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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 Of the three veto referendums, the targeted law was repealed in two cases and upheld in one.

On the ballot[edit]

March 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
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
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.

Not on the ballot[edit]

California Proposition 24 (2000)

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