California 1928 ballot propositions

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In 1928, voters decided on 21 statewide ballot measures in California on November 6.

• Two were initiated state statutes.
• 14 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Two were veto referendums.
• Three were bond issues.
• Voters approved 16 (76.19%) and rejected five (23.81%).

On the ballot

November 6, 1928

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Allow the state, counties, or cities to acquire land within a specified radius through gift, purchase, or condemnation for public purposes.	a	855,532 (73%)	309,942 (27%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Change provisions for electing and filling vacancies of Supreme Court justices and change jurisdictions of a variety of courts.	a	650,333 (61%)	410,138 (39%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Establish provisions for aid for physically handicapped people in need and remove wording regarding the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.	a	991,501 (76%)	307,394 (24%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Allow the state, political subdivision, municipality, or other public corporation to be a stockholder of any mutual water corporation.		525,001 (47%)	582,038 (53%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Allow quasi-public corporations to extend their term of existence and require public utility corporations get consent before extending their existence.	a	703,256 (68%)	329,692 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Allow the legislature to regulate compensation of grand and trial jurors and eliminate the provision capping compensation at $3/day and mileage.	a	672,488 (57%)	514,514 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Declare the constitutional provision making stockholders liable for moneys embezzled or misappropriated unapplicable to exposition companies.	a	602,121 (56%)	465,703 (44%)
BI	Proposition 17	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for railroad grade separations and establish the terms of such bonds.		449,080 (39%)	708,279 (61%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Allow those who are partaking in civil or congressional service to have the right to vote in other precincts under provisions created by the legislature.	a	919,003 (76%)	282,806 (24%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Establish provisions to give aid to blind people in need.	a	1,072,308 (82%)	227,551 (18%)
VR	Proposition 1	Uphold the state legislature's redistricting plan for the Assembly and Senate	a	692,347 (55%)	570,120 (45%)
LRCA	Proposition 20	Allow trial by jury to be waived in all criminal trials where both parties consent and the defendant and their attorney express so in open court.	a	788,046 (65%)	416,596 (35%)
CISS	Proposition 21	Define a variety of animal sports, prohibit the use of spurs on an animal for entertainment, and declare that such restrictions do not apply to of farms.		509,632 (37%)	870,682 (63%)
BI	Proposition 2	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $1,000,000 for holding an Olympiad in California and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	1,002,625 (73%)	373,061 (27%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Adjust taxation on banks, financial corporations, mercantile corporations, manufacturing corporations, and business corporations.	a	899,351 (73%)	330,872 (27%)
BI	Proposition 4	Allow for bonds up to $6,000,000 for the acquisition of properties in California for state parks and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	975,979 (74%)	346,998 (26%)
CISS	Proposition 5	Repeal an act that allowed boxing and wrestling contests for prize and the creation of an athletics commission to regulate such contests.		542,518 (37%)	935,901 (63%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Create a State Board of Education with a salary fixed by law.		551,858 (44%)	714,411 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Require conservation of water to protect public welfare.	a	913,125 (77%)	270,163 (23%)
VR	Proposition 8	Increase fees for electric motor vehicles using pneumatic tires to transport passengers or property and double fees for non-electric vehicles.	a	936,695 (72%)	365,309 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Allow the state to take property for right of way without full compensation being first made.	a	914,335 (79%)	246,012 (21%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1928 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1928)