November 5, 2024, Statewide Ballot Measures
The following statewide measures have qualified for the ballot
State versus Local Control
LEGISLATIVE COUNSBVS DIGEST SCA 2, Allen.
Public housing projects. The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of a low-rent housing project, as defined, in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election, as specified. This measure would repeal these provisions.
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2021-22 Regular Session commencing on the seventh day of December 2020, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That Article XXXIV thereof is repealed.
| A “yes” vote supports amending the California Constitution to repeal Article 34, which requires local voter approval via a ballot measure for federal and/or state government-funded housing projects classified as low rent. |
| A “no” vote opposes this constitutional amendment, thereby maintaining the local voter approval requirement for publicly-funded housing projects classified as low rent. |
Marriage Equality
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 5-A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by repealing and adding Section 7 .5 of Article I thereof, relating to rights. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST ACA 5, Low. Marriage equality.
The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanently enjoins the state from enforcing this constitutional provision. This measure would repeal this unenforceable constitutional provision and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified. WHEREAS, Courts have recognized.
that same-sex couples and interracial couples have the right to marry; and WHEREAS, This measure, if approved by the voters, would repeal language in the California Constitution stating marriage is only between a man and woman; and WHEREAS, This measure, if approved by the voters, would amend the California Constitution to include the fundamental right to marry as furthering the rights to enjoy life, liberty, safety, happiness, and privacy, and the rights to equal protection and due process; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2023-24 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: First-That Section 7 .5 of Article I thereof is repealed. Second-That Section 7.5 is added to Article I thereof, to read: SEC. 7.5. (a) The right to marry is a fundamental right. (b) This section is in furtherance of both of the following: 97 -3- ACAS (1) The inalienable rights to enjoy life and liberty and to pursue and obtain safety, happiness, and privacy quaranteed by Section 1. (2) The rights to due process and equal protection guaranteed by Section 7.
