The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act has made the ballot. This measure will require a 2/3’s vote for any new taxes, and even better – it will overturn measures that have been passed with less than 2/3’s approval, like Chico sales tax increase Measure H. Read more about it at https://taxpayerprotection.com/
But there is a group of California legislators who are determined to make it easier to raise taxes than stop them – (Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Berman, and Lee), (Coauthors: Assembly Members Robert Rivas, Ortega, and Rendon),(Coauthors: Senators Durazo and Wiener). These people have participated in legislation to lower the voter threshold for everything from sales tax measures to new housing taxes. They have also made determined attacks on Proposition 13.
Now they’ve authored an amendment to the state constitution that would require two-thirds voter approval for measures that increase the voter threshold. What? Yes, they’ve made it possible for tax measures to pass with a 50+1 simple majority, but the want require the taxpayers to come up with 2/3 majority to protect themselves – “the Majority Vote Protection Act”.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA13
This measure would further provide that an initiative measure that includes one or more provisions that would amend the Constitution to increase the voter approval requirement to adopt any state or local measure would be approved by the voters only if the proportion of votes cast in favor of the initiative measure is equal to or greater than the highest voter approval requirement that the initiative measure would impose.
These people are desperate for taxes to save a failing state economy, and their jobs and fat benefits. They are tax junkies, and they’re hooked bad on the stuff. The measure passed a hearing of the Assembly Elections Committee August 23 on a 5-2 vote. Here’s a pro-piece from the California Special Districts Association, aka, Tax Hungry Motherfuckers
“The CSDA-supported measure would require initiatives seeking to raise voter thresholds to meet the same threshold they seek to impose on others.” Wow, we’re “imposing” our constitutional rights on our government – that’s how they look at it. We’re the enemy as far as our government is concerned, and they are most certainly out to strip our rights to protect ourselves.
Do what you can to support the TPGAA – tell your friends, and explain it to them. If they don’t like to talk politics, maybe you should get some other friends.
Chico Taxpayers Association 