Preamble, California Constitution

California Constitution

Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI
VII • VIII • IX • X • XA
XB • XI • XII • XIII • XIII A
XIII B • XIII C • XIII D • XIV • XV • XVI • XVIII • XIX • XIX A • XIX B • XIX C
XX • XXI • XXII
XXXIV • XXXV

## Contents

* 1 Preamble
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 Additional reading
* 5 Footnotes

The Preamble of the California Constitution is the introduction to the constitution and contains 27 words.

## Preamble[edit]

| Text of Preamble:

We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings, do establish this Constitution.[1]

## See also[edit]

* State constitution
* Constitutional article
* Constitutional amendment
* Constitutional revision
* Constitutional convention
* Amendments
* Initiated constitutional amendment
* Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
* Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
* Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
* State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* California Constitution
* California Secretary of State, "1849 California Constitution from the California State Archives"
* California Secretary of State, "1878–1879 Constitutional Convention Working Papers"
* The California Constitution Wiki, a wiki project to re-design the state's constitution

## Additional reading[edit]

* Joseph R. Grodin, Calvin R. Massey, and Richard B. Cunningham (1993), The California State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
* Treadwell, Edward (1902). The Constitution of the State of California, San Francisco, California: Bancroft-Whitney.

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ California State Legislature, "California Constitution," accessed March 26, 2014

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