California Proposition 5, Salaries of Legislators Amendment (1958)

California Proposition 4
Election date November 4, 1958
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status d Defeated
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

California Proposition 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 4, 1958. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported allowing the legislator to set legislators' salaries and capping the legislators' salaries to the average salary of county supervisors in the five most populous counties.

A “no” vote opposed allowing the legislator to set legislators' salaries and capping the legislators' salaries to the average salary of county supervisors in the five most populous counties.

Election results

California Proposition 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,248,474	29.97%
No		2,916,671	70.03%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:

“

Compensation of Legislators

”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“

Senate Constitutional Amendment No.6. Permits Legislature to fix legislators' salaries by statute, but not in excess of average salary of county supervisors in the five most populous counties.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1958 Measures

• 1958 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1958 legislative sessions

California

• California ballot measures
• California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1958)