California Proposition 15, State Budget Board Amendment (1918)
| California Proposition 15 | |
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| Election date November 5, 1918 | |
| Topic Administration of government | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 5, 1918. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported creating a state budget board, consisting of the board of control, state controller, and lieutenant governor, to help determine the needed budget for state offices, departments, and institutions. |
A “no” vote opposed creating a state budget board, consisting of the board of control, state controller, and lieutenant governor, to help determine the needed budget for state offices, departments, and institutions. |
Election results
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California Proposition 15 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 96,820 | 27.03% | ||
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261,311 | 72.97% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 15 was as follows:
| “ | State Budget Board | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Senate Constitutional Amendment 15. Amends section 34 of Article IV of constitution. Creates state budget board, consisting of board of control, state controller, lieutenant governor, to ascertain needs of state offices, departments, and institutions for each biannual period and report to legislature budget thereof to be introduced in general appropriation bill and in omnibus appropriation bill carrying special items for improvements and betterments; budget board member to sit with each house of legislature when considering same; any other bill appropriating money to contain but one appropriation item and for single and certain purposes expressed therein. | ” |
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.
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Footnotes
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