Proposition 16

Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions 

legislative constitutional amendment

Official Summary

Permits government decision-making policies to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in order to address diversity by repealing constitutional provision prohibiting such policies.

Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect on state and local entities. The effects of the measure depend on the future choices of state and local government entities and are highly uncertain.

• Official CA Voter Guide Summary ; text of proposed law

• Legislative Analyst Office Analysis

• Show Me The Money

  • support: $19,926,905 - CA Teachers Assn, M. Quinn Delaney, healthcare companies

  • oppose: $1,172,614

• Ballotpedia Summary

• VotersEdge

Notes

Essentially re-instates Affirmative Action based on race, sex, color , ethnicity or country of origin for schools and public agencies, which was banned in CA via proposition in 1996.