Up for election were all the seats of the California State Assembly, 20 seats of the California Senate, seven constitutional officers, all the seats of the California Board of Equalization, as well as votes on retention of two Supreme Court justices and various appeals court judges.
Municipal offices were also included in the election.
For this election, candidates running in even-numbered districts ran for four-year terms.
The Republicans took narrow control of the State Assembly.
(Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of 1994.)
Repeat Offenders (Three Strikes)) Proposition 184 passed with 71.85% of the vote.
(Commission on Judicial Performance) Proposition 190 passed with 63.87% of the vote.
(Abolish Justice Courts) Proposition 191 passed with 61.05% of the vote.