Proposition Summary
Initiative Act. Creates state board of authorization; requires each county officer to file financial statements with governing body of county which shall submit same with budget to such state board before making tax levy; limits yearly increase in amounts raised thereby to five per cent of amount produced preceding year unless great amount authorized by such board or electors; makes special provisions for school matters, regulating such five per cent increase by average daily attendance; declares governing body of any political subdivision may subject same to provisions hereof; authorizes legislature to amend or repeal act.
Proposition Number
18
Year
1918
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 167049; A: 42.3; N: 227953; B: 57.7
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Initiative
For Author
Mark Keppel
Against Author
Robt. E. Callahan, Chairman Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
Recommended Citation
COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAX LIMITATIONS California Proposition 18 (1918).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/120