Proposition Summary

STATE OFFICIALS, ETHICS, SALARIES. OPEN MEETINGS. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Prohibits legislators, statewide elected officers from accepting honoraria, or accepting compensation for representing another before a state board or agency. Directs Legislature to enact laws applicable to legislators, statewide elected officers, implementing honoraria and compensation prohibitions, limiting acceptance of gifts, strengthening conflict laws, prohibiting receipt of income from lobbying firms, and prohibiting lobbying for compensation within 12 months after leaving office. Repeals current provisions setting salaries, benefits of legislators, elected statewide officials; establishes seven-member Commission, appointed by Governor, to annually establish salaries benefits. Mandates open meetings of Legislature, with specified exceptions. Summary of Legislative Analyst’s estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: Unknown costs to state General Fund, depending on levels of salaries, benefits established by Citizens Compensation Commission. Relatively minor costs to state for support of Commission and enforcing provisions of this measure.

Proposition Number

112

Year

1990

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Legislative Vote Results

Final Vote Cast by the Legislature on SCA 32 (Proposition 112) Assembly -- Ayes, 68; Noes, 7 -- Senate -- Ayes, 33; Noes, 3

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2994561; A: 62.46; N: 1799517; B: 37.54

Election Type

Primary

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

For Author

John Phillips, State Chair, California Common Cause; Kirk West, President, California Chamber of Commerce; Carole Wagner Vallianos, President, League of Women Voters of California

Against Author

Diane E. Watson, State Senator, 28th District; Richard L. Mountjoy, Member of the Assembly, 42nd District; Phillip D. Wyman, Member of the Assembly, 34th District

Rebuttal Author

Diane E. Watson, State Senator, 28th District; Honorable Richard L. Mountjoy, Member of the Assembly, 42nd District; Honorable Phillip D. Wyman, Member of the Assembly, 34th District

Rebuttal Against Author

John Phillips, State Chair, California Common Cause; Carole Wagner Villianos, President, League of Women Voters of California

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