What is John Briggs?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = John Briggs | image = | imagesize = 180px | order3 = [[California State Assembly|California State Assemblyman, 35th District]] | term_start3 = 1967 | term_end3 =1975 | predecessor3 = Gordon W. Duffy | successor3 = [[Gary K. Hart]] | order2 = [[California State Assembly|California State Assemblyman, 69th District]] | term_start2 = 1975 | term_end2 = 1977 | predecessor2 = Kenneth Cory | successor2 = [[William E. Dannemeyer]] | order = [[California State Senate|California State Senator, 35th District]] | term_start = 1977 | term_end = 1981 | predecessor = James Edward Whetmore | successor = [[John F. Seymour]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|3|8}} | birth_place = [[Mitchell, South Dakota]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|15|1930|3|8}} | death_place = [[Placerville, California]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Carmen Nicasio Briggs | profession = Politician, [[United States Air Force|United States Air Force Pilot]] | website = }} '''John V. Briggs''' (March 8, 1930 &ndash; April 15, 2020) was an American politician who was the [[California State Assembly]] and the [[California State Senate]]. He was perhaps best known for sponsoring Proposition 6 in 1978, also known as the [[Briggs Initiative]],<ref name=date>{{cite news | last =Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library | title =Ballot Propositions June 1978-June 1998 | publisher =Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library | url =http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/prophist.htm#NOV78 | access-date =2008-12-07 | archive-date =2012-02-19 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120219052043/http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/prophist.htm#NOV78 | url-status =dead }}</ref> a failed measure which attempted to remove all [[gay]] or [[lesbian]] school employees or their supporters from their jobs. Briggs died on April