The statewide initiative could hamper its ability to cover the gap without slashing costs. “It’s going to really impede our ability to generate new tax revenues, raise new tax revenues to help us move things forward,” said conniechansf.
A statewide ballot measure would make it harder to pass new local tax measures, worrying some city officials.
That’s concerning to some city leaders, who note that major tax measures recently approved by San Franciscans would fall short under the proposed statewide standards. Proposition C’s result was litigated by the tax’s opponents, who argued it should have required two-thirds approval. But courts maintained in a 2020 ruling that because the initiative was started by citizens, and not the Board of Supervisors, it needed only 50% to become law.
The measure's advocates say the system allows lawmakers to further burden Californians with taxes as they endure growing childcare, food and other costs of living. Their initiative, they argue, reflects the will of voters when they passed Proposition 13 in 1978, which requires local taxes to receive two-thirds approval until a 2017 Supreme Court decision clarified that requirement didn’t apply to measures initiated by citizens.
The consequences of the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act’s passage would be quickly felt.
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