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California Proposition 17, Sales and Use Tax and Income Tax Rates Initiative (1958)
| California Proposition 17 | |
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| Election date November 4, 1958 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 17 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in California on November 4, 1958. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported reducing the sales and use tax rate to 2%, setting the income tax rates at a range running from 0.5% on incomes under $5,000 to 46% on incomes over $50,000, allowing the legislature to decrease but not increase the sales and use tax rate, and establishing that the income tax rate can only be adjusted by the voters. |
A “no” vote opposed reducing the sales and use tax rate to 2%, setting the income tax rates at a range running from 0.5% on incomes under $5,000 to 46% on incomes over $50,000, allowing the legislature to decrease but not increase the sales and use tax rate, and establishing that the income tax rate can only be adjusted by the voters. |
Election results
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California Proposition 17 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 888,523 | 18.05% | ||
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4,033,101 | 81.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 17 was as follows:
| “ | State Sales, Use, and Income Tax Rates | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative. Reduces sales and use tax rate from 3 to 2 percent. Changes income tax rates (now ranging from 1 percent on incomes under $5,000 to 6 percent on incomes over $25,000) to new range of ½ percent on incomes under $5,000 to 46 percent on incomes over $50,000. Legislature may lower but not increase sales and use tax rates. Income tax rates may be changed only by vote of electors. Sales and use tax rate changes effective January 1, 1959. Income tax rate changes effective after December 31, 1957. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 8 percent. For initiated statutes filed in 1958, at least 322,429 valid signatures were required.
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Footnotes
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