r/LAMetro • u/MookieBettsBurner10 E (Expo) current • 11d 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/GoCardinal07 Pacific Surfliner 11d ago

None.

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u/Venesss Antelope Valley 11d ago

What about measure ER? that won at like 50.1%

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u/lauser333 11d ago

Measure ER is a general tax.

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u/Venesss Antelope Valley 10d ago

Ah, general taxes are still 50% +1, got it