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 Against Author
Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor, State of California; Virginia N. Strickland, President, Northpark Square Homeowners Association; Jerry Smith, State Senator, 12th District
Recommended Citation
Owner Occupied Dwellings - Tax Rate California Proposition 8 (1978).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/843