Proposition Summary

NEW PRISON CONSTRUCTION BOND ACT OF 1990. This act provides for a bond issue of four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000) to provide funds to relieve overcrowding in the state's prisons and the Youth Authority facilities through new construction.

Proposition Number

120

Year

1990

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Legislative Vote Results

Final Vote Cast by the Legislature on SB 842 (Proposition 120) Assembly -- Ayes, 54; Noes, 2 -- Senate -- Ayes, 28; Noes, 3

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2714145; A: 55.98; N: 2133995; B: 44.02

Election Type

Primary

Proposition Type

Bond Act (leg)

For Author

George Duekmejian, Governor; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District; Ed Davis, State Senator, 19th District

Against Author

Emma Childers, Legislative Advocate, Friends Committee on Legislation; Patricia Whitney-Wise, California Council of Churches

Rebuttal Author

Emma Childers, Legislative Advocate, Friends Committee on Legislation; Patricia Whitney-Wise, California Council of Churches

Rebuttal Against Author

George Deukmejian, Governor; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District

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