asks voters to set the threshold for new, extending or increasing special taxes to two-thirds approval by the electorate — whether the proposed tax was placed on the ballot by the local government or a citizen-driven effort.
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It would raise the threshold to pass local taxes placed on the ballot through the signature-gathering process from 50%.
This was a late addition to the slate of ballot measures before voters this year — an 11th-hour compromise between legislators and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which supports this measure.
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“It’s a tremendous turnaround. In 2024, the California Legislature sought to make it easier to raise taxes with Proposition 5, which the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association defeated at the ballot,” Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, said after the deal was reached.
“Today the legislature voted to make it harder to raise taxes by advancing a constitutional amendment, ACA 22, to close a loophole that had allowed some special taxes to pass with less than the two-thirds vote required by Proposition 13,” Coupal said.
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If approved by voters, Proposition 43 would begin in 2027.