Voter Guide Highlights: Statewide Races Statewide Propositions Congressional Races Legislative Races About this Election Archive of Campaign Promises "The Election Song" 2002 Map Series CVF-NEWS County Election Information Follow the Money Links For more election information, visit CVF's voter guide homepage Join CVF Contact CVF Copyright 1994-2002, California Voter Foundation. www.calvoter.org All rights reserved. cvf Proposition 45 Official Title: Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Results YES 42.2 NO 57.8 Official statewide election results are available from the Secretary of State's web site. Campaign Web Sites & Contact Information Follow the Money Who Signed the Ballot Arguments News Coverage For More Information... Official Summary: Allows voters to submit petition signatures to permit their incumbent legislator to run for re-election(s) and serve maximum of four years beyond terms provided for in Constitution if majority of voters approves. Fiscal Impact: Unknown county costs potentially up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars biennially statewide to verify voter petition signatures; little or no state cost to track the eligibility of re-election candidates. Web Sites YES www.petitionrights.org NO www.Stopthepoliticians.org Contact Information YES   Joe Camicia 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1425 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 442-2952     mail@petitionrights.org NO   Todd McCauley No on 45! Stop the Politicians 151 N. Sunrise Ave., Suite 901 Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 786-9400     Info@Stopthepoliticians.org Who Signed the Ballot Arguments YES   NO Dan Terry, President, California Professional Firefighters   Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles Hank Lacayo, President, Congress of California Seniors   Lewis K. Uhler, President, National Tax Limitation Committee Kay McVay, President, California Nurses Association   Edna Gonzalez, President, "Stop the Politicians" News Coverage (please note: some of the links below may no longer work, because many newspaper web sites move stories into fee-based archives after a certain amount of time)   Activists to push term limits nationwide, Oakland Tribune, March 12, 2002 New Challenge to Legislative Term Limits Vowed, Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2002 Term-limit measure may have ripple effect, San Francisco Chronicle, March 7, 2002 Attempt to limit term limits loses, San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2002 Primary 2002 - Davis stays neutral in term limit debate, Sacramento Bee, March 4, 2002 Mailer using Reagan quote causes furor, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2002 Term limits have proved a debatable proposition, San Jose Mercury News, March 1, 2002 Looser term limits not likely; Poll finds voters cool to Prop. 45 changes, warming to gas tax plan, San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2002 Measure to loosen term limits losing ground, Sacramento Bee, March 1, 2002 Prop. 42 gains, but Prop. 45 slides further, San Diego Tribune, March 1, 2002 Prop. 45 falling, poll says; But gas tax issue getting support, Stockton Record, March 1, 2002 Nation's eyes on state's term-limit vote; McCain joins the fray over California initiative to loosen rules, San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 2002 Davis mute about his stand on term limits measure, San Francisco Chronicle, February 27, 2002 Little-known term-limits measure hauling in big bucks, San Francisco Chronicle, February 6, 2002 Brown redux -- S.F. mayor used as symbol in term-limit drive, Sacramento Bee, February 5, 2002 Democrats spend big on Prop. 45, Sacramento Bee, February 2, 2002 Term limits become hot issue again, Orange County Register, February 3, 2002 Mayor backs term-limit tweak, puts own Senate run at risk, San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2002 The Eastern media strike again, rewriting the history of term limits, Sacramento Bee, January 6, 2002 Half like looser term limits, San Francisco Chronicle, December 18, 2001 GOP hopefuls oppose end to term limits, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 2001 Voters to decide on longer term limits, San Francisco Chronicle, October 24, 2001 March initiative could loosen up term-limits law, San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2001 Voters favor move to ease term limits, San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2001 Term-limits measure would affect districting, San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 2001 For More Information, CVF Recommends...   Secretary of State's Official Voter Information Guide Text of the Measure Official Pro/Con Arguments Analysis by the Legislative Analyst   Easy Reading Voter Guide   The League of Women Voters Pro/Con Analysis Back to California Online Voter Guide homepage This page first published February 21, 2002 -- final update May 10, 2002