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Proposition 39 was an initiative state constitutional amendment and statute which appeared on the November 7, 2000, California general election ballot. Proposition 39 passed with 5,431,152 Yes votes, representing 53.4 percent of the total votes cast.[1] Proposition 39 was essentially a milder version of Proposition 26, which would have ended the Proposition 13 supermajority vote requirement altogether (imposing a simple majority vote requirement),[2] but was defeated with 3,521,327 "Yes" votes, representing 48.7 percent of the total votes cast, in the March 7, 2000, California primary election.[3] The measure was funded by Ann and John Doerr, John T. Walton and Reed Hastings; it was opposed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.[4]
- ^ Office of the California Secretary of State Archived 2011-12-19 at the Wayback Machine "State Ballot Measures," (retrieved on February 17, 2012).
- ^ League of Women Voters Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine "Proposition 26: School Facilities. Local Majority Vote. Bonds, Taxes" (2000).
- ^ Office of the California Secretary of State Archived 2009-10-11 at the Wayback Machine "State Ballot Measures," (retrieved on May 2nd, 2009).
- ^ "California Proposition 39, Decrease Supermajority from Two-Thirds to 55% for School Bonds Amendment (2000)". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-10-08.