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Twenty-eight (28) statewide ballot propositions were on the 2000 ballot in California. Twenty statewide propositions were on the March 7 primary election ballot. Of these 20 measures, 12 were approved and eight defeated. Eight propositions appeared on the November 7 general election ballot. Of these, five were approved and three were defeated.

There were 15 citizen-initiated measures, including 3 veto referendums on the 2000 ballot including the March and November elections. Of these, six were approved and nine were defeated. Of the three veto referendums, the targeted law was repealed in two cases and upheld in one.

## Contents

* 1 On the ballot
* 2 Getting measures on the ballot
* 2.1 Legislative referrals
* 2.2 Initiatives
* 3 Historical facts
* 4 See also
* 5 Not on the ballot
* 6 External links

## On the ballot[edit]

March 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Proposition 1A | Gambling | Allows the governor to negotiate (subject to legislative approval) gambling compacts with Indians on tribal lands to authorize slot machines, lottery games, and banking and percentage card games | a
BI | Proposition 12 | Bonds | Issues $2.1 billion in bonds for clean water, recreational projects, and preserve open space and farmland | a
BI | Proposition 13 | Bonds | Issues $1.97 billion in bonds for public water, wastewater treatment, groundwater storage, flood control, stream restoration, watershed protection, and other water-related projects | a
BI | Proposition 14 | Bonds | Issues $350 million in bonds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities | a
BI | Proposition 15 | Bonds | Issues $220 million in bonds to fund the construction and renovation of forensic laboratories | d
BI | Proposition 16 | Bonds | Issues $50 million in bonds to fund veterans' homes | a
LRCA | Proposition 17 | Gambling | Permits private nonprofits to conduct raffles with at least 90% of the raffle's gross receipts dedicated to charitable purposes | a
LRSS | Proposition 18 | Law enforcement | Amends the California Penal Code to define "lying in wait" as a special circumstance where the maximum penalty for first-degree murder is a life sentence without the possibility of parole or the death penalty | a
LRSS | Proposition 19 | Law enforcement | Requires longer prison sentences for persons convicted of second-degree murder of a police officer working for the California State University system or and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District, which would make the criminal punishment consistent with the statewide policy for the murder of other police officers | a
LRSS | Proposition 20 | Gambling | Mandates that of the future growth in lottery funds, one-half of that increase must go to K-14 public schools to be spent on instructional materials | a
CISS | Proposition 21 | Law enforcement | Increases criminal penalties for gang-related felonies; requiring individuals 14 years or older to be tried as adults for murder or specified sex offenses; prohibiting the use of informal probation for any juvenile offender who commits a felony; and revising the lists of specific crimes defined as serious or violent offenses | a
CISS | Proposition 22 | Marriage | Defines marriage between a man and a woman in the California Family Code | a
CISS | Proposition 23 | Elections | Requires election ballots for federal and state offices to provide an option to vote for 'none of the above' | d
CISS | Proposition 25 | Elections and campaigns | Revises the state's campaign finance laws to limit contributions, creates limited fundraising periods, provides public financing of certain candidate and ballot measure committee advertisements for committees agreeing to voluntary spending limits, and requires top donors to ballot measure committees to be listed on ballot pamphlets | d
CICA/SS | Proposition 26 | Education | Lowers the vote requirement for certain local school bond questions from a two-thirds (66.67%) supermajority vote to a simple majority (50%+1) vote and requires every K-12 school district to provide for charter school facilities "sufficient to accommodate the charter school’s students" | d
CISS | Proposition 27 | Term limits | Allows all California candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to sign a non-binding declaration stating their intention to voluntarily limit their years of service to two terms in the Senate (12 years) or three terms in the House of Representatives (6 years) | d
CISS | Proposition 28 | Taxes | Eliminates the $0.50 per-pack excise tax on cigarettes and the equivalent tax on other tobacco products imposed by Proposition 10 of 1988 and eliminates the California Children and Families First Trust Fund once all previously collected taxes under Proposition 10 were appropriated and expended | d
VR | Proposition 29 | Gambling | Upholds or rejects the Pala Compacts, which authorized video lottery terminals as part of 11 tribal-state compacts | a
VR | Proposition 30 | Business regulation | Upholds or rejects legislation that allows third-party lawsuits against insurance companies for unfair claims practices in handling liability claims | d
VR | Proposition 31 | Business regulation | Upholds or rejects AB 1309, which was designed to limit certain third-party claimant lawsuits | d

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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BI | Proposition 32 | Bonds | Issues $500 million in general obligation bonds for the Cal-Vet veterans' housing program | a
LRCA | Proposition 33 | State legislature | Allows members of the state legislature to participate in the state Public Employees Retirement System | d
LRSS | Proposition 34 | Elections and campaigns | Adopts limits on campaign contributions to candidates for state elective offices | a
CICA | Proposition 35 | Admin of gov't | Allows the government to contract with private entities for engineering and architectural services | a
CISS | Proposition 36 | Marijuana | Requires that people convicted of the possession, use or transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture, receive probation and drug treatment, rather than incarceration | a
CICA | Proposition 37 | Taxes | Defines a fee as a tax and requires a two-thirds legislative vote to adopt a fee | d
CICA | Proposition 38 | School choice | Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private and religious schools | d
CICA | Proposition 39 | Education | Reduces the supermajority requirement from 60% to 55% for voters to pass local school bond measures | a

## Getting measures on the ballot[edit]

### Legislative referrals[edit]

The California State Legislature may refer constitutional amendments to the ballot with a two-thirds (66.67%) vote in each chamber.

The legislature can refer statutes and bond issues with a simple majority vote, but the governor's signature is also required.

In California, changes to voter-approved ballot initiatives need to be referred to voters for approval or rejection unless the changes further the initiative's purpose.

### Initiatives[edit]

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

The number of valid signatures for citizen-initiated measures in California are based on the votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election, which are held every four years. Initiated constitutional amendments require 8% of that total while initiated state statutes and veto referendums require 5%. The requirements for each type in 2000 were as follows:

* Initiated constitutional amendment (ICA): 670,816
* Initiated state statute (ISS): 419,260
* Veto referendum (VR): 419,260

## Historical facts[edit]

As of the end of 2000, a cumulative total of 275 initiatives (counting citizen-initiated constitutional amendments and citizen-initiated state statutes and not counting veto referenda) had appeared on California ballots since the first initiatives in 1912.

## See also[edit]

* 2000 ballot measures
* List of California ballot measures
* Laws governing ballot measures in California
* History of Initiative and Referendum in California
* Laws governing I&R in California

## Not on the ballot[edit]

* California Proposition 24 (2000)

## External links[edit]

* California Secretary of State
* California State Legislature
* Official California Voter Guide for the March ballot proposition election
* Official California Voter Guide for the November 7, 2000 ballot proposition election
* Official declaration of the March 7, 2000 vote
* Official March 7, 2000 Ballot Proposition Voter Guide for Propositions 1A and 12-29 (PDF of paper version)]
* Official March 7, 2000 Ballot Proposition Voter Guide for Propositions 30 and 31 (PDF of paper version)
* Official November 7, 2000 Ballot Proposition Voter Guide for Propositions 32-39 (PDF of paper version)
* Spending on 2000 California ballot measures

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