Title
REPEALING ALIEN LAND LAW
Proposition Summary
Repeal of Initiative Act, Submitted by Legislature. Repeals inoperative law of 1920 which formerly denied aliens ineligible to citizenship the right to hold real estate in California.
Proposition Number
13
Year
1956
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 2801951; A: 66.8; N: 1391991; B: 33.2
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Initiative
Relevant Case
Kaneda v. Kaneda: 235 Cal. App. 2d 404: 45 Cal. Rptr. 437, 1965
Code Sections Affected
Repealed "Alien Land Law of 1920".
For Author
Thomas A. Maloney, Assemblyman, 20th District, San Francisco; Edward E. Elliott, Assemblyman, 40th District, Los Angeles
Recommended Citation
REPEALING ALIEN LAND LAW California Proposition 13 (1956).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/579