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California Proposition 6, informally known as the Briggs Initiative, [1] was an unsuccessful ballot initiative put to a referendum on the California state ballot in the November 7, 1978 election. [2] It was sponsored by John Briggs , a conservative state legislator from Orange County .
No official argument against Proposition 6 was submitted to the California Secretary of State and no opponents were listed on the ballot. [5] However, public polling has shown the oppose side leading. [9] The oppose side has not established an official campaign and raised $0 as of October 30, 2024. [4]
In Stanislaus County, about 65% of voters rejected a ballot measure in the Nov. 5 election that sought to end forced labor in prisons and jails in California. Proposition 6, which was defeated ...
[4] [11] [12] As a result, and through the work of Mixner, Scott, legendary gay rights activist and San Francisco City Councilman Harvey Milk, and others, Proposition 6 was defeated by over a million votes, the first ballot initiative of its sort to be shot down. [13]
Prop. 34 is a not-so-veiled attempt to strike back at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, said Castillo, the veteran strategist. It threatens the financial resources of the organization, he added ...
California labor groups are backing Proposition 6, which would end forced prison labor. Will it move the needle? California labor groups are backing Proposition 6.
On November 7, 1978, after working tirelessly against Proposition 6, Milk and his supporters rejoice in the wake of its defeat. A desperate White favors a supervisor pay raise but does not get much support, and shortly after supporting the proposition resigns from the Board. He later changes his mind and asks to be reinstated.
Proposition 6 asks California voters to amend the state Constitution to ban involuntary servitude, which would end forced labor in state prisons.