Tilting California voters toward raising local taxes often involves tricks, manipulation
Tasheena Braxton records her son Xavier Braxton, 19, as he drops off his ballot for the first time on Super Tuesday in San Francisco on Marc
Tasheena Braxton records her son Xavier Braxton, 19, as he drops off his ballot for the first time on Super Tuesday in San Francisco on March 5, 2024. Photo by Juliana Yamada for CalMatters California’s Nov.
3 ballot contains 14 statewide ballot measures and five of them pertain to taxes, including the much-debated Proposition 40, which would tax the wealth of the state’s billionaires. Meanwhile, local ballots are also heavily loaded with measures that would either raise taxes to benefit school districts or local governments or authorize the issuance of bonds that require new taxes to repay.
First reported by CalMatters.
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