Proposition Summary

Initiative. Amends Constitution, Article XX, section 22. Prohibits consumption, sale, or disposition for consumption on premises, of intoxicating liquors, except beer, in public saloons or barrooms; permits possession, sale, consumption or disposition of all liquors in bona fide hotels, restaurants, public eating places, and in bona fide clubs after one year's lawful operation; fixes license fees therefor, giving Board of Equalization exclusive power to change same, issue liquor licenses, collect license fees and occupation taxes requiring Legislature apportion proceeds therefrom between State, counties, and cities. Continues State Liquor Control Act provisions, consistent herewith, until Legislature provides otherwise.

Proposition Number

2

Year

1934

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1262315; A: 63.9; N: 714303; B: 36.1

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

Relevant Case

Hammond v. McDonald: 49 Cal. App. 2d 671, 1942

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. XX, section 22.

For Author

S. F. B. Morse, President, Northern California Business Council; Byron C. Hanna, President, Southern California Business Men's Association

Against Author

Nathan Newby, Los Angeles, California

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