California Proposition 5, State Housing Referendum (1922)
| California Proposition 5 | |
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| Election date November 7, 1922 | |
| Topic Housing | |
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| Type Referendum | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 5 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in California on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported upholding the Act passed by the state legislature, which was designed to regulate the construction, alteration, maintenance, use, and occupancy of tenement houses and hotels and repeal the State Tenement House Act, the State Hotel and Lodging House Act, and the State Dwelling House Act. |
A “no” vote supported repealing the Act passed by the state legislature, which was designed to regulate the construction, alteration, maintenance, use, and occupancy of tenement houses and hotels and repeal the State Tenement House Act, the State Hotel and Lodging House Act. and the State Dwelling House Act. |
Election results
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California Proposition 5 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 117,110 | 15.55% | ||
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635,919 | 84.45% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:
| “ | State Housing Act | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Submitted to electors by referendum. Regulates the construction, alteration, maintenance, use and occupancy of tenement houses and hotels throughout California and of dwellings in incorporated municipalities; repeals “State Tenement House Act,” “State Hotel and Lodging House Act,” and “State Dwelling House Act,” combining provisions thereof in this act with changes and additions, defines fireproof, semi fireproof and wooden buildings; requires roofs of all semi fireproof buildings and of wooden buildings in incorporating municipalities to be constructed of approved incombustible materials or be well covered with an approved composition, fire resistive or fire retardant material. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For veto referendums filed in 1922, at least 34,434 valid signatures were required. Proponents of the veto referendum had 90 days from the date that the bill was signed to collect signatures.
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