Proposition 13 newspaper article collection, 1978-1980. 1978-1980.

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Proposition 13 newspaper article collection, 1978-1980. 1978-1980.

Proposition 13, the California property tax limitation initiative, passed in the June 1978 primary election and became Article XIIIA of the California Constitution. The collection consists of photocopies of 1978-1980 newspaper clippings from the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, Sacramento Bee, Oakland Tribune, Daily Cal, Contra Costa Times, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Also includes brief articles from several newsletters and magazines. Collected by the staff of the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

753 items in 15 portfolios ; 31 cm.

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History The California State University System, formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation’s largest university system, with 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers, more than 400,000 students and 42,000 faculty and staff. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California (the others are the University of California and the California Community College System). Since 19...

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Thomas Truax served as assistant to executive director of ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments). In 1968, was convicted of grand theft; diverted some $511,000 from ABAG funds. From the description of Correspondence regarding the case of Thomas N. Truax, 1968 Feb. 9-1976 April 20. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58910570 ...