California 1908 ballot propositions

1910 →

← 1896

Seventeen statewide ballot measures were on the November 3, 1908 ballot in California.

• Fourteen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Three of the measures were legislatively referred state statutes.
• Eleven of the measures were approved.
• Six of the measures were defeated.

On the ballot

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Provides for separate state and local taxation	d
LRCA	Amendment 14	Gov't Salaries	Sets the annual compensation for state officials	a
LRCA	Amendment 16	Legislature	Provides for biennial sessions of the legislature	a
LRCA	Amendment 26	Property	Repeals the section of the constitution that requires the assessment of a mortgage deed of trust	d
LRCA	Amendment 29	Gov't Finances	Prevents the legislature from creating any debt greater than $300,000	a
LRCA	Amendment 31	Business Reg	Allows a corporation to extend its terms of existence for up to 50 years prior to the expiration of the current term	a
LRCA	Amendment 32	Legislature	Limits expenditures by legislators for employees to $500 per day while in session	a
LRCA	Amendment 33	Business Reg	Provides that a stockholder be liable for a proportion of a corporation's debts	a
LRCA	Amendment 34	Business Reg	Prohibits the fictitious sale of shares of capital stock of corporations	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Elections	Allows the legislature to enact laws related to the election of delegates to political party conventions	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Trials	Regulates the compensation of grand and trial jurors	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Education	States which schools are included in the public school system	a
LRCA	Amendment 24	Admin of Gov't	Relates to boards of education	d
LRCA	Amendment 28	State Exec	Relates to gubernatorial veto power	a
LRSS	Proposition 1	Capitals	Relocates the seat of government from the city of Sacramento to the city of Berkeley	d
LRSS	Proposition 2	Bonds	Issues bonds to fund the construction of wharves, piers and seawalls in San Francisco	d
LRSS	Proposition 3	Bonds	Issues bonds to pay the debt incurred for the acquisition of an area for a tidal basin in front of San Francisco	d

See also

• List of California ballot measures
• 1908 ballot measures

External links

• California Statement of the Vote, 1908