California 1922 ballot propositions

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In 1922, voters decided on 30 statewide ballot measures in California on November 7.

• Eight were initiated constitutional amendments.
• Three were initiated state statutes.
• 14 were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Three were veto referendums.
• Two were bond issues.
• Voters approved 13 (43.33%) and rejected 17 (56.67%).

On the ballot

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Proposition 10	Make property used by public agencies for public service subject to assessment and taxes in the same manner as private property.		258,666 (38%)	429,668 (62%)
CICA	Proposition 11	Declare that public agencies providing public service be a public utility regulated by the State Railroad Commission like private corporations		232,079 (36%)	415,559 (64%)
CICA	Proposition 12	Require the governor to submit a budget to the legislature within 30 days of each regular session and establish procedure for passage of the budget bill.	a	451,074 (71%)	183,147 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Eliminate the provision prohibiting a change in salaries for Superior Court Judges and have the state pay $3,000 of Superior Court Judges' salaries.		290,712 (44%)	374,163 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Authorize legislation for the taxation of notes, debentures, shares of stock, bonds, or mortgages in lieu of property taxes.		248,541 (41%)	352,391 (59%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Permit public utilities paying state taxes to deduct any amount paid to other public utilities from gross receipts of operation.		197,514 (34%)	390,309 (66%)
CISS	Proposition 16	Create a Board of Chiropractic Examiners to regulate chiropractic practice, with members appointed by the governor.	a	481,600 (59%)	327,849 (41%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Authorize the state or other subdivisions to provide protection against flooding by utilizing any stream outside or partially outside the state.		280,759 (44%)	354,130 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Authorize two or more municipalities to control public works that supply public services and establish procedures for establishing such control.		310,872 (50%)	312,131 (50%)
CICA	Proposition 19	Create a board to fix rates for water and electrical energy and allow for the issuance of bonds up to $500,000,000 for actions of the board.		243,604 (29%)	597,453 (71%)
CICA	Proposition 1	Permit aid for United States Army and Navy veterans to acquire or develop farms or homes and validate the California Veterans' Welfare Bond Act.	a	562,022 (71%)	226,567 (29%)
CISS	Proposition 20	Create a Board of Osteopathic Examiners to carry out the Medical Practice Act of 1913 and other future acts, with members appointed by the governor.	a	439,775 (57%)	327,819 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 21	Prohibit the state legislature from passing any special or local laws that create irrigation, reclamation, drainage, or flood control districts.		221,786 (36%)	387,024 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 22	Permit absentee voting for active members of the military who are not at their home precinct at the time of an election.	a	352,882 (51%)	340,257 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 23	Extend permission to deposit public moneys into state banks to political subdivisions aside from the state, counties, and municipalities.	a	351,424 (59%)	241,778 (41%)
VR	Proposition 24	Prohibit unlicensed persons from acting as an attorney, establish procedures for violations of such law, and provide exceptions to such law.		197,905 (26%)	555,522 (74%)
LRCA	Proposition 25	Require that a judge pro tempore be approved by the superior court in which he acts prior to trying a case.	a	322,961 (57%)	245,663 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 26	Allow the formation of school districts situated in more than one county and the issuance of bonds by such districts.	a	388,699 (65%)	210,355 (35%)
CICA	Proposition 27	Increase the number of signatures needed to submit initiatives about taxes to 15% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election.		258,009 (41%)	378,661 (59%)
CISS	Proposition 28	Make illegal the dissection or torture any living person or animal for the purpose of experiment or investigation, except for medical care		226,339 (31%)	514,783 (69%)
CICA	Proposition 29	Abolish the existing method of taxation, declare that private property rights apply only to products of labor and not land, and define franchises.		124,403 (19%)	515,590 (81%)
VR	Proposition 2	Declare all acts prohibited by the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution also unlawful in the state of California.	a	445,076 (52%)	411,133 (48%)
CICA	Proposition 30	Give the Railroad Commission exclusive power to grant franchises for railways and motor vehicle transportation for compensation.		136,271 (21%)	499,458 (79%)
BI	Proposition 3	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for helping veterans to purchase farms and houses and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	479,556 (68%)	220,694 (32%)
BI	Proposition 4	Allow for bonds up to $3,000,000 for carrying out the land settlement act and establish the terms of such bonds.		295,122 (49%)	304,170 (51%)
VR	Proposition 5	Regulate tenement locations and repeal the State Tenement House Act, the State Hotel and Lodging House Act, and the State Dwelling House Act.		117,110 (16%)	635,919 (84%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Authorize for the classification of counties by population to regulate the business of issuing insurance policies for real or personal property.		209,660 (35%)	383,165 (65%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Exempt $1,000 of property from taxation for those who are residents of California who have been honorably discharged from military service.	a	382,541 (52%)	358,647 (48%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Prohibit incorporated cities from being transferred, annexed, or consolidated with another municipality without the consent of the voters.	a	423,597 (66%)	214,813 (34%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Authorize the creation of boroughs in municipalities through amendments to existing municipal charters and in new charters.	a	321,832 (55%)	266,953 (45%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in California
• List of California ballot measures
• 1922 ballot measures

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1922)