List of California ballot propositions 1970–79

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.