| April 1977 |
Berkeley passes an indoor air ordinance. |
| November 1978 |
Proposition 5 (statewide initiative covering clean indoor air and Research Accounts
until 1996, passes. SB 493 sought to issues) is defeated. |
| November 1980 |
Proposition 10 (statewide initiative covering clean indoor air issues) is defeated. |
| December 1980 |
Californians for Nonsmokers' Rights forms to pass local clean indoor air ordinances. |
| November 1983 |
Proposition P (San Francisco referendum) is defeated; smoke-free workplace law remains
on the books. |
| November |
1988 Proposition 99 (statewide initiative) passes. |
| October 1989 |
Deukmejian signs AB 75 (Health Education Account) and SB 1613 (Research Account), the
first pieces of implementing legislation for Proposition 99. |
| April 1990 |
First California media campaign is launched. |
| June 1990 |
Lodi becomes the first city with restaurants 100% smokefree. |
| August 1990 |
San Luis Obispo becomes the first city with smoke-free bars. |
| May 1991 |
Molly Joel Coye replaces Ken Kizer as director of DHS. |
| July 1991 |
AB 99 passes, authorizing the Health Education Account until 1994. |
| January 1992 |
Governor Wilson attempts to shut down the media campaign. |
| April 1992 |
ALA sues to restore the media campaign. |
| June 1992 |
Sacramento voters pass Measure G, mandating smoke-free worksites, including
restaurants. |
| December 1993 |
Governor Wilson vetoes bill reauthorizing the Research Account. |
| March 1994 |
ANR and just Say No to Tobacco Dough file suit against diversions in AB 75 and AB 99. |
| July 1994 |
AB 13 passes, requiring 100% smoke-free workplaces on January 1, 1995; bars are given
until January 1, 1997, to be smoke free (Legislature later extends date for bars to
January 1, 1998). |
| July 1994 |
AB 816 passes, authorizing expenditures in the Health Education and Research Accounts
until 1996 and increasing diversion of money from these accounts to medical services. |
| August 1994 |
ANR files suit against AB 816. |
| September 1994 |
ALA and ACS file suit against AB 8 16. |
| November 1994 |
Philip Morris initiative, Proposition 188, is defeated. |
| December 1994 |
Superior Court finds AB 816 illegal. |
| January 1995 |
Workplaces are required to be smoke free under AB 13. |
| July 1995 |
SB 493, authorizing expenditures in the Health Education and Research Accounts until
1996, passes. SB 493 sought to resolve legal problems with AB 816. |
| July 1995 |
ANR and ALA, ACS, and AHA file suits against SB 493. |
| September 1995 |
Court issues a preliminary injunction against SB 493. |
| July 1996 |
Budget passes with full funding restored to the Health Education and Research
Accounts. |
| January 1998 |
California bars become smoke free. |
| July 1998 |
Appellate Court rules unanimously that local ordinances are not preempted by either
state or federal law. |
