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California Proposition 11, Public Utility Regulation Initiative (1922)
| California Proposition 11 | |
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| Election date November 7, 1922 | |
| Topic Utilities | |
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| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 11 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported declaring that any public agency providing the public with light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph, or telephone service be a public utility regulated by the State Railroad Commission in the same manner private corporations and people owning, operating, or controlling utilities are regulated. |
A “no” vote opposed declaring that any public agency providing the public with light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph, or telephone service be a public utility regulated by the State Railroad Commission in the same manner private corporations and people owning, operating, or controlling utilities are regulated. |
Election results
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California Proposition 11 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 232,079 | 35.83% | ||
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415,559 | 64.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 11 was as follows:
| “ | Regulation of Publicly Owned Public Utilities | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative measure adding Section 23b to Article XII of Constitution. Declares every municipality, county, district and other public agency, created and existing under California laws, owning, operating, managing or controlling any property for supplying light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph or telephone service, to or for the public shall, as to such property and the business conducted therewith, be a public utility, regulated by the State Railroad Commission in all respects, except issuance of securities, as private corporations and natural persons owning, operating or controlling like property for like purposes | ” |
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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