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It passed the California State Senate on September 14, 2023 by 29 votes to 10, with one senator (Josh Newman) not voting. [ 7 ] Proposition 5 would have allowed a city, county or special district in California to issue bonds with 55% voter approval, so long as the bonds were to fund affordable housing , permanent supportive housing , or public ...
The bill was introduced to the California State Senate by Democratic Senator Richard Polanco. [5] The bill was endorsed by both the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. [6] The bill passed on the Senate floor with a vote of 22 to 13, and passed on the assembly floor with a vote of 47 to 25. [6]
The California Voter Bill of Rights is an adaptation of the United States Voting Rights Act passed in 1965.
Proposition 3, marriage equality: This ballot measure would eliminate outdated language from California’s Constitution that says marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Voters ...
In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June ...
Maps for the state legislative districts passed with a 13–1 vote, and for Congressional districts with a 12–2 vote. [4] In response to a series of legal challenges, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously three times in favor of the commission's maps, finding them in compliance with the U.S. Constitution and California Constitution.
The bill immediately requires county boards to have a state- or federal-approved voting system in place before ending a contract with its current one. A manual tally is not approved at the state ...
An ordinary bill needs a majority vote to pass . An urgency bill or a bill with tax increases requires a two-thirds vote. The California Constitution used to require a two-thirds vote of both houses on the yearly budget and on any bill that would increase taxes, but since the passage of California Proposition 25 (2010), the two-thirds vote is ...