California 1938 ballot propositions

25 statewide ballot propositions were on the November 8, 1938 ballot in California.

• 7 were approved.
• 18 were defeated.

On the ballot[edit]

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Proposition 1	Labor	Definition of lawful labor dispute practices, including pickets and boycotts	d
CISS	Proposition 2	Animals	Definition and regulation of animal pounds; rules for treating cats and dogs in pounds	d
LRCA	Proposition 3	Taxes	Revenue from motor vehicle fuel taxes reserved for public streets and highways	a
CICA	Proposition 4	Transportation	Creation of a Highway and Traffic Safety Commission	d
IndISS	Proposition 5	Fishing	Regulation of commercial fishing designed to guard against the depletion of species	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Taxes	Taxation of insurance companies	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Welfare	Administration of funds for the purpose of relieving hardship and destitution	a
LRCA	Proposition 8	Public finance	State funds can be allocated by the legislature for county and municipal purposes	d
LRCA	Proposition 9	Veterans	Disabled veterans wounded in time of peace no longer eligible for war veterans' tax exemption	d
VR	Proposition 10	Resources	Oil leases on state-owned tidelands at Huntington Beach	d
LRCA	Proposition 11	Taxes	State and County Boards of Equalization	d
LRCA	Proposition 12	Taxes	Prohibition on taxes or fees on properties associated with the Golden Gate International Exposition	a
VR	Proposition 13	Bonds/Utilities	Referendum on sale of revenue bonds to pay for construction or acquisition of public utilities	d
LRCA	Proposition 14	Judiciary	State judges convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude can be removed by California Supreme Court	a
LRCA	Proposition 15	Judiciary	Composition of Judicial Council and its ability to adopt rules of judicial conduct governing all state judges	d
LRCA	Proposition 16	Judiciary	Ability of retired judges to perform judicial functions in some circumstances	d
LRCA	Proposition 17	I&R	Timing of elections on ballot initiatives after petitions are presented to California Secretary of State	a
LRCA	Proposition 18	Public finance	State money, except University of California money, to be held in trust by State Treasurer	d
LRCA	Proposition 19	Veterans	Surplus in the veterans' farm and home building fund can be distributed to war veterans whose used the fund	d
CICA	Proposition 20	Taxes	Property taxes: rules for assessing, limits on and exemptions from	d
LRCA	Proposition 21	Taxes	Tax exemptions for churches, orphanages and colleges	d
LRCA	Proposition 22	Local governance	Rules governing the proposal of city charters and amendments thereto	d
LRCA	Proposition 23	Legislature	State legislature can spend up to $10 per day per legislator on support staff	d
VR	Proposition 24	Resources	Competitive bidding for leases to eleven parcels of state-owned tide at Huntington Beach for oil drilling	d
CICA	Proposition 25	Taxes	Retired elderly electors are entitled to receive at least thirty $1.00 warrants with which to pay taxes	d

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

• PDF of the November 8, 1938 ballot proposition voter guide
• Hastings California I&R database