Opinion: Diane Dixon: ACA 1 will chip away at critical taxpayer protections in California
California’s legislative supermajority is moving closer to making it easier for local governments to approve bonds and special taxes for affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, and public infrastructure projects, with every Californian footing the bill. The tax burden on small to midsize businesses across the state is onerous enough, and with mounting inflation, the cost of living and doing business is even more difficult.
ACA 1 would lower the threshold on the percentage of votes needed to raise special taxes from the current two-thirds to only 55%. Proposition 13 mandates a two-thirds vote requirement for all special taxes, but ACA 1 would wipe out that protection for nearly all local taxes because the category of “infrastructure” covers almost anything.
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