California 1914 ballot propositions

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In 1914, voters decided on 48 statewide ballot measures in California on November 3.

• Eight were initiated constitutional amendments.
• Eight were initiated state statutes.
• 22 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a legislatively referred state statute.
• Four were veto referendums.
• Five were bond issues.
• Voters approved 27 (56.25%) and rejected 21 (43.75%).

On the ballot

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Proposition 10	Prohibit poll and head taxes for any purpose in California	a	405,375 (52%)	374,487 (48%)
BI	Proposition 11	Allow the University of California to take up to $1.8 million in bonds for building on the UC-Berkely campus and establish terms for such bonds.	a	413,020 (63%)	239,332 (37%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Establish that delegates to constitutional conventions be nominated at nonpartisan primary elections.		271,896 (50%)	274,325 (50%)
CICA	Proposition 13	Establish that only property owners who taxes would be affected by a bond be allowed to vote on such bond.		312,193 (48%)	337,951 (52%)
CISS	Proposition 14	Provide for absentee voting.		244,855 (39%)	390,333 (61%)
CICA	Proposition 15	Authorize banks where public moneys are deposited to furnish bonds of districts within municipalities as security.		236,573 (42%)	324,558 (58%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Authorize the state, counties, or municipalities to take neighboring property to what is presently needed through the process of eminent domain.		259,192 (46%)	307,155 (54%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Allow for bonds to Alameda County up to $1 million for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	390,835 (66%)	202,128 (34%)
VR	Proposition 18	Make the buying, selling, shipping, offering, or exposing for sale of any wild game (except rabbits and wild geese) protected by law a misdemeanor.		353,295 (49%)	361,446 (51%)
CICA	Proposition 19	Authorize cities of more than 50,000 people to annex contiguous territory within the county where the city is located.	a	293,019 (51%)	287,185 (49%)
LRSS	Proposition 1	Call for a constitutional convention to amend or revise the California Constitution.		180,111 (29%)	442,687 (71%)
CISS	Proposition 20	Prohibit engaging in, training for, or betting on fights that result in compensation and prohibit all fights on Memorial Day and Sundays.	a	413,741 (56%)	327,569 (44%)
CICA	Proposition 21	Authorize chartered cities to establish municipal courts and municipal employees regulations and authorize such cities exceeding 175,000 population to consolidate by forming a charter.		248,112 (44%)	318,224 (56%)
CISS	Proposition 22	Establish the procedures for obtaining property titles and methods for transfers and notifications of liens.	a	359,757 (62%)	224,846 (38%)
LRCA	Proposition 23	Declare a plurality of votes at any primary or election the election choice and authorize a preferential system of voting at primaries.		240,600 (45%)	294,265 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 24	Increase the daily pay allowed for all employees of the Assembly to $600 per day and keep the daily pay allowed for all employees of the Senate to $500.		87,315 (15%)	494,272 (85%)
LRCA	Proposition 25	Establish procedures for cities with over 3,500 people to adopt charters and establish procedures for amending charters.	a	285,338 (56%)	226,679 (44%)
LRCA	Proposition 26	Authorize the state legislature to supervise, regulate and conduct affairs of irrigation, reclamation or drainage districts.	a	335,047 (61%)	216,865 (39%)
LRCA	Proposition 27	Authorize county charters to relate to any matters authorized by the constitution and allow counties to take over municipal functions.	a	261,219 (54%)	225,530 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 28	Give railroad commissioners exclusive power to fix public utilities rates in all incorporated municipalities.	a	291,665 (53%)	260,589 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 29	Allow county officers to perform municipal functions upon voter approval.and require charters be amended if such municipalities wish to use the allowance.	a	284,757 (57%)	214,312 (43%)
CICA	Proposition 2	Prohibit the sale, manufacture, and transportation of intoxicating liquor.		355,536 (40%)	524,781 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 30	Allow irrigation districts to acquire stock of a foreign corporation that owns part of an international water system to gain control over the entire system.	a	349,684 (65%)	185,168 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 31	Authorize the railroad commission to determine compensation paid for property taken through eminent domain for public utilities.	a	291,836 (54%)	244,379 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 32	Eliminate provisions that prohibited the governor from being elected as a United States senator during their term of office.	a	404,283 (68%)	190,969 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 33	Authorize municipal corporations to acquire and operate any type of public utilities.		231,724 (45%)	278,129 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 34	Make all lands and improvements owned by a county or municipal corporation outside of its limits taxable.	a	344,433 (61%)	216,612 (39%)
BI	Proposition 35	Allow bonds up to $3 million for the building and equipment of state buildings in Sacramento and establishing the terms of such bonds.	a	294,928 (52%)	267,717 (48%)
BI	Proposition 36	Provide for the issuance of state bonds to create a fund for completing a state building or buildings in the city and county of San Francisco.	a	300,028 (54%)	257,119 (46%)
BI	Proposition 37	Provide for the issuance of $750,000 in state bonds to improve the state fairgrounds in the city of Sacramento and establish the terms for such bonds.		259,721 (46%)	301,764 (54%)
CISS	Proposition 38	Allow for bonds up to $1.25 million for the construction and maintenance of a state building in Los Angeles and establish the terms of such bonds.		285,796 (47%)	320,302 (53%)
CICA	Proposition 39	Establish times when the Prohibition Amendment, if such amendment were to be approved, would go into effect.	a	448,648 (66%)	226,688 (34%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Make it a misdemeanor for an employer to require or permit an employee to work more than eight hours in one day or more than 48 hours in one week.		282,692 (34%)	560,881 (66%)
LRCA	Proposition 40	Authorize the governor to call extra sessions of the district courts of appeals and establish terms for such extra sessions.		203,674 (39%)	322,891 (61%)
LRCA	Proposition 41	Establish that no judgment shall be set aside or a new trial granted in any case unless evidence is found to indicate a miscarriage of justice occurred.	a	378,237 (68%)	182,073 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 42	Authorize any county, municipality, irrigation district, or other public corporation that issued state bonds to pay interest on bonds at any place.	a	306,195 (60%)	206,479 (40%)
LRCA	Proposition 43	Exempt buildings, equipment, land, securities, and income of non-profit collegiate educational institutions from taxation.	a	331,599 (53%)	293,721 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 44	Allow the legislature to create a minimum wage for women and minors and allow the legislature to create laws regarding the welfare of all employees.	a	379,311 (56%)	295,109 (44%)
CISS	Proposition 45	Prohibit employees from working more than six days or 48 hours per week and establish rules regarding working on Sundays.		290,679 (39%)	457,890 (61%)
CISS	Proposition 46	Create a state board for drugless physicians to regulate people who treat patients without drugs or medicine.		223,217 (33%)	462,355 (67%)
CICA	Proposition 47	Prohibit state elections on questions related to alcohol prohibition for eight years following the 1914 election.		355,394 (45%)	435,701 (55%)
BI	Proposition 48	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10 million for the betterment of the San Francisco Harbor and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	408,633 (71%)	167,589 (29%)
VR	Proposition 4	Declare places where acts of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution occur as nuisances and establish regulations for shutting down such places.	a	402,629 (53%)	352,821 (47%)
VR	Proposition 5	Create a state corporation department to regulate investment companies and brokers.	a	343,805 (54%)	288,084 (46%)
VR	Proposition 6	Create a state water commission to control the appropriation and use of water.	a	309,950 (51%)	301,817 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Authorize counties and municipalities to exempt certain classes of property from taxation.		267,618 (42%)	375,634 (58%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Exempt vessels weighing more than 50 tons that are used to transport freight or passengers from taxation.	a	359,176 (54%)	301,969 (46%)
CISS	Proposition 9	Authorize the governor to appoint an auditor of investments to define, regulate and examine investment companies.		249,500 (41%)	353,812 (59%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1914 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1914)