The measure would have required voters to approve any tax increase passed by the state Legislature, but would also have reversed most tax increases approved since January 2022.
The California Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Gov. Gavin News om and removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, saying the change would have upended the way government works.The measure would have required voters to approve any tax increase passed by the state Legislature. It also would have required all local tax increases to be approved by two-thirds of voters instead of a simple majority vote.
The ballot initiative posed a tricky political question for Newsom, a Democrat now in his second term who is a potential candidate for president. He has opposed many tax increases, and campaigned against new taxes for the rich. But he has also been willing to temporarily increase business taxes to balance the state’s budget, something he’s proposing to do again this year.
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