Prop 43

Limits Voters’ Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services

legislative constitutional amendment

Official Summary

Limits voters’ ability to pass voter-proposed local special taxes by increasing percentage of votes needed to approve such ballot measures from a majority (over 50%) to two-thirds, beginning January 1, 2027.

Fiscal Impact: Possibility that local government tax revenues will not go up as much in the future due to a higher vote threshold for certain taxes.

• Official CA Voter Guide Summary ; text of proposed law

• Legislative Analyst Office Analysis

• Show Me The Money

  • support: $10,005,010 - California Taxpayers Association; Family Business Association of California; California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce

  • oppose: $7,958,020 - California Professional Firefighters; California Federation of Teachers; Nurse Alliance of SEIU CA.

• Ballotpedia Summary