2000 California Proposition 39

none February 2026 February 2026 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.Office of the California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20111219094214/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000-general/measures.pdf 2011-12-19 "State Ballot Measures," (retrieved on February 17, 2012). 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),League of Women Voters https://web.archive.org/web/20080919191628/http://www.smartvoter.org/2000/03/07/ca/state/prop/26/ 2008-09-19 "Proposition 26: School Facilities. Local Majority Vote. Bonds, Taxes" (2000). 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.Office of the California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20091011014503/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_primary/measures.pdf 2009-10-11 "State Ballot Measures," (retrieved on May 2nd, 2009). The measure was funded by Ann and John Doerr, John T. Walton and Reed Hastings; it was opposed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_39,_Decrease_Supermajority_from_Two-Thirds_to_55%25_for_School_Bonds_Amendment_(2000) California Proposition 39, Decrease Supermajority from Two-Thirds to 55% for School Bonds Amendment (2000) Ballotpedia 2021-10-08 2021-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20210907125535/https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_39,_Decrease_Supermajority_from_Two-Thirds_to_55%25_for_School_Bonds_Amendment_(2000) live Results 300px|thumb|Proposition 39 results by county Yes: #7D9CBB 60–70% #B6C8D9 50–60% No: #BCBC83 60–70% #DEDEBD 50–60% Main Effect The main effect of Proposition 39 was to amend Proposition 13 by lowering the required supermajority vote necessary for voters to approve local school bonds, from two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast, to fifty-five percent (55%) of the votes cast.League of Women Voters https://web.archive.org/web/20081206152551/http://www.smartvoter.org/2000/11/07/ca/state/prop/39/ 2008-12-06 "Proposition 39: School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes Accountability Requirements," (2000). Property Tax Increase to Repay Bonds Voter approved school bonds under Proposition 39 are paid off by raising property taxes above the one percent (1%) property tax rate limit established by Proposition 13 in 1978. Constitutional Debt Provision Proposition 39 also lowered, as it relates to school bonds, the local voter approval requirement to incur debt from a two-thirds (2/3) vote to fifty-five percent (55%). The two-thirds vote requirement to incur debt is separate from the property tax limits of Proposition 13, and had previously been part of the California Constitution since 1879. Charter School Facilities Proposition 39 further included statutory provisions relating to charter school facilities. References 39 2000 Category:Property tax ballot measures in the United States