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Granting women the constitutional right to vote in California. Proposition 7 (1911) Passed: Establishing the constitutional direct democracy powers of initiative and referendum in California. Proposition 8 (1911) Passed: Establishing the constitutional direct democracy power of recall in California. Proposition 14 (1964)
1 – Failed – The State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law Of 1976. 2 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act Of 1976. 3 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1976. 4 – Failed – Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities. 5 – Passed – Banks, Corporations, Franchises And Insurers-Taxation.
Laws that are ineligible for optional referendums include urgency statutes, statutes calling elections, and statutes providing for tax levies or appropriations for usual, current state expenses. [8] To qualify on the ballot, a referendum petition must be signed by at least five percent of the number of voters in the previous gubernatorial ...
California's voters would approve higher income and capital gains tax rates on the state's wealthiest residents to increase K-12 school funding in subsequent years: voters approved tax increases with Proposition 30 in 2012 (which was extended to 2030 with 2016 California Proposition 55), raising tax rates on income and capital gains over ...
The speaker of the California State Assembly presides over the State Assembly. The lieutenant governor is the ex officio president of the Senate and may break a tied vote, and the president pro tempore of the California State Senate is elected by the majority party caucus. The Legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
At 7.25%, California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, [8] which can total up to 10.75% with local sales taxes included. [9]Sales and use taxes in California (state and local) are collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, whereas income and franchise taxes are collected by the Franchise Tax Board.
Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court decision that set an important legal precedent that held that a state could not authorize invidious discrimination by private landlords without entangling itself in the ensuing discriminatory private decisions. Thus, the state constitutional amendment by referendum ...
1967 California elections (3 P) L. 1967 in Los Angeles (10 P) S. 1967 in San Francisco (5 P) 1967 in sports in California (1 C, 54 P) Pages in category "1967 in ...