Note: this post will be periodically updated! (10/07/2026)
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- PROPOSITIONS: TLDR * Prop. 1 * Prop. 2 * Prop. 3 * Prop. 4 * Prop. 5 * Prop. 37 * Prop. 38 * Prop. 39 * Prop. 40 * Prop. 41 * Prop. 42 * Prop. 43 * Prop. 44 * Prop. 45
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Protect your vote and majority rule!
What’s the Background? California’s Constitution lets local governments raise taxes only with local voter approval. A local tax dedicated to a specific purpose – a special tax – normally needs a two-thirds vote. But in its 2017 ruling in California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland, the California Supreme Court held that the two-thirds rule DOES NOT apply when voters themselves put a special tax on the ballot by gathering signatures Those citizen-proposed measures pass with a simple majority. Proposition 43 would erase that distinction
How did this get on the ballot? Not by citizen signatures. Proposition 43 is Assembly Constitutional Amendment 22, which the Legislature placed on the ballot in June 2026 as an eleventh-hour deal with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – Jarvis agreed to pull an even more damaging initiative in exchange. Even its own author, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) opposes it, and says she wrote it only to get the more dangerous measure off the ballot in time. No one is arguing that Proposition 43 is good policy. Special Interests want to control how and when we spend our money. They are not interested in improving the quality of life in our communities. They ARE interested in keeping money in their own pockets.
What would Proposition 43 do?
- Raise the bar on citizen-proposed local special taxes from a simple majority (over 50%) to a two-thirds vote, beginning January 1, 2027.
- Put the losing side in charge: a measure backed by 66% of voters – nearly two out of three – would be defeated by the 34% who voted no.
- Make big money far more powerful: opponents would no longer need a majority, only one-third of the vote plus one – a much cheaper target to buy.
- Make it harder to fund police and fire protection, road repairs, school staffing, and local hospitals and clinics – just as federal cuts to health care and other essential funding squeeze California hardest.
- Bar local governments – and voters using the initiative – from imposing any new tax based on the assessed value of real property, apart from those the Constitution already allows.
| Myths | Facts |
| Proposition 43 restores protections originally approved under Proposition 13. | This is a scare tactic meant to make voters think Proposition 43 protects their property taxes. It does not – taxes on the value of real property are a separate category from special taxes. Prop 43 does not change Prop 13 or your current property tax bill. It raises the approval threshold for certain local taxes and applies only to future measures. What it does do is take away your right to settle these questions by majority vote. |
| Proposition 43 lowers taxes and affirms your right to vote on local taxes. | Proposition 43 DOES NOT cut taxes. It DOES limit the power of your vote. You already have the right to vote on every new or higher local tax. Proposition 43 simply raises the bar – letting 34% of voters veto what 66% of their neighbors want. |
| Proposition 43 is a new requirement for governments to spend tax revenue for the specific purpose voters approved. | This is NOT a new requirement – it already existed. Special taxes are already legally restricted to the purpose voters approved – that is what makes them “special” taxes. Prop 43 adds no new spending safeguard at all. The only thing it changes is how many votes it takes to approve one. |
Opposed by: the California Democratic Party, California Professional Firefighters, California Federation of Teachers, California School Employees Association, Communities for a Better Environment, AAPI Force, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, Nurses Alliance of SEIU California, and Sierra Business Council
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| NO on 43 Additional supporters | |
| Newspapers Sacramento Bee Santa Rosa Press Democrat Modesto Bee Merced Sun-Star Fresno Bee San Luis Obispo Tribune Labor Unions AFSCME California People AFSCME Council 57 Alameda Labor Council Berkeley Federation of Teachers California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO California Federation of Teachers California Nurses Association California Professional Firefighters California School Employees Association California Teachers Association IBEW Local 11 IFPTE Local 21 International Union of Operating Engineers Los Angeles Black Worker Center National Union of Healthcare Workers North Bay Labor Council Nurses Alliance of SEIU California Oakland Education Association Operating Engineers Local 3 Orange County Labor Federation, AFL-CIO SEIU California State Council SMART Local 23 SMART Transportation Division State Building & Construction Trades Council of California United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) Working Partnerships USA Business, Nonprofits & Philanthropy California Association of Nonprofits California Community Foundation Liberty Hill Foundation San Francisco Foundation Sierra Business Council Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits Civic & Advocacy Organizations Americans for Democratic Action, Southern California Chapter Atheists United Bay Rising Action California Calls California Poor People’s Campaign Churches Council IMPACT Courage California Evolve California Indivisible CA: State Strong Indivisible Marin Indivisible San Francisco Indivisible Stanislaus Indivisible Ventura Kings Canyon Indivisible KIWA Action Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) Media Alliance Oakland Rising Action Our City SF OC Action PICO California Action Fund SPUR Community Organizations ACCE Action Buen Vecino Canal Alliance Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) Central Valley Empowerment Alliance Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice Colectivo Poder Comunitario Community Power Collective End Poverty in California (EPIC) Food Empowerment Project Gente Organizada InnerCity Struggle Khmer Girls in Action Los Angeles/Hollywood Beautification Team LA Forward Long Beach Forward Mar Vista Voice Our Future Los Angeles PowerSwitch Action San Francisco SafeHouse Senior and Disability Action SOMOS Mayfair Starting Over Strong Strategic Actions for a Just Economy Unidos 805 Valley Forward VietRISE Environment & Climate 350 Bay Area Action Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action Californians Against Waste California Environmental Justice Alliance Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund Clean Water Action Climate Resolve Communities for a Better Environment Greenbelt Alliance LA Waterkeeper San Diego 350 Save the Bay Action Fund Sunrise Movement Los Angeles Party Organizations Alameda County Democratic Party California Young Democrats Clovis Democratic Club Contra Costa Young Democrats Democratic Party of Orange County Harvey Milk Democratic Club Lassen County Democratic Central Committee National Women’s Political Caucus of California Potrero Hill Democratic Club San Bernardino County Democratic Party San Diego County Democratic Party Santa Clara County Democratic Party Santa Monica Democratic Club South Lake Tahoe Democratic Club Stanislaus County Democratic Party Healthcare Health Access California Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California St. John’s Community Health | Affordable Housing Advocates Affordable Housing NOW – Santa Cruz County All Home Bonnewit Development Services Bring California Home Coalition California Coalition for Rural Housing California Housing Partnership Call Marin Home Campbell YIMBY Chinatown Community Development Center Coalition on Homelessness Community Economics Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) Council of Community Housing Organizations East Bay Housing Organizations East Bay YIMBY East LA Community Corporation Enterprise Community Partners Esperanza Community Housing Generation Housing Grow the Richmond Homes for All – California Housing California Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County Housing Now! Housing Santa Cruz County Housing Trust Silicon Valley Inner City Law Center Keep LA Housed Coalition LiBRE, Long Beach Residents Empowered Lift to Rise Little Tokyo Service Center Low Income Investment Fund Marin YIMBY MidPen Housing Corporation Mountain View YIMBY Napa-Solano for Everyone Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California Northern Neighbors Palo Alto Forward Peninsula for Everyone Resources for Community Development San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund San Francisco Housing Development Corporation San Francisco YIMBY San Jose YIMBY San Leandro Housing Platform San Mateo Forward Santa Cruz YIMBY Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights Santa Rosa YIMBY Silicon Valley @Home Action Fund SLOCo YIMBY South Bay YIMBY Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing Tenants Together Tenants United Anaheim The Home Team Santa Barbara County The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco United to House LA Venice Community Housing Corporation Ventura County YIMBY Yes In Redwood City YIMBY Los Angeles YIMBY Monterey Peninsula YIMBY Oceanside Yolo YIMBY Civil Rights & Racial Justice AAPIs for Civic Empowerment (AAPI ForCE) ACLU California Action ACLU of Southern California Black Organizing Project California Black Power Network California Immigrant Policy Center California Native Vote Project Catalyst California Chinese for Affirmative Action Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Equality California Hmong Innovating Politics Latino Equality Alliance Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability League of Women Voters of California NAACP CA/HI State Conference Public Advocates Public Counsel Urban Habitat Education, Children & Youth Children Now Children’s Funding Project Freedom Writers Collaborative Funding the Next Generation Parent Voices California Parent Voices Oakland Parent Voices Power San Francisco Education Alliance The Health Trust Land Trusts Artist Space Trust Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust California Community Land Trust Network Mountain View Community Land Trust San Francisco Community Land Trust South Bay Community Land Trust Tierras Indígenas Community Land Trust T.R.U.S.T. South LA Public Safety & Local Governments Association of California Water Agencies California League of Cities California Park & Recreation Society California Police Chiefs Association California Special Districts Association California State Association of Counties County Welfare Directors Association of California South Bay Cities Council of Governments Transit, Transportation & Infrastructure ACT-LA California Alliance for Jobs California Bicycle Coalition California Transit Association Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities Move LA Rebuild California Rebuild SoCal Partnership Transportation California |
DONOR INFORMATION – “N0” ON PROP. 43
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DONOR INFORMATION – “YES” ON PROP. 43
