Proposition Summary
This act provides for a bond issue of one billion, seven hundred fifty million dollars ($1,750,000,000) to be used by the Department of Water Resources for the development of the water resources of the State.
Proposition Number
1
Year
1960
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 3008328; A: 51.5; N: 2834384; B: 48.5
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Bond Act (leg)
Code Sections Affected
Added Cal. Water Code sections 12930 et seq.
For Author
Hugh M. Burns, State Senator, President Pro Tem Fresno County; Richard Richards, State Senator Los Angeles County
Against Author
Charles Brown, State Senator 28th District -- Alpine, Inyo and Mono Counties
Recommended Citation
THE CALIFORNIA WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BOND ACT California Proposition 1 (1960).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/606