California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls, would have made it harder to raise taxes
California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls, would have made it harder to raise taxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom and removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, saying the change would have upended the way government works.
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I thought there was already proposition 13 from the 1970s.
Prop 13 just limits how much property taxes can increase every year.
This proposed proposition would fundamentally alter how all state and local taxes are voted on. For state taxes a 2/3 majority in the assembly and senate are already required but this bill would also require voters explicitly approve every bill. For local, it would change the threshold for tax increases from ballot measures from a simple majority to 2/3 majority. Both of these changes would utterly handcuff state and local governments.
Oh God you do not want that. Colorado has that with TABOR and it is crushing our ability to fund everything from schools to road repair. It’s absolutely a GOP invention to decrease the size of government by handicapping every single aspect of what the government does.