Californians’ ability to fund our schools and community services is under attack.
The legislature in Sacramento just agreed to put a measure on the November ballot that would make it nearly impossible for California communities to raise money for public schools and community services.
This measure would require 2/3 voter approval to raise any new local revenue.
If this measure passes, it will make California the HARDEST place in the country to raise local revenue.
With your help, we can fight against this terrible initiative.
This initiative would undermine education funding for decades to come.
This measure would make it far more difficult for cities to raise revenue for essential services by imposing an excessive 2/3 threshold. If this measure was already enacted, we would have hundreds of millions of dollars less for public services already. This initiative will devastate our local communities.
Who is behind this terrible measure?
1. HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association wants to shield big corporations and the ultra-wealthy from having to pay their fair share in taxes, regardless of the impact on our students and other everyday Californians.
Their motives are clear: they will stop at nothing to disempower California voters’ ability to fund our public services. That’s why we’re fighting back.
2. “REFORM CALIFORNIA'“
This right-wing group has shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars to push extremely harmful Republican ballot measures and candidates. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars opposing Prop. 13 reform in 2020, and are now trying to make California the hardest place to raise local revenue in the country. They are also spending big to push a racist and regressive voter ID measure here in California.
This extreme initiative must be stopped.
With your help we can beat back this attack and take that momentum to reform Prop. 13. Donate today to join the fight for our schools and communities.
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Prop 43: What California voters need to know about special tax rules | NBC 7 San Diego
Our Executive Director, Ben Grieff, spoke with NBC 7 San Diego about why people should vote NO on Prop. 43. Prop. 43 would impose a tyranny of the minority on Californians who want to raise revenue to fund education and public services.
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Prop. 43 would make some local taxes harder to pass. What’s at stake in the Bay Area?
“We need the ability to fund our local services and we need to be able to do that with a simple majority like they do everywhere else,” said Ben Grieff, the executive director of the nonprofit Evolve California that is campaigning against the measure. “We don’t want to have this tyranny of the minority where 34% of the voters can vote down something that 60-plus percent of their neighbors support.”
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A Bay Area lawmaker’s plea: Don’t vote for the state ballot measure she wrote
“It would have essentially outlawed transfer taxes writ large — that’s why this was like a nuclear bomb, essentially,” Wicks said. “So we were trying to minimize that as much as possible. What we ended up with was this more narrow version of a bad initiative.”
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Opinion: Vote No on Prop 43
The same anti-tax groups backing Prop 43 talk a big game about championing everyday Californians who feel squeezed by the cost of living. In reality, they’re trying to slash the services that Californians rely on so corporations can get away without paying their fair share. No on 43.