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(A "special tax" is a tax devoted specifically to a purpose: e.g. homelessness or road repair; money that does not go into a general fund.) Proposition 13 has been described as California's most famous and influential ballot measure; [2] it received enormous publicity throughout the United States. [3]
California Senate Bill 202, passed in 2011, mandated that initiatives and optional referendums can appear only on the November general election ballot, a statute that was controversial at the time, being seen as a self-serving, single-party initiative; [3] the November general election rule for initiatives and optional referendums has ...
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to allocate millions of taxpayer dollars to pay for seven new employees who will assist in the county’s switch to manual ballot tallying.
The plan would devote billions to an inflation relief package, drought and wildfire conditions, healthcare plan subsidies and higher school funding.
News reports and commentators have cited the state's various legislative supermajority requirements as a contributing factor to the state budget crisis. [23] [24] The state has a long history of supermajority requirements with a 1933 state ballot measure mandating a two-thirds supermajority to pass the state budget and California Proposition 13 (1978) mandating another two-thirds supermajority ...
California has a huge budget problem that could force thorny decisions from Democratic leaders who enjoyed a more than $100 billion surplus just three years ago. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on ...
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is known for its strong support of Proposition 13, [8] which was approved by California voters in June 1978. Proposition 13 significantly limited real property tax increases for California homeowners and businesses. The association opposes taxes on California persons and businesses.
The tax hike proposed in Proposition 30 would be imposed on personal incomes exceeding $2 million a year, raising up to $5 billion annually, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.