Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 20. Amends Section 9 of Article IX of Constitution. Provides for administration of University of California by present corporation “The Regents of the University of California” and for composition of governing board thereof, continuing present representative members for their terms; prescribes corporation’s powers, vesting therein, title, management, and disposition of university property. Provides for investing proceeds from public land sales, appropriating income therefrom to agricultural college, requiring state to replace such funds when lost or diminished; university to be independent of political or sectarian influence and no person refused admission because of sex.

Proposition Number

8

Year

1918

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 249886; A: 62.8; N: 148305; B: 37.2

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. IX, section 9.

For Author

A. H. Breed, State Senator Fifteenth District; Egbert J. Gates, State Senator Thirty-fifth District

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