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California Proposition 22, Store Licensing Referendum (1936)
| California Proposition 22 | |
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| Election date November 3, 1936 | |
| Topic Business regulation | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Referendum | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 22 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in California on November 3, 1936. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported upholding the Act passed by the state legislature, which was designed to require those owning stores to obtain a license for their store, with the application fee being $0.50 for each store and the license fee being $1 for the first store, with the fee increasing up to $500 for each store over nine, and exempt filling stations, ice distributing establishments, restaurants, newspaper offices, places where sales are incidental, theaters, and motion picture houses. |
A “no” vote supported repealing the Act passed by the state legislature, which was designed to require those owning stores to obtain a license for their store, with the application fee being $0.50 for each store and the license fee being $1 for the first store, with the fee increasing up to $500 for each store over nine, and exempt filling stations, ice distributing establishments, restaurants, newspaper offices, places where sales are incidental, theaters, and motion picture houses. |
Election results
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California Proposition 22 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,067,443 | 43.80% | ||
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1,369,778 | 56.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 22 was as follows:
| “ | Retail Store License | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Referendum against act of Legislature (Chapter 849, Statutes 1935) requiring every person or organization owning, operating, or controlling one or more stores, wherein merchandise is sold at retail, obtain annual State license; prescribing fifty cents application fee for each store and one dollar license fee for one store, increasing license fee progressively for second and additional stores to five hundred dollars for each store over nine; excepts filling stations, ice distributing establishments, restaurant facilities of common carriers, newspaper offices, stores wherein sales are incidental to rendering personal service, theatres and motion picture houses. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For veto referendums filed in 1936, at least 116,487 valid signatures were required. Proponents of the veto referendum had 90 days from the date that the bill was signed to collect signatures.
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