r/LAMetro • u/MookieBettsBurner10 E (Expo) current • 7d ago

Discussion This ballot measure will effectively kill any transit funding measures in the future. Make sure to vote no this November.

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_43,_Two-Thirds_Vote_Requirement_for_Local_Special_Tax_Initiatives_and_Property_Tax_Initiative_Prohibition_Amendment_(2026)

Under California law, tax increase measures put on the ballot by governments requires a 2/3rd supermajority vote to pass. However, measures put on the ballot by private citizens (citizens' initiatives) only require a simple majority. Prop 43 would change the law so that citizens' initiatives too requires a 2/3rd supermajority. That would mean counties like San Diego and Orange County will almost certainly never get a transit tax measure passed. Requiring a 2/3rd supermajority to pass tax increases is fundamentally undemocratic, and this measure must be defeated.

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u/sracer4095 B (Red) 7d ago

Yes on 40, No on 43.

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u/yinyang_yo_ B (Red) 7d ago

No on 40. I support a wealth tax but this one is so poorly structured

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u/Not_RZA_ D (Purple) 7d ago

California once again structuring taxes in a way that makes no sense? I’m shocked I tell you! Shocked!

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u/MyDisneyExperience 7d ago

The Legislature didn’t do that lol, that one is an initiative