Proposition Summary
REAPPORTIONMENT BY DISTRICTING COMMISSION OR SUPREME COURT. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Repeals Legislature's power over reapportionment. Establishes Districting Commission. Commission given exclusive authority to specify State Senate, Assembly, Equalization Board, and congressional district boundaries. Specifies criteria for establishing districts. Provides method of choosing commissioners having designated qualifications selected by appellate court justice panel and political party representatives. Requires districting plans be adopted for 1984 elections and following each decennial census thereafter. Specifies commission's duties and responsibilities. Provides for open meetings, procedures, public hearings, and judicial review. Retains referendum power. Requires Supreme Court action if districting plans not adopted within specified times. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: On assumptions stated in the Analyst's estimate, increased state costs of $126,000 for salaries of commission in 1983 and a comparable amount (in today's dollars) once every 10 years beginning in 1991.
Proposition Number
14
Year
1982
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 3065072; A: 45.5; N: 3672301; B: 54.5
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Initiative constitutional
For Author
Gerald Ford, Former President of the United States; Donald Wright, Former Chief Justice, California Supreme Court; Susan Rouder, Chair, California Common Cause
Against Author
Jesse Unruh, State Treasurer Former Speaker, State Assembly; David A. Roberti, State Senator, 23rd District President pro Tempore, State Senate; Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., Member of the Assembly, 17th District Speaker of the State Assembly
Rebuttal Against Author
Gerald Ford, Former President of the United States; Donald Wright, Former Chief Justice, California Supreme Court; Susan Rouder, Chair, California Common Cause
Recommended Citation
Reapportionment By Districting Commission Or Supreme Court. California Proposition 14 (1982).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/915