California 1954 ballot propositions

1956 →

← 1952

In 1954, voters decided on 20 statewide ballot measures in California on November 2.

• One was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• 17 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a legislatively referred state statute.
• One was a bond issue.
• Voters approved 13 (65%) and rejected seven (35%).

On the ballot

November 2, 1954

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Legislature; Executive officials	Establish the term of Assembly members as four years, establish the term of Senators as six years, and limit the governor to two successive terms.		962,245 (31%)	2,122,878 (69%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Taxes; Veterans	Allow for a tax exemption of up to $5,000 on homes acquired with federal assistance for veterans	a	2,967,383 (90%)	339,938 (10%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Suffrage	Allow those who have completed their penalties for committing an infamous crime to vote.		1,479,805 (48%)	1,626,061 (52%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Local government	Allow the city of Vernon to frame a charter, allow such charter to define voter eligibility, and limit future annexations to uninhabited territory.		1,067,525 (40%)	1,583,890 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Education; Taxes; Property	Specify that the tax exemption for college buildings under construction includes the land on which the building is located.	a	2,189,205 (71%)	875,069 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Taxes; Property	Exempt property under construction owned by non-profit organizations for religious hospitals or charitable purposes from taxation.	a	2,255,243 (73%)	820,056 (27%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Water; Property	Require that any acquisition of property by any agency means that such agency agrees to conform with California water law.	a	2,003,716 (70%)	862,540 (30%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Taxes; Budgets; Transportation	Allow money collected from street and highway revenues to be used for financing vehicle parking facilities,		968,835 (31%)	2,144,142 (69%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Immigration; Property	Allow all foreigners who live in the United States and are eligible for citizenship the same property ownership rights as native-born citizens.	a	2,165,064 (72%)	846,827 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Judiciary	Allow a non-lawyer judge to be a judge of a municipal court if the person served as a judge of a justice court for five years.		1,411,456 (50%)	1,424,507 (50%)
BI	Proposition 1	Veterans; Bonds	Allow for bonds up to $175,000,00 to help the Department of Veterans Affairs help veterans and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	2,560,629 (79%)	664,000 (21%)
LRCA	Proposition 20	Local government	Extend the amount of time given to the board of freeholders while drafting a county charter to six months.	a	1,791,922 (68%)	835,038 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Education; Bonds	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $100,000,000 for school district buildings and equipment and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	2,758,076 (80%)	686,507 (20%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Alcohol; Administrative organization	Establish the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to control alcohol licensing and establish the makeup of such department.	a	2,265,436 (66%)	1,152,238 (34%)
CICA	Proposition 4	Public assistance	Increase monthly payments to aged people who meet the requirements of the Welfare and Institutions Code.		1,688,319 (45%)	2,030,132 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Taxes; Property; Transportation	Continue the local property tax exemption on California-registered freight and passenger ships with more than a 50 ton burden,	a	2,306,460 (72%)	913,796 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Legislature; Salaries	Establish the salary of state legislators at $500 per month.	a	1,618,027 (52%)	1,482,536 (48%)
LRSS	Proposition 7	Legislature; Property	Allow the legislature to amend or repeal the Land Title Law (Torrens Act).	a	1,950,919 (72%)	744,089 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Transportation; Property taxes; Tax exemptions	Exempt deep sea fishing, freight, and passenger vessels of with over a 100 ton burden from local property taxation.		1,218,207 (40%)	1,824,701 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Taxes; Property; Religion	Exempt church buildings in the course of construction, including the equipment used and land where located, from taxation.	a	2,405,125 (73%)	869,733 (27%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1954 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1954)