March 2000 California Elections

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Election Results

Official Election Results
Statement of Vote

Official and Nonpartisan Sources

California Secretary of State
Voter Information Guide/Ballot Pamphlet [California Secretary of State]
League of Women Voters
California Online Voter Guide [California Voter Foundation]
Easy Reading Voter Guide

Primary Election Archives

UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive
Archive of web sites on the March 2000 Primary Election. Includes sites about the election, candidate sites and sites for or against ballot measures.

Ballot Measures

Nonpartisan Pros & Cons of March 2000 State Ballot Measures [League of Women Voters of California]
In Depth Nonpartisan Analysis of March 2000 State Ballot Measures [League of Women Voters of California]
California Propositions [California Voter Foundation]
Legislative Analyst's Office Analyses of Propositions

Proposition 1A - Gambling
Modifies existing gambling prohibitions to authorize the Governor to negotiate compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes, subject to legislative ratification, for operation of slot machines, lottery games, and banking and percentage card games on Indian lands.

Proposition 12 - Parks, Water and Coastal Protection Act
Provides for a bond issue of two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) to provide funds to protect land around lakes, rivers, and streams and the coast to improve water quality and ensure clean drinking water; to protect forests and plant trees to improve air quality; to preserve open space and farmland threatened by unplanned development; to protect wildlife habitats; and to repair and improve the safety of state and neighborhood parks.

Proposition 13 - Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, And Flood Protection Bond Act
This act provides for a bond issue of one billion nine hundred seventy million dollars ($1,970,000,000) to provide funds for a safe drinking water, water quality, flood protection, and water reliability program.

Proposition 14 - California Reading & Literacy Improvement & Public Library Construction & Renovation Bond Act of 2000
This act provides for a bond issue of $350,000,000 to provide funds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities in order to expand access to reading and literacy programs in California's public education system and to expand access to public library services for all residents of California.

Proposition 15 - The Hertzberg-Polanco Crime Laboratories Construction Bond Act Of 1999
Provides for a bond issue of $220,000,000 to provide funds for a program for the construction, renovation, and infrastructure costs associated with the construction of new local forensic laboratories and the remodeling of existing local forensic laboratories.

Proposition 16 - Veterans' Homes Bond Act Of 2000
This $50,000,000 bond issue will provide funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of designing and constructing veterans' homes in California and completing a comprehensive renovation of the Veterans' Home at Yountville.

Proposition 17 - Lotteries: Charitable Raffles
Modifies current constitutional prohibition against private lotteries to permit legislative authorization of raffles conducted by eligible private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of funding beneficial and charitable works.

Proposition 18 - Murder: Special Circumstances
Provides special circumstances warranting death penalty or life imprisonment without parole for intentional murders committed in connection with kidnapping or arson or committed by "by means of lying in wait".

Proposition 19 - Murder. BART And CSU Peace Officers
Provides second degree of peace officer employed by BART or California State University is punishable by life imprisonment without possibility of parole where aggravating circumstances are present.

Proposition 20 - California State Lottery: Allocation For Instructional Materials
Provides that one-half of any increase beyond the current amount allocated to public education from state lottery revenues be allocated for purchase of instructional materials.

Proposition 21 - Juvenile Crime
Increases punishment for gang-related felonies; death penalty for gang-related murder; indeterminate life sentences for home-invasion robbery, carjacking, witness intimidation and drive-by shootings; and creates crime of recruiting for gang activities; and authorizes wiretapping for gang activities.

Proposition 22 - Limit on Marriages
Adds a provision to the Family Code providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

Proposition 23 - "None of the Above" Ballot Option
Provides that voters may vote for "none of the above" but such votes will not be counted in determining who wins election.

Proposition 24 - Reapportionment. State Officers' Compensation
Removed from the ballot by the California Supreme Court

Proposition 25 - Election Campaigns. Contributions and Spending Limits. Public Financing. Disclosures
Provides for public financing of candidate and ballot measure campaign costs, disclosure of top contributors and fund-raising time restrictions; establishes contribution spending limits; and bans corporate contributions.

Proposition 26 - School Facilities. Bonds. Local Majority Vote
Authorizes local voter approval by majority vote, not current two-thirds, for school construction and improvement bonds and property taxes in excess of 1% to pay bonds.

Proposition 27 - Elections. Term Limit Declarations For Congressional Candidates.
Permits congressional candidates to voluntarily sign non-binding declaration of intention to serve no more than three terms in House of Representatives or two terms in the United States Senate. Requires placement of information on ballots and state-sponsored voter education materials when authorized by candidates. Candidates may appear on official ballot without submitting declaration.

Proposition 28 - Repeal Of Proposition 10 Tobacco Surtax
Repeals additional $.50 per pack tax on cigarettes and equivalent increase in state tax on tobacco products previously enacted by Proposition 10. Provides for elimination of funding for Proposition 10 early childhood development and smoking prevention programs.

Proposition 29 - 1998 Indian Gaming Compacts
A "Yes" vote approves, a "No" vote rejects a law, previously passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor, that would: formally approve 11 tribal-state compacts that were concluded in 1998; provide procedures for approving future compacts; and declare the Governor responsible for negotiation of compacts; and authorize Governor to waive state's immunity to suit by tribes.

Proposition 30 - Referendum Petition to Overturn the "Fair Insurance Responsibility Act"
A "Yes" vote approves, a "No" vote rejects legislation restoring the right to sue another person's insurance for unfair claims settlement practices following judgment or award against another person; barring lawsuits is insurer agrees to arbitrate original claim against insured party.

Proposition 31 - Referendum Petition to Overturn Amendments to "Fair Insurance Responsibility Act"
A "Yes" vote approves, a "No" vote rejects statutory amendments limiting right of insured party to sue another's insurer for unfair claims practices and exempting specified insurers under certain circumstances.

Campaign Finance

Cal-Access
Campaign finance reports on Candidates and Elected Officials; Propositions and Ballot Measures; Committees, Parties and Major Donors; and, Daily Filings.
Follow the Money
Campaign finance information from the California Voter Foundation.
Top Ten Contributors -- California Propositions
Tables identify the contributors who have given the most in support of or in opposition to California propositions on the March, 2000 ballot.

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