2005 Initiative Analysis:Taxpayer Protection Act of 2006

Background Information State Taxes and Fees Taxes. The State Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature for measures that result in net aggregate increases in revenues from imposing new taxes or chan ging existing taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050596.htm

Californians and the Marriage Penalty

This approach was embodied in the Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 1999 (H.R. 6, Weller, et al.) and the Marriage Tax Penalty Act of 1999 (S. 12, Hutchison), and i n part was incorporated in the Tax Reform Act of 1999the tax relief measure which Congress recently passed, but was vetoed.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/121699_marriage_penalty.html

^[PDF] Taxpayer Protection Act of 2006

BACKGROUND INFORMATION State Taxes and Fees Taxes. The State Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature for measures that result in net aggregate increases in revenues from imposing new taxes or changing existing taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050540.pdf

^[PDF] Taxpayer Protection Act of 2006

BACKGROUND INFORMATION State Taxes and Fees Taxes. The State Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature for measures that result in net aggregate increases in revenues from imposing new taxes or changing existing taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050596.pdf

2010 Initiative Analysis: The McCauley Pension Recovery Act

We discuss the impact of the proposed income tax surcharge and the excise tax separately below. Income Tax Surcharge The FTB estimates that the income tax surcharge would generate roughly $5  billion per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100155.aspx

2010 Initiative Analysis: The McCauley Pension Recovery Act (version 2)

We discuss the impact of the proposed income tax surcharge and the excise tax separately below. Income Tax Surcharge The FTB estimates that the income tax surcharge would generate roughly $15  billion per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100325.aspx

^[PDF] The 2011-12 Budget: Achieving General Fund Relief from Transportation Funds

This means that if the Legislature does not reenact the tax provisions of the tax swap with a two-thirds vote, they would be repealed November 3, 2011. Absent legislative action to reenact the tax swap, the state would most likely return to taxing fuels the way it did prior to the swap legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2011/transportation/tax_swap_012511.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1998 Perspectives and Issues: Perspectives on State Revenues

The budget also proposes permanent elimination of the renters’ tax credit, although we view this not as a tax program per se, but rather akin to an expenditure program which uses the tax structure as a conve- nient means of disbursing its benefits.)
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/pdfs_pandi98/part3_revenues_pandi98.pdf

^[PDF] The McCauley Pension Recovery Act

We discuss the impact of the proposed income tax surcharge and the excise tax separately below. Income Tax Surcharge The FTB estimates that the income tax surcharge would generate roughly $15 billion per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100325.pdf

Proposition 1A: Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act.

This measure would increase excise taxes on cigarettes and use these revenues to fund various health research and tobacco-related programs. Background Tobacco Taxes Existing Tax Rate. Current state law imposes excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090689.aspx