Proposition Summary
NEW PRISON CONSTRUCTION BOND ACT OF 1988. This act provides for a bond issue of eight hundred seventeen million dollars ($817,000,000) to provide urgently needed funds to relieve overcrowding in the state's prisons, county jails, and Youth Authority facilities through new construction.
Proposition Number
80
Year
1988
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Legislative Vote Results
Assembly - Ayes, 66; Noes, 1 -- Senate - Ayes, 33; Noes, 0
Popular Vote Results
Y: 5591465; A: 61.11; N: 3558140; B: 38.89
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Bond Act (leg)
Code Sections Affected
Added Cal. Penal Code sections 7400, et seq.
For Author
George Deukmejian, Governor; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations; Larry Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 77th District Chair, Assembly Committee on Public Safety
Against Author
Ted Brown, Chairman, Libertarian Party of California Candidate for U.S. Congress, 22nd District; Kim J. Goldsworthy, Southern Vice Chairman, Libertarian Party of California Candidate for U.S. Congress, 30th District; William J. Fulco, Libertarian Candidate for U.S. Congress, 27th District
Rebuttal Against Author
George Deukmejian, Governor; Robert Presley, State Senator, 36th District Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations; Larry Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 77th District Chair, Assembly Committee on Public Safety
Recommended Citation
New Prison Construction Bond Act Of 1988 California Proposition 80 (1988).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/997