Proposition Summary
NEW PRISON CONSTRUCTION BOND ACT OF 1986. This act provides for the acquisition and construction of state youth and adult correctional facilities pursuant to a bond issue of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000).
Proposition Number
54
Year
1986
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Legislative Vote Results
Assembly - Ayes, 68; Noes, 1 -- Senate - Ayes, 32; Noes, 0
Popular Vote Results
Y: 4471387; A: 65.3; N: 2374818; B: 34.7
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Bond Act (leg)
Code Sections Affected
Added Cal. Penal Code sections 7300, et seq.
For Author
George Deukmejian, Governor; Richard Robinson, Member of the Assembly, 72nd District; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District
Against Author
Richard E. Floyd, Member of the Assembly, 53rd District
Rebuttal Against Author
Dick Simpson, Executive Vice President, California Taxpayers' Association; Robert H. Kress, Vice President, Citizens for Law and Order; Brad Gates, Sheriff of Orange County President, California State Sheriffs' Association
Recommended Citation
New Prison Construction Bond Act Of 1986 California Proposition 54 (1986).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/959