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California Proposition 14, YMCA and YWCA Property Tax Exemption Amendment (1918)

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California Proposition 14

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Election date

November 5, 1918

Topic
Property tax exemptions
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


California Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 5, 1918. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported exempting the properties of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) from taxation.

A “no” vote opposed exempting the properties of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) from taxation.


Election results

California Proposition 14

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 166,486 36.43%

Defeated No

290,573 63.57%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:

“Taxation Exemptions.”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“ A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California to amend the constitution of said state by adding a new section to article XIII thereof to be numbered 1b, relating to the exemption from taxation of Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Association properties used for association purposes.”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Constitutional changes

The ballot measure would have added a Section 1b to Article XIII of the California Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added:

Sec. 1b. There shall be exempt from taxation all Young Men's Christian Association buildings and Young Women's Christian Association buildings, with their furniture and equipments and the lots of ground on which they stand used therewith and necessary thereto when owned by said associations; provided, that when any part of such property is used for any other than association purposes and a rent or other valuable consideration is received for its use, the part so rented is subject to taxation; provided, further, that rented furnished rooms are to be considered used for association purposes.[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the California Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1918 Measures

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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