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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)
In California, a ballot proposition is a referendum or an initiative measure that is submitted to the electorate for a direct decision or direct vote (or plebiscite). If passed, it can alter one or more of the articles of the Constitution of California , one or more of the 29 California Codes , or another law in the California Statutes by ...
4 – Passed – University of California. Competitive Bidding. Grounds for Denial of Admission. 5 – Failed – Interest Rates Allowable. 6 – Failed – Bills and Statutes-Effective Date. Governor's Consideration. Referendum. 7 – Passed – Judges. Censure, Removal, Judicial Performance Commission.
The bill passed the California Legislature on September 20, 1963 and was later signed into law by California Governor Pat Brown. The act faced immediate protest after it was passed, and faced an initiative and referendum challenge; with opponents collecting over 600,000 signatures—well more than the 468,259 required to add the referendum to ...
In 1967, the junior colleges were renamed "community colleges" and became part of the California Community Colleges system. [ 17 ] Before Proposition 13, community college districts were able "to levy certain taxes for special purposes without a vote of the public". [ 18 ]
The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. [2] Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party, which was conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods in what would later be ...
1967 Democratic Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum; 1967 Liechtenstein Alps referendum; 1967 New South Wales new state referendum; 1967 New Zealand licensing hours referendum; 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite; 1967 Swiss real estate referendum
California Proposition 14 was a November 1964 initiative ballot measure that amended the California state constitution to nullify the 1963 Rumford Fair Housing Act, thereby allowing property sellers, landlords and their agents to openly discriminate on ethnic grounds when selling or letting accommodations, as they had been permitted to before 1963.