California Proposition 10, Utility Taxation Initiative (1922)
| California Proposition 10 | |
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| Election date November 7, 1922 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
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| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 10 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported making property owned, operated, or managed by a public agency for the purpose of providing the public with light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph, or telephone service subject to assessment and taxes in the same manner as private property. |
A “no” vote opposed making property owned, operated, or managed by a public agency for the purpose of providing the public with light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph, or telephone service subject to assessment and taxes in the same manner as private property. |
Election results
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California Proposition 10 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 258,666 | 37.58% | ||
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429,668 | 62.42% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 10 was as follows:
| “ | Taxation of Publicly Owned Public Utilities | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative measure adding Section 15 to Article XIII of Constitution. Declares all property owned, operated, managed or controlled by any municipality, county, district or other public agency, created and existing under laws of California, and held or used for supplying the public with light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph or telephone service, shall be assessed and taxed in same manner, to same extent and for same purposes, as like property held or used for like purposes by private corporations and natural persons shall be assessed and taxed under the State Constitution and laws. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated amendments filed in 1922, at least 55,094 valid signatures were required.
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