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Laws that are ineligible for optional referendums include urgency statutes, statutes calling elections, and statutes providing for tax levies or appropriations for usual, current state expenses. [8] To qualify on the ballot, a referendum petition must be signed by at least five percent of the number of voters in the previous gubernatorial ...
The measure also provides for an increase in the state sales tax by 0.25 percent over 4 years (from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016). [3] The sales tax increase expired as planned at the end of 2016. The higher income tax rates were extended for 12 years through the end of 2030 with the passage of Proposition 55 in 2016. [5]
Banning affirmative action in the public sector (employment, education, etc.) Proposition 215 (1996) Passed: Legalizing medical marijuana under California law. Proposition 218 (1996) Passed: Right to vote on local taxes; assessment and property-related fee reforms; initiative power expansion in regard to local revenue reduction or repeal.
Proposition 218 only applies to the local initiative power and not to the local referendum power which is a separate power under California law. The referendum is the constitutionally reserved power of the voters to approve or reject laws (or parts of laws) except urgency laws, laws calling elections, and laws providing for tax levies or ...
Increases income taxes for education and early childhood programs. Initiative statute. [13] 39: Passed Requires multistate businesses to calculate their California income tax liability based on the percentage of their sales in California and allocates potential revenue to create energy efficient and clean jobs. Initiative statute. [14] 40: Passed
In South Carolina, the school board race in Berkeley County, a Charleston suburb, is shaping up to feature right-wing candidates looking to further entrench a Moms for Liberty-style agenda against ...
A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect after the oil industry on Thursday withdrew a referendum from the November ballot asking ...
Proposition 13 is not the only law in California designed to prevent tax-induced displacement. The California Tax Postponement Program, passed in 1977, ensures that “homeowners who are seniors, are blind, or have a disability to defer current-year property taxes on their principal residence if they meet certain criteria”. [11]