Proposition Summary

OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLINGS--TAX RATE--LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Adds Constitution, article XIII, section 9.5, to give Legislature power to provide for taxation of owner occupied dwellings, as defined by Legislature, or any fraction of value thereof, at rate lower than that levied on other property. Tax rate levied on other property cannot be increased as result of lowering tax rate levied on owner occupied dwellings. Financial impact: Depends on legislative action. Could result in reduction in local revenues.

Proposition Number

8

Year

1978

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Legislative Vote Results

FINAL VOTE CAST BY LEGISLATURE ON SCA 6 (PROPOSITION 8) Assembly - Ayes, 54; Noes, 15 -- Senate - Ayes, 27; Noes, 12

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2972424; A: 47.0; N: 3345622; B: 53.0

Election Type

Primary

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Relevant Case

City and County of San Francisco v. County of San Mateo: 10 Cal. 4th 554, 1995

For Author

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor, State of California; Virginia N. Strickland, President, Northpark Square Homeowners Association; Jerry Smith, State Senator, 12th District

Against Author

H. L. "Bill" Richardson, State Senator, 25th District; Dave Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 64th District

Rebuttal Author

H. L. "Bill" Richardson, State Senator, 25th District; Dave Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 64th District

Rebuttal Against Author

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor, State of California; Virginia N. Strickland, President, Northpark Square Homeowners Association; Jerry Smith, State Senator, 12th District

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