California 2004 ballot propositions

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Twenty ballot propositions were on statewide California ballots in 2004; four on the March 2, 2004 ballot and sixteen on the November 2nd ballot. Three of the March measures passed and nine of the November measures passed so that overall, twelve of twenty ballot propositions succeeded. A bit more than $290,000,000 ($290 million) was given to ballot question committees pro and con in 2004 in California.

Of the twenty measures, seven were legislative referrals, twelve were initiatives and one was an initiated veto referendum. Of the eleven initiatives, seven were amendments to the California Constitution and five were initiated state statutes. Four of the initiated statutes passed, while just one (a measure approving stem cell research) of the seven proposed constitutional amendments passed.

Historical perspective

Considering citizen-initiated propositions only:

• As of the end of 2004, a cumulative total of 293 initiatives (counting citizen-initiated constitutional amendments and citizen-initiated state statutes and not counting veto referenda) had appeared on California ballots since the first initiatives in 1912.

Primary election

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Prop 55	Bond issue	Education spending/bond issue
CIC&S	Prop 56	Administration of government	State legislature can pass appropriation bills with 55% rather than 67%
LBM	Prop 57	Bond issues	$15 billion bond issue
LRCA	Prop 58	State spending	Balanced budget

November 2, 2004

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Outcome	For	Against
LRCA	Prop 1A	State budget	Local government revenues		83.7%	16.3%
LRCA	Prop 59	Admin of gov't	Public records, open meetings		83.4%	16.6%
LRCA	Prop 60	Campaigns	Election rights of political parties		67.6%	32.4%
LRCA	Prop 60A	Admin of gov't	Surplus property		73.3%	26.7%
CISS	Prop 61	Bond issues	Money for children's hospital projects		58.3%	41.7%
CIC&S	Prop 62	Elections	Elections, primaries		46.1%	53.9%
CISS	Prop 63	Tax increase	Mental health services expansion		53.8%	46.2%
CISS	Prop 64	Business regulation	Limits on private enforcement of unfair business competition laws		59.0%	41.0%
CICA	Prop 65	State budget	Local government funds, mandates		37.6%	62.4%
CISS	Prop 66	Law enforcement	"Three strikes" law, sex crimes		47.3%	52.7%
CIC&S	Prop 67	Tax increase	Fund emergency medical services with tax increase		28.4%	71.6%
CIC&S	Prop 68	Gambling	Tribal gaming compact amendments		16.2%	83.8%
CISS	Prop 69	Law enforcement	DNA samples, collection, database		62.1%	37.9%
CIC&S	Prop 70	Gambling	Tribal gaming compacts		23.7%	76.3%
CIC&S	Prop 71	Stem cells	Allow and fund stem cell research		59.1%	40.9%
VR	Prop 72	Health care	Health care coverage requirements		49.2%	50.8%

See also

• List of California ballot measures
• History of Initiative and Referendum in California
• Laws governing I&R in California
• List of California ballot measures

External links

• Official declaration of March 2, 2004 vote
• Detailed vote results for the March 2004 propositions Broken down by county
• Official declaration of the November 2, 2004 ballot proposition votes
• Detailed vote results for the November 2004 ballot propositions
• November 2004 election results from the California Secretary of State
• March 2004 election results from the California Secretary of State
• Spending on 2004 California ballot measures

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