California 1930 ballot propositions

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In 1930, voters decided on 26 statewide ballot measures in California on November 4.

• One was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• Four were initiated state statutes.
• 19 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Two were bond issues.
• Voters approved 12 (46.15%) and rejected 14 (53.85%).

On the ballot

November 4, 1930

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Proposition 10	Define construction loans, prevent corporations from pleading usury, and regulate industrial loan companies and pawnbrokers.		239,303 (24%)	763,130 (76%)
CICA	Proposition 11	Create the Fish and Game Commission to create fishing and game districts and regulate fishing and hunting.		440,449 (40%)	650,721 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Allow each house of the legislature to employ help and set the daily pay to a total of $400 for all employees of the Senate and a total of $450 for all employees of the Assembly.		449,280 (50%)	458,225 (50%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Declare that the legislature may pay farmers for animals that are taken, slaughtered, or otherwise disposed of to prevent the spread of disease.	a	893,598 (83%)	184,922 (17%)
CISS	Proposition 14	Require a new state-wide voter registration and require every other year that those who did not vote in the previous election to re-register to vote.	a	609,109 (58%)	447,371 (42%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Confirm trusts and estates created for the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, allow the institution and its trustees to receive property for its benefit, and exempt the property of the trust from taxation.	a	635,692 (61%)	407,645 (39%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Allow the legislature to create laws regarding the creation of corporations.	a	530,432 (60%)	360,968 (40%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Require ocean marine insurance companies to pay a tax based on underwriting profits and require the legislature to set the tax rate.	a	706,293 (76%)	224,252 (24%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Require the state to collect a tax on motor vehicles and pay 95% of the motor vehicle taxes to the county where the vehicle is registered.		433,860 (40%)	641,716 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Declare Supreme Court and District Court of Appeals justices ineligible for other public employment during their term	a	648,213 (71%)	270,077 (29%)
BI	Proposition 1	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $20,000,000 for helping war veterans acquire farms and houses and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	835,579 (76%)	265,682 (24%)
LRCA	Proposition 20	Allow any department of the executive branch to be part of the Governor's Council.		344,606 (41%)	505,018 (59%)
LRCA	Proposition 21	Require the Department of Finance to report the net loss of each city and county from state property taxes and allow the legislature to determine the means and amount that the state reimburses cities and counties for these losses.		363,524 (39%)	566,586 (61%)
LRCA	Proposition 22	Require amendments for municipal charters to be submitted to electors to the legislature 60 days before the election.	a	545,901 (64%)	304,136 (36%)
LRCA	Proposition 23	Create an election of 120 delegates to draft a new state constitution and establish the procedures for the convention.		263,683 (31%)	585,089 (69%)
LRCA	Proposition 24	Establish procedures for judicial leave of absences and allow the legislature to change the number of Superior Court judges.		419,527 (47%)	469,955 (53%)
LRCA	Proposition 25	Change the residency requirement for voting and allow the legislature to create laws allowing those who expect to be absent or unable to vote.	a	571,311 (60%)	377,926 (40%)
CISS	Proposition 26	Prohibit keeping open any store, barber shop, workshop, factory, or other place of business on Sundays with the exception of certain businesses.		214,533 (17%)	1,047,926 (83%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Require biennial legislation that distributes taxes on fire insurance companies and establish procedures for distributing the funds.		262,131 (24%)	822,964 (76%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Set the Governor's and Lieutenant-Governor's salaries and declare the salaries of other positions to be set by law.		382,313 (37%)	644,895 (63%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Set the tax rate of street railways at 4.25% of gross receipts from operations.	a	691,451 (66%)	363,155 (34%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Allow the legislature to provide retirement salaries for state employees and create the requirements and terms for retirement.	a	587,021 (52%)	550,565 (48%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Require the state to pay taxes to counties, municipalities, or political subdivisions on toll bridges acquired by the state.		493,086 (48%)	527,434 (52%)
CISS	Proposition 7	Advance the standard time by one hour on the last Sunday of April and decrease the standard time by one hour on the last Sunday of September.		317,890 (24%)	990,775 (76%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Exempt from taxation non-profit hospitals or sanatoriums and create methods for determining tax exempt status of hospitals and sanatoriums.		448,601 (39%)	706,850 (61%)
BI	Proposition 9	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for improvements to the San Francisco Harbor and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	808,293 (76%)	257,700 (24%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1930 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1930)