Secretary of State No.
1948-p-1
Description
PENSIONS, TAXES, INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Adds Article XXX, amends Article IV, Section 1, State Constitution. Provides $75 minimum monthly payments for persons at age 60, disabled or blind persons, subject to cost-of-living increases. Imposes one percent gross income tax, to be increased if necessary to finance public schools and pension payments. Abolishes State sales tax. Levies graduated tax on net incomes $30,000 and over. Decreases number of signatures required to qualify initiative petitions; subjects all legislative enactments to referendum; changes procedure for preparing, circulating and filing initiative petitions and preparing arguments on ballot measures.
Date
1-1-1948
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
Pensions, Taxes, Initiatives and Referenda California Initiative 1948-p-1 (1948).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/154