California Proposition 8, Funding Sources Initiative (June 1970)
| California Proposition 8 | |
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| Election date June 2, 1970 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | |
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| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 8 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on June 2, 1970. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that property taxes make up less than 50% of funding for public schools, 90% of welfare services, and 100% of funding for new county services and increasing the minimum homeowner's property tax exemption to $1,000. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that property taxes make up less than 50% of funding for public schools, 90% of welfare services, and 100% of funding for new county services and increasing the minimum homeowner's property tax exemption to $1,000. |
Election results
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California Proposition 8 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,321,092 | 28.48% | ||
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3,316,919 | 71.52% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:
| “ | Taxation for Schools and Social Welfare | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Requires State provide from sources other than property taxes not less than 50% of costs for public schools, YES exclusive of capital outlay and federal funds, and 90% of costs for social welfare services, exclusive of federal participation, and 8 costs for new county services required by State law. State funds for public schools shall be apportioned in accordance with price index and other requirements. Increases minimum homeowners' property tax exemption from $750 to $1000. If this proposed initiative is adopted undefined additional financing from state sources in the approximate amount of $1,130,000,000 for 1970-1971,will be required, and this cost will increase annually thereafter. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated amendments filed in 1970, at least 520,276 valid signatures were required.
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