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The passage of Proposition 8 received widespread media coverage over the amendment's effect on the concurrent 2008 presidential and congressional elections, as well as the pre-election effects Proposition 8 had on California's reputation as a historically LGBT-friendly state and the same-sex marriage debate that had started after same-sex ...
55 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1986. 56 – Passed – Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Of 1986. 57 – Passed – Retirement Benefits For Nonjudicial And Nonlegislative Elected State Constitutional Officers. 58 – Passed – Taxation. Family Transfers. 59 – Passed – Elected District Attorney. 60 ...
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 ...
Proposition 8 (or The Victims' Bill of Rights [1] [2]), a law enacted by California voters on 8 June 1982 by the initiative process, restricted the rights of convicts and those suspected of crimes and extended the rights of victims. To do so, it amended the California Constitution and ordinary statutes.
1A – Passed – Class Size Reduction Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 1998. 1 – Passed – Property Taxes: Contaminated Property. 2 – Passed – Transportation: Funding. 3 – Failed – Partisan Presidential Primary Elections. 4 – Passed – Trapping Practices. Bans Use of Specified Traps and Animal Poisons.
The commission is to be made up of five Democrats, five Republicans, and four commissioners from neither major party. [12] In November 2010, Proposition 20 was passed, which put the commission in charge of drawing United States House of Representatives districts in California.
The Miami Beach City Commission voted Wednesday to rescind a question on the November ballot on whether to authorize a 1% food and beverage tax for homeless and domestic violence services, meaning ...
William Bolthouse gave $100,000 to Proposition 8. Californians Against Hate began a boycott against Bolthouse Farms, the company that William Bolthouse founded. [3] The boycott was called off when Bolthouse Farms changed its corporate policy on domestic partnership benefits, and the company made matching contributions to various gay organizations, and promised to attain a 100% on HRC Corporate ...