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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 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 71

Proposition 71: Stem Cells Official Results

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

Yes votes: 7,018,059 (51.9%) No votes: 4,867,090 (40.9%) Introduction

Proposition 71 seeks to raise $3 billion for stem cell research in California. If approved, the measure would authorize state bonds to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The Institute would provide funding to California stem cell researchers at universities, medical schools, hospitals and...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 72

Proposition 72: Health Care Coverage Official Results

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

Yes votes: 5,709,500 (49.1%) No votes: 5,889,936 (50.8%) Introduction

The November 2004 election ballot includes Proposition 72: Health Care Coverage, a referendum on the Health Insurance Act of 2003 (SB2) passed by the legislature and Governor Gray...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 70

Proposition 70: Tribal Gaming Official Results

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

Yes votes: 2,763,800 (23.7%) No votes: 8,880,110 (76.3%) Introduction

Indian gaming in California is a complex and controversial public policy issue. Essentially, California is grappling with the issue within the regulatory framework of a 1988 federal law requiring gaming tribes and state governments to enter into compacts regulating gaming on tribal lands. After a series of...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 69

Proposition 69: DNA Samples Official Results

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

Yes votes: 7,194,343 (62.1%) No votes: 4,400,826 (37.9%) Introduction

Proposition 69 would expand California law enforcement's right to collect DNA samples and store genetic information in the California DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base.

Proposition 69

Proposition 69 requires collection of DNA samples from:

adults and juveniles convicted of any felony offense...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 68

Proposition 68: Tribal Gaming Official Results

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

Yes votes: 1,897,177 (16.2%) No votes: 9,801,284 (83.8%) Introduction

Indian gaming in California is a complex and controversial public policy issue. Essentially, California is grappling with the issue in the regulatory framework of a 1988 federal law requiring gaming tribes and state governments to enter into compacts regulating gaming on tribal lands. After a series of...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 67

Proposition 67: Emergency Medical Services Official Results

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

Yes votes: 3,243,132 (28.4%) No votes: 8,165,809 (71.6%) Introduction

State and federal law mandates that emergency care be provided to any person, regardless of their ability to pay. Clinics, hospitals, and physicians providing emergency care are often uncompensated, although the amount of the shortfall is not known. Proposition 67, the Emergency Medical Services...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 64

Proposition 64: Unfair Business Competition Laws Official Results

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

Yes votes: 6,571,694 (59%) No votes: 4,578,725 (41%) Introduction

Proposition 64 aims to limit the individual's right to sue under the California Unfair Business Competition Law to claims that the individual was actually injured by, and suffered financial/property loss because of, an unfair business practice. It also requires the claims to meet procedural...

November 2, 2004 Ballot Prop. 65

Proposition 65: Propositions 1A & 65: Local Government Revenues Official Results

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

Yes votes: 3,901,748 (37.6%) No votes: 6,471,506 (62.4%) Introduction

Propositions 1A and 65 both seek to limit state authority over local finances. The idea of drafting a ballot initiative to secure local government funding began in 2001 with conversations among the California Special Districts Association, the League of California Cities...