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California Proposition 20, Taxation Valuation Initiative (1920)
| California Propositin 20 | |
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| Election date November 2, 1920 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 20 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 2, 1920. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported exempting personal property from taxes and requiring all public revenues to be collected from taxes on land values, exclusive of improvements. |
A “no” vote opposed exempting personal property from taxes and requiring all public revenues to be collected from taxes on land values, exclusive of improvements. |
Election results
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California Proposition 20 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 196,694 | 25.87% | ||
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563,503 | 74.13% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 20 was as follows:
| “ | Land Values Taxation | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative Measure adding Section 15 to Article XIII of Constitution. Beginning January 1, 1921, exempts from taxation personal property, planted trees, vines and crops; improvements appertaining to land being taxed at not exceeding preceding year's amount until exempted January 1, 1923, and other county, municipal and district revenues collected from land values. Beginning January 1, 1924, requires all public revenues be raised by taxing land values exclusive of• improvements, repealing Section 14 in same article. Declares war veteran, church and college exemptions, and privately owned public utilities using highways, unaffected hereby. | ” |
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 constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated amendments filed in 1920, at least 55,094 valid signatures were required.
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