Title
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WORKS
Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment 29, adding Section 20 to Article XI of Constitution. Authorizes two or more municipalities to acquire or control by contract, public works for supplying inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone or other utility service, or other matter of common municipal concern, subject to approval by two-thirds of electors in each city if contract provides for bonded indebtedness, otherwise by majority thereof, and thereafter by legislature without alteration or amendment; declares these powers supplement present powers and do not limit those granted by constitution to state or its political subdivisions.
Proposition Number
18
Year
1922
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 310872; A: 49.9; N: 312131; B: 50.1
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Senate Constitutional Amendment
For Author
W. J. Carr, State Senator Thirty-sixth District; L. J. Flaherty, State Senator Twenty-fourth District
Recommended Citation
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WORKS California Proposition 18 (1922).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/168