November 1998 California Elections

Election Results
Official & Nonpartisan Sources
Campaign Finance
Statewide Candidates 		Ballot Measures
Judicial Elections
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Election Results

Official Election Results
Statement of Vote

Official and Nonpartisan Sources

California Secretary of State General Election Web Site
Voter Information Guide/Ballot Pamphlet [Secretary of State]
California Voter Foundation
League of Women Voters

Campaign Finance

Late Contribution and Independent Expenditure Reports
Campaign finance data for candidates and ballot measures.
Campaign Receipts, Expenditures, Cash On Hand and Debts for State Candidates and Officeholders
July 1, 1998 Through December 31, 1998.

Financing California's Statewide Ballot Measures
Campaign Receipts and Expenditures through December 31, 1998
Financing California's Statewide Propositions on the November 3, 1998 General Election Ballot
Campaign Receipts and Expenditures through June 30, 1998.

Ballot Measures

Brief Summary of Ballot Measures [Secretary of State]
Ballot Measure Preview [California Voter Foundation]

Criteria for Evaluating Ballot Measures [League of Women Voters]

Legislative Analyst's Office Analyses of Measures on the November Ballot
Senate Office of Research Analysis of Propositions on the November 1998 Ballot
Nonpartisan Pros & Cons of November 1998 State Ballot Measures [League of Women Voters]

Proposition 1: Property Taxes - Contaminated Property
Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature. Amends article XIII A of the Constitution, added by Proposition 13, to allow repair or replacement of environmentally-contaminated property or structures without increasing the tax valuation of original or replacement property. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 1A: Class Size Reduction Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 1998
Will provide funding for education facilities for at least four years for class size reduction, to relieve overcrowding and accomodate student enrollment growth and to repair older schools and for wiring and cabling for education technology. Funds will also be used to upgrade and build new classrooms in community colleges, the California State University, and the University of California. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 2: Transportation Funding
Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature. Imposes repayment conditions on loans of transportation revenues to the General Fund and local entities. Designates local transportation funds as trust funds and requires a transportation purpose for their use. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 3: Partisan Presidential Primary Elections
Legislative Initiative Amendment. Put on the Ballot by the Legislature. Changes existing open primary law to require closed, partisan primary for purposes of selecting delegates to national political party presidential nominating conventions. Limits voting for such delegates to voters registered by political party. Provides partisan ballots to be voted only by members of the particular party. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 4: Trapping Practices
Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Prohibits trapping fur-bearing or nongame mammals with specified traps. Prohibits commerce in fur of animals so trapped. Generally prohibits steel-jawed leghold traps on mammals. Prohibits use of specified poisons on animals. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 5: Tribal Gambling
Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Specifies terms and conditions of mandatory compact between state and Indian tribes for gambling on tribal land. Allows slot machines and banked card games at tribal casinos. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 6: Prohibition on Slaughter of Horses and Sale of Horsemeat
Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Makes possession, transfer, or receipt of horses for slaughter for human consumption a felony. Makes sale of horsemeat for human consumption a misdemeanor. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 7: Tax Credits for Air Quality Improvement
Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Authorizes $218 million in state tax credits annually, until January 2011, to encourage air-emissions reductions through the acquisition, conversion, and retrofitting of vehicles and equipment. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 8: Public Schools - Permanent Class Size Reduction
Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Permanent class size reduction funding for districts establishing parent-teacher councils. Requires testing for teacher credentialing; pupil suspension for drug possession. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 9: Electric Utilities Assessment
Initiative Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Prohibits assessment of taxes, bonds, surcharges to pay costs of nuclear power plants. Limits recovery by electric companies for costs of non-nuclear power plants. Prohibits issuance of rate reduction bonds. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 10: State and County Early Childhood Development Programs
Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures. Creates state and county commissions to establish early childhood development and smoking prevention programs. Imposes additional taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products. Full text of proposed law

Proposition 11: Local Sales and Use Taxes--Revenue Sharing
This measure would authorize local governments to voluntarily enter into sales tax revenue sharing agreements by a two-thirds vote of the local city council or board of supervisors of each participating jurisdiction. Full text of proposed law.

Judicial Elections

Voters Guide to Judicial Elections [League of Women Voters]
Judicial Information Booklet [Secretary of State]

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