Proposition Summary

NUCLEAR WEAPONS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. This measure identifies the people's concern about the danger of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union and states findings and declarations regarding this. It requires the Governor of California to write a specified communication to the President of the United States and other identified United States officials urging that the United States government propose to the Soviet Union government that both countries agree to immediately halt the testing, production and further deployment of all nuclear weapons, missiles and delivery systems in a way that can be checked and verified by both sides. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: No direct fiscal effect on the state and local governments.

Proposition Number

12

Year

1982

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 3871345; A: 52.3; N: 3528463; B: 47.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative statutory

Code Sections Affected

Added Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze Initiative

For Author

Dr. Owen Chamberlain, Professor of Physics and Nobel Laureate; Homer A. Boushey, Brigadier General, United States Air Force, Retired; John H. Rubel, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Against Author

Admiral U. S. G. Sharp, USN, Retired Cochair, the Committee for Verified Arms Reduction -- "No" on the Freeze; Robert Garrick, Former Deputy Counselor to President Reagan Cochair, the Committee for Verified Arms Reduction -- "No" on the Freeze

Rebuttal Author

Admiral U. S. G. Sharp, USN, Retired Cochair, the Committee for Verified Arms Reduction -- "No" on the Freeze; Robert Garrick, Former Deputy Counselor to President Reagan Cochair, the Committee for Verified Arms Reduction -- "No" on the Freeze

Rebuttal Against Author

Dr. Owen Chamberlain, Professor of Physics and Nobel Laureate; Homer A. Boushey, Brigadier General, United States Air Force, Retired; John H. Rubel, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense

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