
2002
2006
Elections by year
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2005
2006
2008
Feb
Jun
Nov
2009
2010
Jun
Nov
2012
Jun
Nov
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
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State propositions
1910–1919
1911
4
7
8
1960–1969
1964
14
1970–1979
1978
6
8
13
1980–1989
1982
8
1986
64
65
1988
98
99
1990–1999
1994
187
1996
196
209
215
218
1998
6
10
227
2000–2009
2000
21
22
36
39
2003
53
54
2004
1A
55
56
57
58
59
60
60A
61
62
63
64
65
66
69
71
2005
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
2006
81
82
83
85
87
89
90
2008
91
92
93
94, 95, 96, and 97
98 and 99
1A
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
2009
1A
1B
1C
1D
1E
1F
2010–2019
2010
13
14
15
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
2012
29
30
32
34
37
38
39
2014
1
2
41
42
45
46
47
48
2016
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
2018
68
69
70
71
72
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
2020–2029
2020
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
2022
1
26
27
28
29
30
31
2024
1
2
3
4
5
6
32
33
34
35
36
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Board of supervisors
1980
1996
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Ballot measures
1980
A
2008
R
2012
B
J
2016
M
Elections
2020
2022
2024
Los Angeles Mayor
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1909 (sp)
1909
1911
1913
1915
1917
1919
1921
1923
1925
1929
1933
1937
1938
1941
1945
1949
1953
1957
1961
1965
1969
1973
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
City attorney
2009
Ballot measures
1986
U
2017
S
Elections
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019 (sp)
2020
2022
2023 (sp)
2024
Long Beach Mayor
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
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Orange County
Orange County Board of supervisors
2018
2020
2022
2024
District attorney
2018
Anaheim Mayor
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Irvine Mayor
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Costa Mesa Municipal
1947
1953
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
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Sacramento
Mayor
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
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San Diego County
San Diego County Board of supervisors
2020
San Diego Mayor
1887
1889
1891
1893
1895
1897
1899
1901
1903
1905
1907
1909
1911
1913
1915
1917
1919
1921
1923
1925
1927
1929
1931
1932
1935
1939
1943
1947
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983 (sp)
1984
1986 (sp)
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2005 (sp)
2008
2012
2013–14 (sp)
2016
2020
2024
City attorney
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
City council
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Special
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San Francisco
Mayor
1901
1903
1905
1907
1909
1911
1931
1935
1939
1943
1947
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983 (recall)
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2018 (sp)
2019
2024
District attorney
2019
2022 (recall)
2022 (sp)
2024
Board of supervisors
1977
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Board of education
2018
2022 (recall)
Elections
2004
Mar
Nov
2005
2006
Jun
Nov
2007
2008
Feb
Jun
Nov
2009
2010
Jun
Nov
2011
2012
Jun
Nov
2013
2022
Feb
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San Jose
Mayor
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2024
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Other localities
Bakersfield
Mayoral elections:
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Fresno
Mayoral elections:
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Oakland
Mayoral elections:
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Riverside
Mayoral elections:
1997
2001
2005
2009
2012
2016
2020
2024
San Bernardino
Mayoral elections:
2005
2009
2014
2018
2022
Stockton
Mayoral elections:
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
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This is a list of California ballot propositions from 1980–1989.

## Elections
### June 3, 1980

* 1 – Failed – Parklands And Renewable Resources Investment Program.
* 2 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act Of 1980.
* 3 – Passed – State Capitol Maintenance.
* 4 – Failed – Low-Rent Housing.
* 5 – Passed – Freedom Of Press.
* 6 – Passed – Reapportionment.
* 7 – Passed – Disaster Assistance.
* 8 – Passed – Alternative Energy Sources Facilities Financing.
* 9 – Failed – Taxation. Income. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
* 10 – Failed – Rent-Control Through Local Ordinance. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
* 11 – Failed – Oil profits tax. Initiative statute.

### November 4, 1980

* 1 – Passed – Parklands Acquisition and Development Program.
* 2 – Failed – Lake Tahoe Acquisitions Bond Act of 1980.
* 3 – Failed – Insurance Guarantee Funds. Tax Offset.
* 4 – Failed – Taxation. Real Property. Property Acquisition by Taxing Entity.
* 5 – Failed – Taxation. Real Property Valuation. Disasters, Seismic Safety, Change in Ownership.
* 6 – Passed – Number of Jurors in Civil Cases.
* 7 – Passed – Taxation. Real Property Valuation. Solar Energy Systems
* 8 – Passed – Water Resources Development and Protection
* 9 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1976.
* 10 – Failed – Smoking and No-Smoking Sections—Initiative Statute
* 11 – Passed – Judges' Salaries.

### June 8, 1982

* 1 – Passed – New Prison Construction Bond Act of 1981.
* 2 – Failed – President of Senate.
* 3 – Passed – Taxation. Real Property Valuation. Change in Ownership.
* 4 – Passed – Bail.
* 5 – Passed – Gift And Inheritance Taxes. Initiative Statute.
* 6 – Passed – Gift And Inheritance Taxes. Initiative Statute.
* 7 – Passed – Income Tax Indexing. Initiative statute.
* 8 – Passed – Criminal Justice. Initiative Statutes & Constitutional Amendment.
* 9 – Failed – Water Facilities Including A Peripheral Canal.
* 10 – Failed – Reapportionment. Congressional Districts.
* 11 – Failed – Reapportionment. Senate Districts.
* 12 – Failed – Reapportionment. Assembly Districts.

### November 2, 1982

Beginning with the November 1982 election, the method for numbering propositions changed, such that the numbers would not repeat until 20 years had occurred, at which point the numbering system would start over again.
* 1 – Passed – State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law Of 1982.
* 2 – Passed – County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1981.
* 3 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act Of 1982.
* 4 – Passed – Lake Tahoe Acquisitions Bond Act.
* 5 – Passed – First-Time Home Buyers Bond Act Of 1982.
* 6 – Failed – Public Pension Fund Investment.
* 7 – Failed – Taxation. Real Property Valuation. New Construction.
* 8 – Passed – Transfer Of Funds By Local Governments.
* 9 – Failed – School Textbooks. Nonpublic Schools.
* 10 – Failed – Unifying Superior, Municipal, And Justice Courts.
* 11 – Failed – Beverage Containers.
* 12 – Passed – Nuclear Weapons.
* 13 – Failed – Water Resources.
* 14 – Failed – Reapportionment By Districting Commission Or Supreme Court.
* 15 – Failed – Handgun Registration.

### June 5, 1984

* 16 – Passed – County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act Of 1984.
* 17 – Passed – New Prison Construction Bond Act Of 1984.
* 18 – Passed – California Park And Recreational Facilities Act Of 1984.
* 19 – Passed – Fish And Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Act Of 1984.
* 20 – Passed – Elected Officials. Disqualification For Libelous Or Slanderous Campaign Statements.
* 21 – Passed – Public Pension Fund Investments.
* 22 – Failed – Exempt State Civil Service Position.
* 23 – Passed – Property Taxation. Seismic Safety Construction Exclusion.
* 24 – Passed – Legislature: Rules, Procedures, Powers, Funding. Initiative Statute.

### November 6, 1984

* 25 – Passed – Clean Water Bond Law.
* 26 – Passed – State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law of 1984.
* 27 – Passed – Hazardous Substance Cleanup Bond Act of 1984.
* 28 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984.
* 29 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act of 1984.
* 30 – Passed – Senior Center Bond Act of 1984.
* 31 – Passed – Property Taxation. Fire Protection System Exclusion of 1984.
* 32 – Passed – Supreme Court. Transfer of Causes and Review of Decisions of 1984.
* 33 – Passed – Property Tax Postponement. Disabled Person.
* 34 – Failed – Property Taxation. Historic Structure Exemption.
* 35 – Removed from ballot by Uhler v. AFL-CIO.
* 36 – Failed – Taxation. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
* 37 – Passed – State Lottery. Initiative Constitutional Amendment & Statute.
* 38 – Passed – Voting Materials in English Only. Initiative Statute.
* 39 – Failed – Reapportionment. Initiative Constitutional Amendment & Statute.
* 40 – Failed – Campaign Contribution Limitations. Elective State Offices. Initiative Statute.
* 41 – Failed – Public Aid and Medical Assistance Programs. Initiative Statute.

### June 3, 1986

* 42 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act Of 1986.
* 43 – Passed – Community Parklands Act Of 1986.
* 44 – Passed – Water Conservation And Water Quality Bond Law Of 1986.
* 45 – Passed – Deposit Of Public Moneys in Credit Union.
* 46 – Passed – Property Taxation.
* 47 – Passed – Allocation Of Vehicle License Fee Taxes To Counties And Cities.
* 48 – Passed – Legislators' And Judges' Retirement Systems.
* 49 – Passed – Nonpartisan Office.
* 50 – Passed – Property Taxation. Disasters.
* 51 – Passed – Multiple Defendants Tort Damage Liability. Initiative Statute.
* 52 – Passed – County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Bond Act Of 1986

### November 4, 1986

* 53 – Passed – Greene-Hughes School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law Of 1986.
* 54 – Passed – New Prison Construction Bond Act Of 1986.
* 55 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1986.
* 56 – Passed – Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Of 1986.
* 57 – Passed – Retirement Benefits For Nonjudicial And Nonlegislative Elected State Constitutional Officers.
* 58 – Passed – Taxation. Family Transfers.
* 59 – Passed – Elected District Attorney.
* 60 – Passed – Taxation. Replacement Residences.
* 61 – Failed – Compensation Of Public Officials, Employees, Individual Public Contractors. Initiative Constitutional Amendment & Statute.
* 62 – Passed – Taxation. Local Governments And Districts. Initiative Statute.
* 63 – Passed – Official State Language. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
* 64 – Failed – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Initiative Statute.
* 65 – Passed – Restrictions On Toxic Discharges into Drinking Water; Requirement Of Notice Of Persons' Exposure To Toxics. Initiative Statute.

### June 7, 1988

* 66 – Passed – Elected County Assessor.
* 67 – Passed – Second Degree Murder Of Peace Officer. Minimum Term.
* 68 – Passed – Legislative Campaigns. Spending and Contribution Limits. Partial Public Funding. Initiative Statute.
* 69 – Failed – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—AIDS. Initiative Statute.
* 70 – Passed – Wildlife, Coastal, And Park Land Conservation Bond Act. Initiative Statute.
* 71 – Failed – Appropriations Limit Adjustment. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
* 72 – Failed – Emergency Reserve. Dedication Of Certain Taxes To Transportation. Appropriation Limit Change. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
* 73 – Passed – Campaign Funding. Contribution Limits. Prohibition Of Public Funding. Initiative Statute.
* 74 – Failed – Deddeh Transportation Bond Act.
* 75 – Passed – School Facilities Bond Act Of 1988.
* 76 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act Of 1988.
* 77 – Passed – California Earthquake Safety And Housing Rehabilitation Bond Act Of 1988.

### November 8, 1988

* 78 – Passed – Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Of 1988.
* 79 – Passed – 1988 School Facilities Bond Act.
* 80 – Passed – New Prison Construction Bond Act Of 1988.
* 81 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Act Of 1988.
* 82 – Passed – Water Conservation Bond Law Of 1988.
* 83 – Passed – Clean Water And Water Reclamation Bond Act Of 1988.
* 84 – Passed – Housing And Homeless Bond Act Of 1988.
* 85 – Passed – Library Construction And Renovation Bond Act Of 1988.
* 86 – Passed – County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure And Youth Facility Bond Act Of 1988.
* 87 – Passed – Property Tax Revenues. Redevelopment Agencies.
* 88 – Passed – Deposit Of Public Moneys.
* 89 – Passed – Governor's Parole Review.
* 90 – Passed – Assessed Valuation. Replacement Dwellings.
* 91 – Passed – Justice Courts. Eligibility.
* 92 – Passed – Commission On Judicial Performance.
* 93 – Passed – Veteran's Property Tax Exemption.
* 94 – Passed – Judges.
* 95 – Failed – Hunger And Homelessness Funding. Initiative Statute.
* 96 – Passed – Communicable Disease Tests. Initiative Statute.
* 97 – Passed – State Occupational Safety And Health Plan. Initiative Statute.
* 98 – Passed – School Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
* 99 – Passed – Cigarette And Tobacco Tax. Benefit Fund. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
* 100 – Failed – Insurance Rates, Regulation. Initiative Statute.
* 101 – Failed – Automobile Accident Claims And Insurance Rates. Initiative Statute.
* 102 – Failed – Reporting Exposure To AIDS Virus. Initiative Statute.
* 103 – Passed – Insurance Rates, Regulation, Commissioner. Initiative Statute.
* 104 – Failed – Automobile And Other Insurance. Initiative Statute.
* 105 – Passed – Disclosures To Consumers, Voter, Investors. Initiative Statute.
* 106 – Failed – Attorney Fees Limit For Tort Claims. Initiative Statute.