Proposition Summary
CLEAN WATER AND WATER CONSERVATION BOND LAW OF 1978. This act provides for a bond issue of three hundred seventy-five million dollars ($375,000,000) to provide funds for water pollution control and water conservation.
Proposition Number
2
Year
1978
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Legislative Vote Results
FINAL VOTE CAST BY LEGISLATURE ON AB 399 (PROPOSITION 2) Assembly - Ayes, 72; Noes, 0 -- Senate - Ayes, 39; Noes, 0
Popular Vote Results
Y: 3111505; A: 53.5; N: 2706544; B: 46.5
Election Type
Primary
Proposition Type
Bond Act (leg)
Code Sections Affected
Added Cal. Water Code sections 13955 et seq.
For Author
Leo T. McCarthy, Member of the Assembly, 18th District; Speaker of the Assembly; Houston Flournoy, Dean, Center for Public Affairs, University of Southern California; Former State Controller; John E. Bryson, Chairman, State Water Resources Control Board
Against Author
George Duesdieker, Treasurer, Committee for Sewer Alternatives; Larry Erickson, Chair, Committee for Sewer Alternatives
Rebuttal Against Author
Leo T. McCarthy, Member of the Assembly, 18th District; Speaker of the Assembly; Houston Flournoy, Dean, Center for Public Affairs, University of Southern California Former State Controller; John E. Bryson, Chairman, State Water Resources Control Board
Recommended Citation
Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 California Proposition 2 (1978).
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