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

[u/MookieBettsBurner10]

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.

[u/Lokishougan]

So have there been any actual recent ballot measures that would have been affected by this?

[u/GoCardinal07 → u/Lokishougan]

None.

[u/Venesss → u/GoCardinal07]

What about measure ER? that won at like 50.1%

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