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MARCH 26, 1996 PRIMARY ELECTION
PROPOSITION 197: AMENDMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE
PROTECTION ACT OF 1990 (PROPOSITION 117).
MOUNTAIN LIONS.
VOTE: YES 41.88
NO 58.12
 
SUPPORT 
Californians for Balanced Wildlife Management ID# 951907
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED 
Under $10,000 $ 228,944 
$10,000 or more 327,950 
Itemized contributions of $10,000 or more 
California Bowman Hunters & State Archery Association  $ 12,000 
California Farm Bureau  16,163 
California Republican Party  13,189 
California Rifle & Pistol Association  25,000 
Fall River-Big Valley Cattlemens Association  11,900 
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep  20,000 
Humboldt County Farm Bureau  20,791 
Leslie, Friends & Neighbors of Senator Tim  27,637 
National Rifle Association  100,000 
Outdoor Sportsman’s Coalition of California  10,270 
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation  25,000 
Sacramento Safari Club  10,000 
Safari Club International  17,000 
Sportsmen Political Victory Fund  19,000 
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED  $ 556,894 
TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES $ 512,788 
In-Kind contributions/payments  39,774
TOTAL COSTS  $ 552,562
 
SUPPORT 
Ecologists for Mountain Lion Management, A Committee to Support Proposition 197  
ID# 952184 
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
Under $10,000 $ 34,266 
$10,000 or more 25,000
Itemized contributions of $10,000 or more 
California Bow Hunters  $ 25,000 
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED  $ 59,266 
TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES  $ 76,621
In-Kind contributions/payments  2,426 
TOTAL COSTS  $ 79,047 
 
OPPOSE 
California Wildlife Protection Coalition, A Project of the Planning & Conservation League & the Mountain Lion Foundation, No on 197 ID# 951522 
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED 
Under $10,000 $ 513,090 
$10,000 or more 268,846 
Itemized contributions of $10,000 or more
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals  $ 20,000 
Fund for Animals, Inc., The  15,700
Gund, Louise Laidlaw  50,000 
Henley, Don  15,000 
Humane Society of the United States National Headquarters  67,013
Isaiah, Temple  10,000 
Lerner, Sandy  10,000 
Mountain Lion Foundation  81,133 
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED  $ 781,936 
TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES  $ 713,328 
In-Kind contributions/payments  68,106 
TOTAL COSTS $ 781,434 
 

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