Excerpt from Report of the Social Insurance Commission of the State of California: March, 1919 The Social Insurance Commission appointed by Governor Hiram W. Johnson in 1915 reported to the legislature at its forty-second session, in accordance with the creating act. The report, based upon a general survey of the social and industrial conditions of California in relation to the destitution problem, included the recommendation that California establish a social health insurance system. Pursuant to this recommendation, the legislature, by a two-thirds vote of both houses, proposed to the people of the state of California a health insurance enabling amendment to remove technical constitutional Obstacles standing in the way of health insurance legislation. In addition, the legislature re-created by chapter 57, section 22, of the statutes of 1917 the Social Insurance Commission as an unsalaried body, similar to the commission appointed in 1915. The commission was required to report to the forty-third session of the legislature the details of any social insurance measure which it desired to recommend. Pursuant to the terms of the act, Governor William D. Stephens appointed the following members: Miss Katharine C. Felton, Mrs. Frances N. Noel, George H. Dunlop, Dr. Flora W. Smith, Daniel C. Murphy, Ansley K. Salz, and Chester H. Rowell. These appointees met for the formal reorganization of the commission in August, 1917. At this meeting Mr. Chester H. Rowell was elected chairman and Mr. Ansley K. Salz vice chairman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.