Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment No.2. Eliminates present provision permitting service of intoxicating liquor only in bona fide hotels, restaurants and other public eating places. Authorizes legislation to permit service of alcoholic beverages in public premises in which food need not be served; restricts presence of minors in such establishments. Incorporates existing ban on service or sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under 21.
Proposition Number
5
Year
1956
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 2391825; A: 50.6; N: 2338137; B: 49.4
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Senate Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. XX, section 22.
For Author
Earl D. Desmond, State Senator, Sacramento County; J. Howard Williams, State Senator, Tulare County
Against Author
John A. Murdy, Jr., State Senator, Thirty-fifth Senatorial District
Recommended Citation
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS California Proposition 5 (1956).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/571