California 1914 ballot propositions

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48 statewide ballot propositions were on the November 3, 1914 ballot in California. With a total of 48 propositions on the ballot, 1914 had the highest number of ballot propositions ever on the California ballot. The years that have come the closest are 1988 with 41 propositions and 1990 with 45 propositions. (See also: Number of ballot propositions per decade in California.)

• 27 were approved
• 21 were defeated

On the ballot

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Proposition 1	Constitution	Constitutional revision convention	d
CICA	Proposition 2	Alcohol	Banned liquor	d
CISS	Proposition 3	Labor	Set a 40-hour workweek	d
VR	Proposition 4	Obscenity	The "Red Light Abatement Act"	a
VR	Proposition 5	Admin of gov't	Creation of a state corporation department	a
VR	Proposition 6	Water	Creation of a state water commission	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Taxes	Counties and municipalities allowed to make certain tax exemptions	d
LRCA	Proposition 8	Taxes	Seafaring vessels of over 50 tons exempt from taxation until January 1, 1935	a
CISS	Proposition 9	Regulations	Governor's board to regulate investment companies	d
CICA	Proposition 10	Elections	No poll or head tax shall be levied	a
CISS	Proposition 11	Bonds	$1.8 million in bonds to finance construction of UC-Berkeley	a
LRCA	Proposition 12	Constitution	Variety of rules governing constitutional conventions	d
CICA	Proposition 13	Elections	Electors can't vote on bond issues unless they own taxable property	d
CISS	Proposition 14	Elections	Provide a voting certificate to those absent from home district on election day	d
CICA	Proposition 15	Regulations	Set procedures for banks when issuing certain bonds	d
LRCA	Proposition 16	Eminent domain	Counties and municipalities allowed to condemn some properties	d
LRCA	Proposition 17	Bonds	Alameda County allowed to incur $1 million in bond debt to fund San Francisco International Exposition	a
VR	Proposition 18	Hunting	Misdemeanor to buy, sell, ship, offer for sale or expose for sale any wild game except rabbits and geese	d
CICA	Proposition 19	Municipal governance	Limited annexation of contiguous territories by cities and counties	a
CISS	Proposition 20	Gambling	Prohibit prize-fighting	a
CICA	Proposition 21	Municipal governance	Annexation procedures for cities and counties	d
CISS	Proposition 22	Admin of gov't	Procedures for certifying land titles	a
LRCA	Proposition 23	Elections	Elections can be determined by plurality	d
LRCA	Proposition 24	Legislature	Increase allowance for officers and employees of the California State Legislature from $500/day to $600/day	d
LRCA	Proposition 25	Municipal governance	Cities with more than 3,500 residents allowed to adopt charters	a
LRCA	Proposition 26	Water	Legislative control of irrigation, reclamation and drainage districts	a
LRCA	Proposition 27	Municipal governance	County charters allowed to provide for discharge of county officers	a
LRCA	Proposition 28	Utilities	Regulations governing public utilities	a
LRCA	Proposition 29	Municipal governance	Incorporation of municipalities	a
LRCA	Proposition 30	Water	Irrigation districts, controlling international water systems	a
LRCA	Proposition 31	Utilities	Value of public utilities condemned by railroad commission	a
LRCA	Proposition 32	Elections	Direct election of U.S. Senators	a
LRCA	Proposition 33	Utilities	Public utilities in municipalities	d
LRCA	Proposition 34	Taxes	Taxation of public property	a
LBM	Proposition 35	Bonds	$3 million for state buildings in Sacramento	d
LBM	Proposition 36	Bonds	$1 million for San Francisco State Building Act	a
LBM	Proposition 37	Bonds	$750,000 in bonds for state fair grounds at Sacramento	a
CISS	Proposition 38	Bonds	$1,250,000 in bonds to buy land in Los Angeles for a state building	d
CICA	Proposition 39	Alcohol	Suspend Prohibition	a
LRCA	Proposition 40	Judiciary	Extra sessions of district courts of appeal	d
LRCA	Proposition 41	Judiciary	No court judgment shall be set aside unless a miscarriage of justice occurred	a
LRCA	Proposition 42	Bonds	Rules governing bonds issued by counties, municipalities, irrigation districts and other public agencies	a
LRCA	Proposition 43	Taxes	Non-profit educational institutions exempt from property taxes	a
LRCA	Proposition 44	Minimum wage	Minimum wage for women and minors	a
CISS	Proposition 45	Labor	Except in an emergency, no one to work more than 6 days/48 hours	d
CISS	Proposition 46	Health care	State board of drugless physicians to regulate people who treat patients without drugs or medicine	d
CICA	Proposition 47	Alcohol	For eight years, no ballot initiatives allowed on prohibiting alcohol	d
LBM	Proposition 48	Bonds	$10 million for San Francisco Harbor improvements	a

See also

• List of California ballot propositions from 1910-present
• History of Initiative and Referendum in California
• Laws governing I&R in California

External links

Suggest a link

• PDF of the November 3, 1914 ballot proposition voter guide
• Hastings California I&R database