From Ballotpedia

California Proposition 5, pertaining to the Property Tax as Sole Source of Revenues, was on the November 7, 1916 ballot in California as an initiated constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.

Its goal was to declare that all public revenues be raised by taxation of land values (as opposed to other forms of taxation), and that the tax could only be levied on the value of the land, not on any land improvements, such as buildings.

See also

• California 1916 ballot propositions
• History of Initiative and Referendum in California

External links

• PDF of the November 7, 1916 ballot proposition voter guide
• Hastings California I&R database

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