California Needs More Ways to Fund Transit, Not Fewer. Next

California voters should reject Proposition 43, which would make it significantly harder for voters to approve local taxes for transportation and other public services. Under current law, local governments generally need two-thirds voter approval to pass special taxes. But when residents themselves organize, gather signatures and put a special tax on the ballot through the citizen initiative process, a simple majority is enough. Prop. 43 would change that. Should voters approve 43, citizen-initiated local special taxes would also need two-thirds approval. For Streetsblog readers, this is not a

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