Past ratings & results – Pete Rates the Propositions

March 2024
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1	Behavioral Health and Homelessness Restructuring & Bond	Yes	Passed	50.2

November 2022
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1	Guarantee Right to Abortion	Yes	Passed	66.9
26	Sports Wagering: Indian Tribes	No	Failed	33.0
27	Sports Wagering: Gaming Companies	No	Failed	17.7
28	Arts and Music Education Earmark	No	Passed	64.6
29	Dialysis Clinic Regulation (Yet Again!)	No	Failed	31.6
30	Tax High Earners to Subsidize EVs	Yes	Failed	42.4
31	Ban Flavored Tobacco Products	Yes	Passed	63.4

November 2020
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
14	Stem Cell Research Bonds	No	Passed	51.1
15	Increase Taxes on Commercial Property	Yes	Failed	48.0
16	Restore Affirmative Action	Yes	Failed	42.8
17	Allow Parolees to Vote	Yes	Passed	58.6
18	Allow 17½-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries	Yes	Failed	44.0
19	Property Tax Relief for Older Homebuyers	No	Passed	51.1
20	Harsher Parole Procedures	No	Failed	38.3
21	Allow Rent Control on More Units	Yes	Failed	40.1
22	Deny Employee Benefits to Uber & Lyft Drivers	No	Passed	58.6
23	Regulation of Kidney Dialysis Clinics (Again)	No	Failed	36.6
24	Consumer Privacy	Yes	Passed	56.2
25	Eliminate Bail	Yes	Failed	43.6

March 2020
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
13	School and College Construction Bonds	Yes	Failed	47.0

November 2018
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1	Affordable Housing Bonds	Yes	Passed	56.2
2	Mental Health Tax for Supportive Housing	Yes	Passed	63.4
3	Water Bonds	No	Failed	49.3
4	Children’s Hospital Bonds	Yes	Passed	62.7
5	Assessment Portability for Older Homeowners	No	Failed	40.2
6	Repeal Gas Tax & Vehicle Registration Fee	No	Failed	43.2
7	Daylight Saving Time Update	Yes	Passed	59.7
8	Kidney Dialysis Fee Cap	No	Failed	40.1
9	removed: Split California into Three States	—	—	—
10	Allow Expanded Rent Control	Yes	Failed	40.6
11	Ambulance Drivers On Call During Breaks	No	Passed	59.6
12	Require All Eggs to be Cage-Free	Yes	Passed	62.7

June 2018
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
68	Conservation, Parks, and Water Bonds	Yes	Passed	57.4
69	Earmark Transportation Improvement Fee	Yes	Passed	81.0
70	Two-Thirds Vote of Legislature for Cap-And-Trade	No	Failed	35.3
71	Effective Date for Ballot Measures	Yes	Passed	77.6
72	Reassessment Exemption for Rainwater Capture Systems	No	Passed	84.6

November 2016
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
51	School Construction Bonds	Yes	Passed	55.2
52	Extend Medi-Cal Hospital Fee	No	Passed	70.1
53	Voter Approval of Revenue Bonds	No	Failed	49.4
54	72-Hour Legislation Review Period	Yes	Passed	65.4
55	Continue Tax on Incomes Over $263,000	Yes	Passed	63.3
56	Increase Cigarette Tax	Yes	Passed	64.4
57	Parole and Juvenile Justice Reform	Yes	Passed	64.5
58	Allow Bilingual Education	Yes	Passed	73.5
59	Register Disapproval of “Citizens United”	Yes	Passed	53.2
60	Condoms in Porn Videos	No	Failed	46.3
61	Limit Prescription Drug Prices Paid by State	No	Failed	46.8
62	Repeal Death Penalty	Yes	Failed	46.8
63	Keeping Guns from Those Who Shouldn’t Have Them	Yes	Passed	63.1
64	Legalize Recreational Marijuana	Yes	Passed	57.1
65	Sabotage Prop 67	No	Failed	46.1
66	Reduce Barriers to Capital Punishment	No	Passed	51.1
67	Ban Single-Use Plastic Grocery Bags	Yes	Passed	53.3

June 2016
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
50	Suspension of Misbehaving Legislators	Yes	Passed	75.6

November 2014
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1	Water Bonds	Yes	Passed	67.1
2	Budget Stabilization	Yes	Passed	69.1
45	Requiring Approval of Health Insurance Rate Hikes	Yes	Failed	41.1
46	Pain-and-Suffering Increase + Drug Testing of Doctors	Yes	Failed	33.2
47	Reducing Some Felonies to Misdemeanors	Yes	Passed	59.6
48	Indian Gaming Compacts: North Fork & Wiyot	Yes	Failed	39.0

June 2014
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
41	Veterans Housing Bonds	Yes	Passed	65.4
42	Local Compliance with Public Records Act	Yes	Passed	61.8

November 2012
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
30	Jerry Brown’s Tax Increase	Yes	Passed	55.4
31	Budget Reform and Local Override	No	Failed	39.5
32	Prohibiting Political Use of Payroll Deductions	No	Failed	43.4
33	Mercury Insurance Rides Again	No	Failed	45.0
34	Repeal of the Death Penalty	Yes	Failed	48.0
35	Increase Penalties for Human Trafficking	No	Passed	81.3
36	“Three Strikes” Reform	Yes	Passed	69.3
37	Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food	No	Failed	48.6
38	Molly Munger’s Tax Increase	Yes	Failed	28.7
39	Closing Tax Loophole for Multistate Businesses	Yes	Passed	61.1
40	Reaffirm State Senate Districts	Yes	Passed	71.9

June 2012
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
28	Legislative Term Limit Tweak	Yes	Passed	61.0
29	Tobacco Tax to Fund Cancer Research	Yes	Failed	49.8

November 2010
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
19	Sort-of Legalization of Marijuana	Yes	Failed	46.5
20	Commission to Draw Congressional Districts	Yes	Passed	61.3
21	Vehicle License Fee for Parks and Wildlife	No	Failed	42.7
22	State to Keep Its Paws Off Local Budgets	No	Passed	60.7
23	Suspension of Greenhouse Gas Law	No	Failed	38.4
24	Repeal of Big-Business Tax Breaks	Yes	Failed	41.9
25	Simple Majority to Pass State Budget	Yes	Passed	55.1
26	Two-Thirds Vote to Impose Fees	No	Passed	52.5
27	Kill the Redistricting Commission	No	Failed	40.5

June 2010
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
13	Reassessment Exemption for Seismic Retrofitting	Yes	Passed	85.0
14	Nonpartisan Primary Elections	Yes	Passed	53.8
15	Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program	Yes	Failed	42.7
16	PG&E’s Law	No	Failed	47.2
17	Mercury Insurance’s Law	No	Failed	48.1

May 2009
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	State Budget Stabilization	Yes	Failed	34.6
1B	Education Funding Settlement	No	Failed	38.1
1C	Borrowing Against Future Lottery Receipts	No	Failed	35.6
1D	Reducing Early Childhood Program Earmark	Yes	Failed	34.0
1E	Reducing Mental Health Earmark	Yes	Failed	33.5
1F	Freezing Legislator Salaries when Budget’s Busted	No	Passed	74.3

November 2008
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	High-Speed Rail Bonds ($10 billion)	Yes	Passed	52.7
2	Elbow (Wing, Trotter) Room for Farm Animals	Yes	Passed	63.5
3	Children’s Hospital Bonds ($1 billion)	No	Passed	55.3
4	Parental Notification for Minors Getting Abortions (Yet Again)	No	Failed	48.0
5	Rehab Instead of Prison for Nonviolent Drug Crimes	Yes	Failed	40.5
6	Local Law Enforcement Spending Requirement	No	Failed	30.8
7	Renewable Energy Targets for All Utilities	No	Failed	35.5
8	Ban on Gay Marriage	No	Passed	52.3
9	Increasing Victims’ Role in Criminal Proceedings	No	Passed	53.9
10	Prius Rebate and Renewable Energy Bonds ($5 billion)	No	Failed	40.5
11	Redistricting Commission	Yes	Passed	50.9
12	Cal-Vet Loan Program	Yes	Passed	63.6

June 2008
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
98	Elimination of Rent Control	No	Failed	38.4
99	Restriction on the Use of Eminent Domain	Yes	Passed	62.0

February 2008
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
91	Made Superfluous by Prop 1A of 2006	Abstain	Failed	41.6
92	Community College Funding and Fees	No	Failed	42.7
93	Rejiggering Legislative Term Limits	Yes	Failed	46.4
94	Indian Gaming Compact: Pechanga Tribe	No	Passed	55.6
95	Indian Gaming Compact: Morongo Tribe	No	Passed	55.6
96	Indian Gaming Compact: Sycuan Tribe	No	Passed	55.5
97	Indian Gaming Compact: Agua Caliente Tribe	No	Passed	55.5

November 2006
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	Earmarking Sales Tax on Gasoline for Transportation	No	Passed	77.0
1B	Transportation Bonds ($20 billion)	Yes	Passed	61.4
1C	Housing Bonds ($2.85 billion)	Yes	Passed	57.8
1D	School & University Construction Bonds ($10 billion)	Yes	Passed	56.9
1E	Flood Control Bonds ($4 billion)	Yes	Passed	64.2
83	Increasing Punishment of Sex Offenders	No	Passed	70.5
84	Drinking Water & Flood Control Bonds ($5.4 billion)	Yes	Passed	53.8
85	Parental Notification for Minors Getting Abortions (Again)	No	Failed	45.8
86	Cigarette Tax Hike to Fund Health Services	Yes	Failed	48.3
87	Oil Production Tax to Fund Alternative Energy	Yes	Failed	45.4
88	$50-per-Parcel Tax for K-12 Education	Yes	Failed	23.3
89	Public Financing of Political Campaigns	Yes	Failed	25.7
90	Limiting Regulation of Private Property	No	Failed	47.6

June 2006
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
81	Library Construction Bonds ($600 million)	Yes	Failed	47.3
82	Tax on Incomes Over $400,000 for Preschools	No	Failed	39.2

November 2005
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
73	Parental Notification for Minors Getting Abortions	No	Failed	47.2
74	Increasing Teacher Probationary Period to Five Years	No	Failed	44.8
75	Requiring Consent for Political Use of Public Employee Union Dues	No	Failed	46.5
76	Limits on State Spending	No	Failed	37.6
77	Redistricting by Three Retired Judges	Yes	Failed	40.2
78	Prescription Drugs: The Industry’s Proposal	No	Failed	41.5
79	Prescription Drugs: Consumers Union’s Proposal	Yes	Failed	39.3
80	Re-regulating Electricity Providers	No	Failed	34.4

November 2004
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	Making it Harder for the State to Grab Local Taxes	Yes	Passed	83.7
59	Sunshine Law	Yes	Passed	83.4
60	Preservation of Partisan Elections	No	Passed	67.6
60A	Sad, Sad Orphan Proposition	No	Passed	73.3
61	$750 Million Private Children’s Hospital Bonds	No	Passed	58.3
62	Elimination of Partisan Elections	Yes	Failed	46.1
63	Tax on Income Over $1 Million for Mental Health Services	No	Passed	53.8
64	Weakening Unfair Business Competition Laws	No	Passed	59.0
65	Another Sad Orphan Proposition	No	Failed	37.6
66	Requiring Third Strike to be a Violent or Serious Felony	Yes	Failed	47.3
67	Tax on Phone Bills for Emergency Medical Services	No	Failed	28.4
68	Orphan No. 3: Racetrack & Card Room Casinos	No	Failed	16.2
69	DNA Database	No	Passed	62.1
70	Tribal Gaming: Agua Caliente Band’s Scheme	No	Failed	23.7
71	$3 Billion Stem Cell Research Bonds	Yes	Passed	59.1
72	Requiring Employers of 20 or More to Provide Health Care Benefits	Yes	Failed	49.2

March 2004
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
55	School and College Construction Bonds ($12.3 Billion)	Yes	Passed	50.9
56	55 Percent Vote to Pass State Budget	Yes	Failed	34.3
57	Debt Consolidation Bonds ($15 Billion)	Yes	Passed	63.4
58	Balanced Budget Requirement	Yes	Passed	71.2

October 2003
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
53	Forced Spending for Infrastructure	No	Failed	36.2
54	Prohibiting Classification by Race	No	Failed	36.1
	The Recall	—	Passed	55.4

November 2002
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
46	Housing Bonds ($2.1 billion)	Yes	Passed	57.6
47	School Facility Bonds ($13 billion)	Yes	Passed	59.1
48	Finalizing Elimination of Municipal Courts	Yes	Passed	72.9
49	Giving Top Funding Priority to After-School Programs	No	Passed	56.7
50	Water & Wetlands Bonds ($3.4 billion)	Yes	Passed	55.4
51	Earmarking Vehicle Sales Tax for Transportation	No	Failed	41.4
52	Election Day Voter Registration	Yes	Failed	40.6

March 2002
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
40	Conservation and Parks Bonds ($2.6 billion)	Yes	Passed	56.9
41	Voting Machine Bonds ($200 million)	Yes	Passed	51.6
42	Earmarking Gasoline Sales Tax for Transportation	No	Passed	69.1
43	Right to Have Your Vote Counted	Yes	Passed	71.6
44	Chiropractor Discipline	Yes	Passed	79.8
45	Extending Legislators’ Term Limits Four Years	Yes	Failed	42.3

November 2000
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
32	Cal-Vet Loan Program	Yes	Passed	67.2
33	Pensions for State Legislators	Yes	Failed	38.9
34	Campaign Finance Reform: Repeal of Prop 208	No	Passed	60.1
35	Allowing Private Contractors for Public Works Projects	Yes	Passed	55.2
36	Treatment Programs Instead of Prison for Drug Offenders	Yes	Passed	60.9
37	Reclassifying Fees as Taxes	No	Failed	47.9
38	School Vouchers	No	Failed	29.4
39	55% Vote for School Bonds	Yes	Passed	53.4

March 2000
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	Casinos on Indian Reservations, I	Yes	Passed	64.5
12	Recreational and Natural Areas Bonds ($2 Billion)	Yes	Passed	63.2
13	Delta, Water & Flood Control Bonds ($2 Billion)	Yes	Passed	64.8
14	Library Bonds ($350 Million)	Yes	Passed	59.0
15	Crime Laboratories Bonds ($220 Million)	Yes	Failed	46.3
16	State Veterans’ Homes Bonds ($50 Million)	Yes	Passed	62.3
17	Legalization of Charity Raffles	Yes	Passed	58.7
18	Executing More Murderers, I	No	Passed	72.6
19	Executing More Murderers, II	No	Passed	73.6
20	Earmarking Lottery Funds for Textbooks	No	Passed	53.0
21	Juvenile Crime Crackdown	No	Passed	62.1
22	Defining Marriage as Man + Woman Only	No	Passed	61.4
23	Allowing Votes for “None of the Above”	Yes	Failed	36.0
24	[removed from ballot]
25	Campaign Finance Reform for State Offices	Yes	Failed	34.7
26	Simple Majority to Approve School Bonds	Yes	Failed	48.7
27	Congressional Term Limit Pledges	No	Failed	40.4
28	Repeal of Prop 10 Tobacco Tax	No	Failed	27.8
29	Casinos on Indian Reservations, II	No	Passed	53.1
30	Third-Party Lawsuits Against Insurers, I	Yes	Failed	31.5
31	Third-Party Lawsuits Against Insurers, II	Yes	Failed	28.3

November 1998
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	$9.2 Billion School Bonds	Yes	Passed	62.5
1	Reassessment Exemption for Contaminated Property	No	Passed	71.1
2	Elimination of Transit Tax Diversion	Yes	Passed	75.4
3	Partisan Presidential Primaries	Yes	Failed	46.2
4	Ban on Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps	Yes	Passed	57.4
5	Casinos on Indian Reservations	No	Passed	62.4
6	Ban on Horsemeat	No	Passed	59.4
7	Air Pollution Reduction Tax Credits	Yes	Failed	43.6
8	Pete Wilson’s School Reform Omnibus	No	Failed	36.9
9	Requiring Private Utilities to Eat Costs of Nuclear Power Plants	Yes	Failed	26.6
10	Tobacco Tax to Fund Early Childhood Development Programs	Yes	Passed	50.5
11	Sales Tax Revenue Sharing	Yes	Passed	53.3

June 1998
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
219	Uniform Application of Ballot Propositions	Yes	Passed	67.3
220	Consolidation of Municipal and Superior Courts	Yes	Passed	64.5
221	Discipline of Court Commissioners and Referees	Yes	Passed	81.0
222	Elimination of Work and Education Credits for Second Degree Murderers	No	Passed	77.1
223	Capping School District Administration Budgets (“95/5”)	No	Failed	45.5
224	Use of State Agencies in Design and Engineering Projects	No	Failed	38.2
225	Congressional Term Limit Pantomime	No	Passed	52.9
226	Reducing Political Contributions by Unions	No	Failed	46.7
227	Elimination of Bilingual Education	No	Passed	60.1

November 1996
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
204	$1 Billion Delta & Water Bonds	Yes	Passed	62.9
205	$700 Million Jail & Juvenile Facility Bonds	Yes	Failed	40.6
206	Cal-Vet Loan Program	Yes	Passed	53.6
207	Preventing Limits on Attorney Fees	No	Failed	34.2
208	Campaign Finance Reform: League of Women Voters/Common Cause Proposal	Yes	Passed	61.3
209	Elimination of Affirmative Action (CCRI)	No	Passed	54.6
210	Minimum Wage Increase	Yes	Passed	61.5
211	Making Securities Fraud Lawsuits Easier	No	Failed	25.6
212	Campaign Finance Reform: CalPIRG Proposal	No	Failed	49.1
213	Prevention of Suits by Drunk or Uninsured Drivers	No	Passed	76.9
214	HMO Regulation: Service Employees International Union Proposal	Yes	Failed	42.0
215	Medical Use of Marijuana	Yes	Passed	55.6
216	HMO Regulation: California Nurses Association Proposal	Yes	Failed	38.7
217	Retaining Top Income Tax Brackets	Yes	Failed	49.2
218	Local Fees & Taxes: Great-Grandson of Prop 13	No	Passed	56.6

March 1996
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
192	$2 Billion Bridge Seismic Reinforcement Bonds	Yes	Passed	59.9
193	Reappraisal Exemption for Property Inherited by Grandchildren	No	Passed	67.3
194	Denial of Unemployment Benefits for Released Working Prisoners	No	Passed	73.9
195	Death Penalty for Juror and Carjacking Murder	No	Passed	85.8
196	Death Penalty for Drive-by Shooting	No	Passed	85.8
197	Weakening Protections for Mountain Lions	No	Failed	41.9
198	Open Primary Elections	No	Passed	59.5
199	Elimination of Rent Control for Mobile Homes	No	Failed	39.2
	About Torts (Propositions 200, 201 and 202)
200	No-Fault Automobile Insurance	No	Failed	34.8
201	“Losers Pay” in Shareholder Lawsuits	No	Failed	40.7
202	Attorneys’ Contingent Fee Limitation	No	Failed	48.8
203	$3 Billion School & College Building Bonds	Yes	Passed	62.0

November 1994
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
181	$1 Billion Rail Bonds	Yes	Failed	34.9
183	Combining Recall Elections with General Elections	Yes	Passed	67.5
184	Preventing Amendment of the ”Three Strikes, You’re Out” Law	No	Passed	71.9
185	4% Gasoline Tax for Mass Transit	Yes	Failed	19.5
186	Single Payer Health Insurance	Yes	Failed	26.6
187	Denial of Public Services to Illegal Aliens (“Save Our State”)	No	Passed	58.9
188	Weakening Anti-Smoking Laws	No	Failed	29.3
189	Denial of Bail to Suspects Charged with Sexual Assault	Yes	Passed	79.4
190	Judicial Commission Reform	Yes	Passed	63.9
191	Conversion of Justice Courts to Municipal Courts	Yes	Passed	61.1

June 1994
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
1A	$2 Billion for Earthquake Relief and Highway Retrofit	Yes	Failed	45.7
1B	$1 Billion for School Construction	Yes	Failed	49.6
1C	$900 Million for College & University Construction	Yes	Failed	47.4
175	Restoration of Renters’ Tax Credit	Yes	Failed	42.6
176	Prohibition of Local Taxes on Nonprofit Organizations	Yes	Passed	52.6
177	Reassessment Exemption for Improving Disabled Access	No	Passed	60.7
178	Reassessment Exemption for Water Conservation on Commercial Farms	No	Failed	45.0
179	Increasing the Sentence for Drive-by Shooting by Five Years	No	Passed	87.7
180	$2 Billion Parks & Wildlife Pork Barrel	Yes	Failed	43.2

November 1993
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
168	Removing Obstacles for Low-Rent Housing Projects	Yes	Failed	40.2
169	Multi-Subject Budget Bill	Yes	Failed	38.7
170	Majority Vote on School Bonds	Yes	Failed	30.6
171	Reassessment Exemption for County-Jumping Disaster Victims	No	Passed	51.7
172	Extension of Half-Cent Sales Tax	Yes	Passed	57.7
173	Use of Existing Bonds to Assist First-Time Home Buyers	Yes	Failed	42.1
174	School Vouchers	No	Failed	30.4

November 1992
Prop.	Title	Rating	Result	Pct.
155	$900 Million Bonds for School Construction	Yes	Passed	52.9
156	$1 Billion Bonds for Rail Transportation	Yes	Failed	48.1
157	Toll Highway 35-Year Limit	No	Failed	28.2
158	Restoring the Legislative Analyst’s Budget	Yes	Failed	39.9
159	Restoring the Auditor General’s Budget	Yes	Failed	41.0
160	Property Tax Exemption for Military Widow(er)s	Yes	Passed	51.6
161	Physician-Assisted Suicide for Terminal Patients	Yes	Failed	45.9
162	More Autonomy for Public Employee Pension Boards	Yes	Passed	51.0
163	Repeal of the Snack Tax	Yes	Passed	66.6
164	Congressional Term Limits	No	Passed	63.6
165	Pete Wilson’s Budget and Welfare Bill	No	Failed	46.6
166	Requiring Employers to Provide Health Care	No	Failed	30.8
167	Rearranging State Taxes	Yes	Failed	41.2

June 1992

November 1990

June 1990

November 1988

I skipped June 1988, touring the Far East with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. Sorry (not sorry).

November 1986

June 1986

November 1984

June 1984

November 1982

June 1982

November 1980

June 1980