It’s a battle that never truly ends.
For 45 years – ever since California voters passed the iconic Proposition 13 property tax limit in 1978 – powerful interest groups have fought a running political and legal battle over restrictions on new taxes.
Next year’s ballot will likely include another skirmish in the perennial tax war, a measure sponsored by the California Business Roundtable and anti-tax groups that, if passed, would require any new state or local tax to be approved by voters. For years, it was assumed that the two-thirds vote applied to all special tax measures, but in 2017, a decision by the state Supreme Court, dubbed “Upland” because it dealt with taxing marijuana in that Southern California city, obliquely cast doubt on that assumption.
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