California 1956 ballot propositions

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In 1956, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in California on November 6.

• One was an initiated state statute.
• 14 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a legislatively referred state statute.
• Three were bond issues.
• Voters approved 14 (73.68%) and rejected five (26.32%).

On the ballot

November 6, 1956

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Allow the state to use private architects and engineers by contract when the state's staff is not able to complete the work in the required time.		1,840,688 (43%)	2,468,080 (57%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Allow boards of freeholders one year to prepare a county charter.	a	2,817,607 (74%)	998,251 (26%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Adjust requirements regarding state bonds.	a	2,006,548 (51%)	1,930,235 (49%)
LRSS	Proposition 13	Repeal the inoperative law that previously denied immigrants who are ineligible for citizenship the right to own real estate.	a	2,801,951 (67%)	1,391,991 (33%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Allow for the legislature to determine how to select legislative officers, attachés, and employees.	a	2,350,498 (62%)	1,425,127 (38%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Allow the state and all political subdivisions to hold stocks in mutual water companies to secure water supply.	a	2,694,485 (67%)	1,326,547 (33%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Eliminate the current time limit on when a Supreme Court hearing can be ordered after the decision by the District Court of Appeal and allow the Judicial Council to set such rule.	a	2,800,715 (72%)	1,086,713 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Eliminate constitutional provisions relating to salaries of superior court and appellate judges and the former Supreme Court Commission.	a	2,318,895 (62%)	1,432,218 (38%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Allow a judge of a justice court who is not a lawyer to serve as a judge on a superseding municipal court.		1,253,946 (31%)	2,734,306 (69%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Allow the legislature to alter the state's boundaries with the cooperation of the adjoining states.	a	2,952,479 (74%)	1,023,182 (26%)
BI	Proposition 1	Allow for bonds up to $500,000,000 to help veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	3,657,829 (80%)	890,322 (20%)
BI	Proposition 2	Allow for bonds up to $100,000,000 for loans and grants to school districts to house and equip schools for handicapped students.	a	3,950,426 (82%)	847,076 (18%)
BI	Proposition 3	Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for building educational, mental, and correctional institutions and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	3,483,108 (78%)	987,813 (22%)
CISS	Proposition 4	Create the California Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to prevent the waste of oil and gas.		1,208,752 (23%)	3,950,532 (77%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Establish provisions regarding the regulation of alcohol.	a	2,391,825 (51%)	2,338,137 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Extend property tax exemption to church parking lots that are required to exist by law and that have not been used commercially during the last year.	a	2,539,453 (55%)	2,056,411 (45%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Rename the State Assembly as House of Representatives		1,588,696 (39%)	2,504,017 (61%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Establish provisions relating to the budget session of the legislature.	a	1,981,664 (51%)	1,942,129 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Allow county charters to establish a borough form of government in unincorporated parts of its territory.		1,475,505 (38%)	2,389,553 (62%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1956 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1956)