Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2017 - Property taxes are a major revenue source for local governments, raising nearly $60  billion annually. Although the state receives no property tax revenue, property tax collections affect the state ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-011

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2017 - Property taxes are a major revenue source for local governments, raising nearly $60  billion annually. Although the state receives no property tax revenue, property tax collections affect the state ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-012

Use of revenue raised by bonds or taxes approved by the voters. [Ballot]

Nov 17, 2017 - In other cases, state and local governments have more discretion over how to use bond proceeds or tax revenue approved by voters. Proposal Restricts Use of Bond and Tax Revenue. This measure restricts the use of voter-approved bond proceeds and tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-034

Homeowners’ and renters’ tax relief. [Ballot]

Nov 2, 2017 - Homeowners Also Receive a Property Tax Exemption. The State Constitution grants a $7,000 property tax exemption for owner-occupied housing. This exemption reduces a home ’s assessed value by $7,000, typically reducing the homeowner ’s tax payment by about $80  annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-032

Transportation funding, Amendment #1. [Ballot]

Jun 26, 2017 - Tax and Fee Increases. Senate Bill 1 increases two existing excise taxes on gasoline. (The two taxes differ in that one has a fixed rate and the other has a variable rate set annually by the State Board of Equalization to mimic a sales tax on gasoline.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-004

Local Government Control [Ballot]

Sep 15, 2020 - The state and federal government help to subsidize the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing deve lopment through tax credits for developers. The state provided $600  million in 2020-21 for tax credits to encourage the development of affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-002

Increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products and applies the tobacco products excise tax to electronic cigarettes (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2015 - Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Taxes Tobacco products are subject to state and federal excise taxes, and state and local sales and use taxes. In contrast, electronic cigarettes are currently not subject to state and f ederal excise taxes but are subject to state and local sales and use taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-081

Temporary extension of Proposition 30 income tax increases (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2015 - The proposal extends tempo rary personal income tax (income tax) rate increases on high-income taxpayers that were approved as part of Proposition  30 in 2012. Background California ’s State Budget. California state taxes —primarily income taxes —are spent mainly from the state government ’s General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-065

Splitting California into three new U.S. states. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - In summary, differences in incomes and wealth would translate into very different tax bases for the proposed states. Mainly because Bay Area residents in the new Northern Californi a have higher incomes, they pay notably more per person in income, sales, and property taxes under the existing California tax system.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-018

Homeowners and renters tax relief. [Ballot]

Jun 22, 2015 - Background Local Governments in California Levy Taxes on Property Owners. Local governments in California levy taxes on property owners based on a property ’s assessed value, known as ad  valorem property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-028