San Francisco Ballot Propositions Database

1907 to the present

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• ID:  1170
• Proposition:  W
• Title:  Marijuana Cease Arrest for Possession
• Date:  11/07/1978
• Vote Count:  Yes: 107,561 No: 81,169
• Percentage of votes:  Yes: 56.99% No: 43.01%
• Percentage of votes required to pass:  50%+1
• Pass or Fail:  P
• How it was placed on the ballot:  Initiative
• Kind:  Policy Declaration
• Description:  We, the people of San Francisco, demand that the District Attorney, along with the Chief of Police, cease the arrest and prosecution of individuals involved in the cultivation, transfer, or possession of marijuana.
  
  
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