California 1942 ballot propositions

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In 1942, voters decided on 18 statewide ballot measures in California on November 3.

• One was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• One was an initiated state statute.
• One was an indirect initiated state statute.
• 14 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a veto referendum.
• Voters approved seven (38.89%) and rejected 11 (61.11%).

On the ballot

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
IndISS	Proposition 10	Allow for the rehabilitation, readjustment, reorganization, consolidation, or merger of building and loan associations and provide for means of doing such.		378,805 (27%)	1,015,128 (73%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Allow the legislature to regulate wrestling and boxing and require money collected from such regulations to be used for homes for war veterans.	a	1,022,107 (70%)	429,205 (30%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Allow school districts and fifth and sixth class cities to hold stock in mutual water companies and them to have the same rights as other stockholders.	a	789,385 (56%)	609,226 (44%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Establish procedures relating to the State Board of Education.		617,990 (45%)	758,388 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Declare the interest rate on any loan or forbearance, allow a contract with an interest of up to 10% and declare the interest rate on court judgments.		511,810 (38%)	851,076 (62%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Allow the Supreme Court to transfer cases to and from itself and establish the jurisdiction of other courts.		284,009 (22%)	999,255 (78%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Provide that nothing prohibits the legislature from allowing administrative agencies and officers to answer questions within their jurisdiction		323,558 (23%)	1,103,717 (77%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Allow the legislature to require that state money under state authority be held in a trust by the State Treasurer before being deposited in the treasury.	a	897,132 (68%)	426,872 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Replace the Surveyor General with the State Controller on the Reapportionment Commission	a	859,783 (67%)	421,919 (33%)
VR	Proposition 1	Define hot cargo, define secondary boycott, and prohibit hot cargo and secondary boycotts.	a	1,124,624 (55%)	909,061 (45%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Require annual sessions of the legislature and require the governor submit a budget for the next fiscal year within the first five days of the legislative session		623,316 (43%)	840,494 (57%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Create the Board of Examiners and require those applying to the Medical, Dental, Osteopathic, or Chiropractic Board to pass a written examination.		584,324 (34%)	1,132,957 (66%)
CICA	Proposition 4	Require that income taxes be approved by the majority of voters and repeal the 1935 Personal Income Tax Act,		763,700 (46%)	907,311 (54%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Set the pay for legislative members at $200 per month and fix the rate for mileage reimbursement at a maximum of $0.05 per mile.		531,931 (36%)	961,023 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Create the Board of Forestry to represent the state's interests in state and federal forestry.		714,527 (49%)	736,977 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Establish taxation on insurance companies and set rates for such taxation.	a	987,687 (69%)	449,094 (31%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Require that all money relating to protection, conservation, propagation, or preservation of fish, game, mollusks, or crustaceans collected through fines, forfeitures, and other manners be used for further such purposes.	a	1,100,033 (73%)	398,944 (27%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Allow the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer, State Controller, and Secretary of State be set during their term of office.		647,721 (46%)	756,810 (54%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1942 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1942)