Taxes

Voters first passed the tax in 2012, then renewed it in 2016. Now, its supporters are asking voters to make it permanent before it expires in 2031.

Until Proposition 13, California voters let elected officials decide taxes and spending options. Now, 48 years later, money matters dominate the ballot box.

The state’s boom-and-bust economy leads to budget volatility. Prop. 2 would double the state’s rainy day fund, lessening the need to chop costs.

The governor announced his positions on most of the 14 propositions on the November ballot.

The measure would require two-thirds of voters to approve any local special taxes, instead of the simple majority for citizen-led initiatives. Anti-tax advocates say it should be that hard for governments to tax Californians, but local officials say it could constrain funding for essential services.

California voters haven’t had to make so many decisions about tax policy at the ballot since 1990. Our analysis shows voters tend to reject new taxes.

Proposition 40 would levy a one-time tax on billionaires. Some say the initiative opens the door to tax flight and more aggressive taxation. Others say there’s no way to predict the outcome.

Public service workers unions celebrated Newsom signing a bill aimed at closing corporate tax loopholes, but some of the most obvious targets are relatively small.

Municipalities and school districts can't legally spend tax dollars pushing ballot measures. But many do anyway, calling its outreach "information".

California voters will soon decide whether to tax billionaires — but even if a majority says yes, the measure could still lose to either of two billionaire-funded measures designed to cancel it out.  The billionaire-backed group Building a Better California designed two countermeasures to undermine the wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it. […]