Proposition Summary
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.
Proposition Number
10
Year
1922
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 258666; A: 37.6; N: 429668; B: 62.4
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Initiative
For Author
W. A. Sutherland, Vice President Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, Managing Director Fidelity of Fresno Branch
Against Author
H. A. Mason; W. J. Locke, Secretaries of the League of California Municipalities
Recommended Citation
TAXATION OF PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES California Proposition 10 (1922).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/160