California 1948 ballot propositions

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In 1948, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in California on November 2.

• Four were initiated constitutional amendments.
• Four were initiated state statutes.
• 10 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a bond issue.
• Voters approved eight (42.11%) and rejected 11 (57.89%).

On the ballot

November 2, 1948

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Enact a single-subject rule for ballot initiatives	a	1,973,761 (67%)	963,387 (33%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Allow city charters and amendments to be voted on at a special election or the next general election and allow charters to establish boroughs.		1,036,181 (37%)	1,775,894 (63%)
CICA	Proposition 12	Allow cities and counties to restrict the sale of alcohol and require the city or county where an alcohol sale license is issued.		1,085,941 (29%)	2,598,815 (71%)
CICA	Proposition 13	Change the formula for state Senate reapportionment		1,069,899 (32%)	2,250,937 (68%)
BI	Proposition 14	Create the State Housing Agency and allow for bonds up to $100,000,000 for funding loans to public housing authorities.		1,042,089 (31%)	2,372,646 (69%)
CISS	Proposition 15	Prohibit the use of purse nets and round haul nets for fishing in ocean and tide waters south of Point San Simeon in San Luis Obispo County.		1,153,353 (35%)	2,125,079 (65%)
CISS	Proposition 16	Allow the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to regulate schooling for chiropractors and allow the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to set the license renewal fee	a	2,102,769 (67%)	1,055,086 (33%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Exempt certain positions from state civil service and prohibit reviving statutes relating to optional exemption from state civil service.		957,800 (32%)	2,040,251 (68%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Require the state to reimburse all counties, cities and counties, cities, and districts for losses in tax revenue caused by tax exemptions for veterans, religious organizations, hospitals, and charitable institutions.		1,377,292 (45%)	1,687,069 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Establish that Fish and Game commissioners stay in their office once their term expires until their successor takes office.	a	2,275,600 (74%)	779,447 (26%)
LRCA	Proposition 1	Establish that the property tax exemption for veterans be based on the assessed value.		1,733,034 (49%)	1,790,851 (51%)
CICA	Proposition 2	Allow cities and counties to regulate the sale of alcohol and establish regulations on alcohol licensing.		1,122,274 (31%)	2,521,139 (69%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Allow the Public Utilities Commission to set the number of brakemen to be used on trains.	a	1,767,587 (51%)	1,703,303 (49%)
CICA	Proposition 4	Increase aid for aged people , increase aid for blind people, change eligibility requirements for such aid, and place such aid programs under state control.	a	1,837,805 (51%)	1,800,513 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Allow legislative wages to be set by law and allow the legislature to set mileage reimbursement rate (not to exceed $0.05 per mile).		1,398,663 (43%)	1,882,466 (57%)
CISS	Proposition 6	Prohibit the use of nets, traps, set lines, or other appliances for commercial fishing in the San Francisco Bay and connecting waters.		1,303,003 (38%)	2,118,967 (62%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Change voter residency eligibility requirements.	a	2,196,159 (69%)	1,000,823 (31%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Establish that Superior Court vacancies during a general election year shall be filled at the next general election.	a	2,393,617 (80%)	596,780 (20%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Establish that the successor to the governor in the case of a vacancy shall finish the rest of the term of the governor	a	2,379,835 (78%)	689,554 (22%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1948 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1948)