Proposition Summary

Initiative measure. Repeals Act of Legislature commonly known as Wright Act, approved by electors on referendum November 7, 1922, which act provided for enforcement by State of California of the Eighteenth Amendment of the United State Constitution, prohibited all acts or omissions prohibited by Volstead Act, adopted penal provisions of that Act, imposed duties on courts, prosecuting attorneys, sheriffs, grand juries, magistrates and peace officers in this State, extended their jurisdiction and provided for the disposition of fines and forfeitures.

Proposition Number

1

Year

1932

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1459835; A: 68.9; N: 658351; B: 31.1

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

Code Sections Affected

Repealed "Wright Act".

For Author

Matt. I. Sullivan; Eleanor B. Macfarland

Against Author

Chester H. Rowell; Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey

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