Tax,
Government
Jul. 2, 2020
Voter-initiated tax measures need only simple majority
Potentially reshaping how local governments impose new taxes, the 1st District Court of Appeal confirmed citizen-proposed tax measures do not need a super majority to pass, unlike those brought by government officials.
San Francisco officials properly allowed a 2018 ballot measure that raised business taxes for homelessness services to pass with a simple majority since it was proposed by voters, a state appellate court ruled.
Potentially reshaping how local governments impose new taxes, the 1st District Court of Appeal confirmed on Tuesday the city's position that citizen-proposed tax measures do not need a supermajority to pass, unlike those bro...
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