Proposition Summary

NEW PRISON CONSTRUCTION BOND ACT OF 1988. This act provides for a bond issue of eight hundred seventeen million dollars ($817,000,000) to provide urgently needed funds to relieve overcrowding in the state's prisons, county jails, and Youth Authority facilities through new construction.

Proposition Number

80

Year

1988

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Legislative Vote Results

Assembly - Ayes, 66; Noes, 1 -- Senate - Ayes, 33; Noes, 0

Popular Vote Results

Y: 5591465; A: 61.11; N: 3558140; B: 38.89

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Bond Act (leg)

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Penal Code sections 7400, et seq.

For Author

George Deukmejian, Governor; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations; Larry Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 77th District Chair, Assembly Committee on Public Safety

Against Author

Ted Brown, Chairman, Libertarian Party of California Candidate for U.S. Congress, 22nd District; Kim J. Goldsworthy, Southern Vice Chairman, Libertarian Party of California Candidate for U.S. Congress, 30th District; William J. Fulco, Libertarian Candidate for U.S. Congress, 27th District

Rebuttal Author

Ted Brown, Chairman, Libertarian Party of California Candidate for U.S. Congress, 22nd District; Kim J. Goldsworthy, Southern Vice Chairman, Libertarian Party of California Candidate for U.S. Congress, 30th District; William J. Fulco, Libertarian Candidate for U.S. Congress, 27th District

Rebuttal Against Author

George Deukmejian, Governor; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations; Larry Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 77th District Chair, Assembly Committee on Public Safety

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