Tax,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Jun. 20, 2024
California Supreme Court removes anti-tax initiative from ballot
The ruling is a very unusual, though not unprecedented, example of the state Supreme Court removing an initiative from the ballot before voters can weigh in. The initiative, known as TPA, would have mandated voter approval of state proposals that raise taxes.
In a rare move, a unanimous state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a major anti-tax initiative removed from the November ballot after the court concluded it was a revision of the state Constitution.
"The changes proposed by the [Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act] are within the electorate's prerogative to enact, but because those changes would substantially alter our basic plan of government, the proposal cannot be enacted by initiative," Justic...
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