California 1949 ballot propositions

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In 1949, voters decided on 12 statewide ballot measures in California on November 8.

• One was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• One was an initiated state statute.
• Nine were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a bond issue.
• Voters approved 11 (91.67%) and rejected one (8.33%).

On the ballot

November 8, 1949

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Remove Section 26a of Article I of the Constitution, which was inoperable and regarded the effective date of the prohibition amendment.	a	1,409,094 (71%)	582,960 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Eliminate sections from the Constitution.		565,511 (28%)	1,465,325 (72%)
CISS	Proposition 12	Establish the time standard in California as Standard Pacific Time and establish daylight saving time.	a	1,406,257 (55%)	1,167,846 (45%)
BI	Proposition 1	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 for loans and grants for school districts and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	1,890,779 (73%)	706,570 (27%)
CICA	Proposition 2	Reinstate the Old Age Security and Aid to Blind plan to pay people of old age $75 per month and blind people $85 per month.	a	1,560,484 (58%)	1,152,329 (42%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Establish limits on budget sessions of the legislature and set the salary of legislators.	a	1,312,445 (57%)	985,646 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Eliminate inoperative provisions.	a	1,392,453 (66%)	702,170 (34%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Repeal Section 19 of Article XX of the state constitution, relating to the Constitutional Convention of 1878-1879,	a	1,439,537 (71%)	602,249 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Repeal Section 1a of Article IV of the state Constitution, which relates to the effective date of statutes enacted by the 1933 legislature.	a	1,439,501 (72%)	568,815 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Delete inoperative provisions in the Constitution relating to taxation.	a	1,481,941 (72%)	587,005 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Eliminate a duplicate section from the Constitution, remove sections from the Constitution, and expand the legislature's power in giving money.	a	1,451,034 (72%)	562,623 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Repeal Sections 4 to 9 of Article XXII of the Constitution.	a	1,431,923 (72%)	554,202 (28%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1949 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1949)