Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 16. Adds Section 14 ½ to Article I of Constitution. Authorizes State, county or city to acquire land by gift, purchase or condemnation, for memorial grounds, streets, squares, parkways and reservations, limited to parcels within one hundred fifty feet of closest boundary of such improvement; when parcels lie partially within such limit only portions thereof within two hundred feet of such boundary may be acquired; after improvement completed land not necessary therefor may be conveyed, with reservations concerning future use so as to protect the improvements; Legislature to prescribe procedure

Proposition Number

10

Year

1928

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 855532; A: 73.4; N: 309942; B: 26.6

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. I, section 14 1/2.

For Author

Newton M. Allen, State Senator, Thirty-seventh District; Cadet Taylor, State Senator, Thirty-third District

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