This is a list of California ballot propositions from 1970–1979.
Elections
June 2, 1970
1 – Failed – University Of California Health Science Facilities. 2 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Local Government. 3 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Public Utilities, Corporations And Water Use. 4 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Various. 5 – Failed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Future Constitutional Amendments, State Civil Service. 6 – Passed – State And County Boards Of Education: Textbooks. 7 – Passed – Interest Rate On State Bonds. 8 – Failed – Taxation For Schools And Social Welfare.
November 3, 1970
1 – Passed – The Clean Water Bond Law of 1970. 2 – Failed – Vacancies in Specified Constitutional Offices. 3 – Passed – State Budget. 4 – Failed – Appropriation For Public Schools. 5 – Passed – Regents University Of California: Public Meetings. 6 – Passed – Teachers' Retirement Fund: Investments. 7 – Passed – State Colleges: Speaker Member Of Governing Body. 8 – Failed – Superintendent Of Public Instruction. 9 – Failed – County Superintendent Of Schools. 10 – Failed – Interest Rate Limitation. 11 – Passed – Chiropractors: Rules. 12 – Passed – Compensation Of County Supervisors. 13 – Passed – Tax Exemption For Disabled Veterans And Blind Veterans. 14 – Passed – State Civil Service. 15 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision. 16 – Passed – Constitutional Amendments. 17 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision: Social Welfare. 18 – Failed – Motor Vehicle Taxation And Revenues. 19 – Passed – Usury. 20 – Passed – The Recreation And Fish And Wildlife Enhancement Bond Act.
June 6, 1972
1 – Passed – The Veterans Bond Act Of 1971. 2 – Passed – The State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law Of 1972. 3 – Passed – Right To Assistance Of Counsel. 4 – Passed – Open Presidential Primary. 5 – Passed – Appointment Of Regents, University Of California. 6 – Passed – Naturalized Citizen Voting Eligibility. 7 – Passed – Valuation Of Single-Family Dwellings For Tax Purposes. 8 – Passed – Chiropractors. 9 – Failed – Clean Environment Act. 10 – Passed – Partial Constitutional Revision.
November 7, 1972
1 – Passed – Bonds To Provide Public Community College Facilities. 2 – Passed – Bonds To Provide Health Science Facilities. 3 – Passed – Environmental Pollution Bond Authorization. 4 – Passed – Legislative Reorganization. 5 – Passed – School Districts. 6 – Passed – Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions. 7 – Passed – Elections And Presidential Primary. 8 – Failed – Tax Exemption For Anti-Pollution Facilities. 9 – Passed – Bond Vote For Structurally Unsafe School Buildings. 10 – Passed – Blind Veterans Tax Exemption. 11 – Passed – Right Of Privacy. 12 – Passed – Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption. 13 – Passed – Workmen's Compensation. 14 – Failed – Property Tax Limitations. 15 – Failed – State Employee Salaries. 16 – Failed – Salaries. California Highway Patrol. 17 – Passed – Death Penalty. 18 – Failed – Obscenity Legislation. 19 – Failed – Marijuana – Removal Of Penalty For Personal Use. 20 – Passed – Coastal Zone Conservation Act. 21 – Passed – Assignment Of Students To Schools. 22 – Failed – Agricultural Labor Relations.
November 6, 1973
1 – Failed – Tax And Expenditure Limitations.
June 4, 1974
1 – Passed – Recreational Lands Bond Act. 2
November 5, 1974
1 – Passed – State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law. 2 – Passed – Charters For Counties And Cities. 3 – Failed – Postsecondary Education Commission Personnel – Civil Service. 4 – Passed – Regents, University Of California. 5 – Passed – Residence Of Local Government Employee. 6 – Passed – Property Tax Exemptions. 7 – Passed – Declaration Of Rights. 8 – Passed – Taxation And State Funds. 9 – Passed – Recall Of Public Officers. 10 – Passed – Right To Vote. 11 – Passed – Miscellaneous Language Changes Regarding Gender. 12 – Passed – Public Utilities. 13 – Passed – San Diego County Judicial Districts. 14 – Failed – State College System. 15 – Failed – Low Rent Housing. 16 – Failed – Student Tuition, University Of California. 17 – Failed – Wild And Scenic Rivers Initiative.