Legislators’ Retirement System Archives

Key State Government Provisions of the California Constitution

June 6, 2022 6:14 amJune 6, 2022 6:19 am

Article III, relating to the State of California, was added to the California Constitution by Proposition 6 on the November 7, 1972 ballot. This article contains nine sections and several relate directly to the operations of state government. Section 1...

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part ll

July 12, 2019 6:05 amJuly 12, 2019 6:54 am

The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...