This is a list of California ballot propositions from 1970–1979.

Elections

June 2, 1970

1 – Failed – University Of California Health Science Facilities. 2 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Local Government. 3 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Public Utilities, Corporations And Water Use. 4 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Various. 5 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Future Constitutional Amendments, State Civil Service. 6 – Passed – State And County Boards Of Education: Textbooks. 7 – Passed – Interest Rate On State Bonds. 8 – Failed – Taxation For Schools And Social Welfare.

November 3, 1970

1 – Passed – The Clean Water Bond Law of 1970. 2 – Failed – Vacancies in Specified Constitutional Offices. 3 – Passed – State Budget. 4 – Failed – Appropriation For Public Schools. 5 – Passed – Regents University Of California: Public Meetings. 6 – Passed – Teachers' Retirement Fund: Investments. 7 – Passed – State Colleges: Speaker Member Of Governing Body. 8 – Failed – Superintendent Of Public Instruction. 9 – Failed – County Superintendent Of Schools. 10 – Failed – Interest Rate Limitation. 11 – Passed – Chiropractors: Rules. 12 – Passed – Compensation Of County Supervisors. 13 – Passed – Tax Exemption For Disabled Veterans And Blind Veterans. 14 – Passed – State Civil Service. 15 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision. 16 – Passed – Constitutional Amendments. 17 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Social Welfare. 18 – Failed – Motor Vehicle Taxation And Revenues. 19 – Passed – Usury. 20 – Passed – The Recreation And Fish And Wildlife Enhancement Bond Act.

June 6, 1972

1 – Passed – The Veterans Bond Act Of 1971. 2 – Passed – The State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law Of 1972. 3 – Passed – Right To Assistance Of Counsel. 4 – Passed – Open Presidential Primary. 5 – Passed – Appointment Of Regents, University Of California. 6 – Passed – Naturalized Citizen Voting Eligibility. 7 – Passed – Valuation Of Single-Family Dwellings For Tax Purposes. 8 – Passed – Chiropractors. 9 – Failed – Clean Environment Act. 10 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision.

November 7, 1972

1 – Passed – Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities. 2 – Passed – Bonds To Provide Health Science Facilities. 3 – Passed – Environmental Pollution Bond Authorization. 4 – Passed – Legislative Reorganization. 5 – Passed – School Districts. 6 – Passed – Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions. 7 – Passed – Elections And Presidential Primary. 8 – Failed – Tax Exemption For Anti-Pollution Facilities. 9 – Passed – Bond Vote For Structurally Unsafe School Buildings. 10 – Passed – Blind Veterans Tax Exemption. 11 – Passed – Right Of Privacy. 12 – Passed – Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption. 13 – Passed – Workmen's Compensation. 14 – Failed – Property Tax Limitations. 15 – Failed – State Employee Salaries. 16 – Failed – Salaries. California Highway Patrol. 17 – Passed – Death Penalty. 18 – Failed – Obscenity Legislation. 19 – Failed – Marijuana – Removal Of Penalty For Personal Use. 20 – Passed – Coastal Zone Conservation Act. 21 – Passed – Assignment Of Students To Schools. 22 – Failed – Agricultural Labor Relations.

November 6, 1973

1 – Failed – Tax And Expenditure Limitations.

June 4, 1974

1 – Passed – Recreational Lands Bond Act. 2

November 5, 1974

1 – Passed – State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law. 2 – Passed – Charters For Counties And Cities. 3 – Failed – Postsecondary Education Commission Personnel – Civil Service. 4 – Passed – Regents, University Of California. 5 – Passed – Residence Of Local Government Employee. 6 – Passed – Property Tax Exemptions. 7 – Passed – Declaration Of Rights. 8 – Passed – Taxation And State Funds. 9 – Passed – Recall Of Public Officers. 10 – Passed – Right To Vote. 11 – Passed – Miscellaneous Language Changes Regarding Gender. 12 – Passed – Public Utilities. 13 – Passed – San Diego County Judicial Districts. 14 – Failed – State College System. 15 – Failed – Low Rent Housing. 16 – Failed – Student Tuition, University Of California. 17 – Failed – Wild And Scenic Rivers Initiative.

June 8, 1976

1 – Failed – The State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law Of 1976. 2 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act Of 1976. 3 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1976. 4 – Failed – Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities. 5 – Passed – Banks, Corporations, Franchises And Insurers-Taxation. 6 – Passed – Insurance Company Home Office Tax Deduction. 7 – Passed – Taxation of Restricted Historic Property. 8 – Passed – Deposit of Public Money In Savings and Loan Associations. 9 – Passed – Bingo. 10 – Failed – Bonds To Refund State Indebtedness. 11 – Passed – Motor Vehicle Taxes--Local Surplus Property. 12 – Failed – Interest Rate. 13 – Passed – Property Tax Postponement. 14 – Passed – Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions. 15 – Failed – Nuclear Power Plants-Initiative Statute.

November 2, 1976

1 – Failed – Housing Finance Bond Law Of 1975. 2 – Passed – Nejedly-Hart State, Urban and Coastal Park Bond Act of 1976. 3 – Failed – Residential Energy Conservation Bond Law. 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. 8 – Passed – County Superintendents of Schools and Boards of Education. 9 – Passed – State Constitutional Offices. Filling Vacancies In. Confirmation. 10 – Passed – Property Taxation by Local Governments Whose Boundaries Include Area in Two or More Counties. 11 – Passed – Tax Rates on Unsecured Property. 12 – Failed – Loans by State for Energy Conservation Improvements in Residential Structures. 13 – Failed – Greyhound Dog Racing – Initiative Statute. 14 – Failed – Agricultural Labor Relations – Initiative Statute. 15 – Passed – Chiropractors, Board of Examiners. Licensing Requirements.

June 6, 1978

1 – Failed – State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1978. 2 – Passed – Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978. 3 – Failed – Taxation Exemption – Alternative Energy Systems. 4 – Passed – City Charters – Boards of Education. 5 – Passed – Administrative Agencies. 6 – Passed – Sheriffs. 7 – Passed – Local Agencies – Insurance Pooling Arrangements. 8 – Failed – Owner Occupied Dwellings – Tax Rate. 9 – Passed – Interest Rate – Judgments. 10 – Failed – Taxation – Rehabilitated Property. 11 – Failed – Taxation – County Owned Real Property. 12 – Failed – Constitutional Officers, Legislators and Judges Compensation. 13 – Passed – Property Tax Limitation.

November 7, 1978

1 – Passed – Veterans Bond Act of 1978. 2 – Failed – Public Utilities Commission. 3 – Passed – State Surplus Coastal Property. 4 – Passed – Chiropractors. School Accreditation and License Revocation. 5 – Failed – Regulation of Smoking. 6 – Failed – School Employees. Homosexuality. 7 – Passed – Murder. Penalty. 8 – Passed – Post Disaster Taxation.

November 6, 1979

1 – Passed – School Assignment and Transportation of Pupils. 2 – Passed – Loan Interest Rates. 3 – Passed – Property Taxation – Veteran's Exemption. 4 – Passed – Limitation of Government Appropriations.

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