List of California ballot propositions 1970–79

Elections

June 2, 1970

• 1 – Failed – University Of California Health Science Facilities.
• 2 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Local Government.
• 3 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Public Utilities, Corporations And Water Use.
• 4 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Various.
• 5 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Future Constitutional Amendments, State Civil Service.
• 6 – Passed – State And County Boards Of Education: Textbooks.
• 7 – Passed – Interest Rate On State Bonds.
• 8 – Failed – Taxation For Schools And Social Welfare.

  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 Districts.
• 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

• 1 – Failed – State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1978.
• 2 – Passed – Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978.
• 3 – Failed – Taxation Exemption – Alternative Energy Systems.
• 4 – Passed – City Charters – Boards of Education.
• 5 – Passed – Administrative Agencies.
• 6 – Passed – Sheriffs.
• 7 – Passed – Local Agencies – Insurance Pooling Arrangements.
• 8 – Failed – Owner Occupied Dwellings – Tax Rate.
• 9 – Passed – Interest Rate – Judgments.
• 10 – Failed – Taxation – Rehabilitated Property.
• 11 – Failed – Taxation – County Owned Real Property.
• 12 – Failed – Constitutional Officers, Legislators and Judges Compensation.
• 13 – Passed – Property Tax Limitation.

  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.