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IGS Library Corner – Spring-Summer 2026 Recap

September 29, 2026
Paul King
Over 8,500 Documents and Counting: How the IGS Library Is Digitizing California's Local Government History

The California Local Government Documents Digitization Project (LoCALDig) continues to expand as a growing resource for accessing the documentary record of local government across California. What began as a digitization effort...

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The IGS Library is one of the nation’s major collections in public administration, public affairs, and public policy. The library holds more than 400,000 volumes and is a depository for California local government documents.

The Library Corner - Fall 2025 Recap Edition

December 15, 2025
Kris Kasianovitz
IGS Library Corner – Fall 2025 A Year of Big Milestones, Fresh Spaces, and Expanding Access IGS Library and Internet Archive Digitization Project aka LoCal Dig Project

The IGS Library (IGSL) has made remarkable progress in its multi-year California Local Government Documents Digitization Project—known internally as LoCALDig. After kicking off digitization in 2024, we’ve worked with our partner, the Internet Archive, to surpass ...

November 7, 2006 Ballot Prop. 90

Proposition 90: Eminent Domain Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 3,932,043 (47.6%) No votes: 4,324,722 (52.4%)

Proposition 90 would amend the California Constitution by requiring the government to pay property owners for economic losses when new laws and rules are enacted that cause a decrease in property value. It would also limit the government's power to take ownership of private property. The measure's requirements would...

November 7, 2006 Ballot Prop. 87

Proposition 87: Clean Alternative Energy Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 3,861,217 (45.4%) No votes: 4,635,265 (54.6%)

Beginning in January 2007, Proposition 87 would establish program that would impose a severance tax of anywhere between 1.5% and 6% (depending on the price of petroleum on the open market) on oil production in the state of California to generate revenues to fund $4 billion in alternative energy programs. The...

November 7, 2006 Ballot Prop. 86

Proposition 86: Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 4,136,358 (48.3%) No votes: 4,425,689 (51.7%)

Proposition 86 would raise the excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to pay for additional hospital funding, health coverage of children, nursing education, anti-smoking education programs, and funding for nonprofit clinics. The price per pack would be raised $2.60. Other tobacco products would indirectly...

November 7, 2006 Ballot Prop. 84

Proposition 84: Safe Drinking Water Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 4,431,945 (53.8%) No votes: 3,807,005 (46.1%)

Proposition 84 (Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006) would authorize California to sell $5.4 billion in general obligation bonds to pay for water safety and supply projects, as well as for natural place preservation.

Drinking water, water...

November 7, 2006 Ballot Prop. 85

Proposition 85: Parental Notification of Abortion Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 3,868,714 (45.8%) No votes: 4,576,128 (54.2%)

Proposition 85 would require doctors to notify a minor's parent or legal guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion. Parental consent is not required, only a 48-hour waiting period. The minor can apply for a waiver from a judge, and a physician may perform an abortion without notification in a...

November 7, 2006 Ballot Prop. 83

Proposition 83: Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 5,926,800 (70.5%) No votes: 2,483,597 (29.5%)

Proposition 83, if passed and signed into law, would put into effect several measures to increase penalties against and restrictions on the estimated 85,000 convicted "habitual" sexual offenders and child molesters who live in the state. Most controversially, these measures would include a...

February 5, 2008 Ballot Prop. 97

Proposition 97: Tribal Compacts Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 4,786,884 (55.5%) No votes: 3,838,892 (44.5%) Overview

Propositions 94–97 are referendums on four recent governor-approved Indian gaming compacts. If the propositions pass, compacts for the Agua Caliente, the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians will go into effect. If rejected, the four...