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Proposition 1A
Protection of Local Government Revenues
Should local property tax and sales tax revenues remain with local government thereby safeguarding funding for public safety, health, libraries, parks, and other local services? Provisions can only be suspended if the Governor declares a fiscal necessity and two-thirds of the Legislature concur.
- Official Summary, Pros & Cons
- Other Resources : Organizations , Articles, Reports, Links
- UU Commentaries
- Other California Ballot Propositions
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Official Summary and Arguments
Ensures local property tax and sales tax revenues remain with local government thereby safeguarding funding for public safety, health, libraries, parks, and other local services. Provisions can only be suspended if the Governor declares a fiscal necessity and two-thirds of the Legislature concur. Fiscal impact: Higher local government revenues than otherwise would have been the case, possibly in the billions of dollars annually over time. Any such local revenue impacts would result in decreased resources to the state of similar amounts.
Official
Voter Information Guide (pdf)
Source: California Secretary of State / Elections and Voter Information
Campaign
Finance Information
Source: California Secretary of State / Cal-Access
Related Proposition
A YES vote on this measure means:
State authority over local government finances would be significantly restricted.
A NO vote on this measure means:
The state's current authority over local government finances would not be affected.
Arguments FOR Proposition 1A
Prop. 1A is a historic, bipartisan agreement that prevents the state from taking and using local tax dollars, which local governments use for fire and paramedic response, law enforcement, health care, and other vital services. Join Governor Schwarzenegger, firefighters, law enforcement. Protect local taxpayers and public safety. Yes on 1A.
Arguments AGAINST Proposition 1A
Proposition 1A gives local politicians a spending guarantee without fiscal oversight. It allows the state to permanently raid the property taxes of school districts, but not the property taxes of cities and counties. It locks in the local sales tax rate in the Constitution, preventing the Legislature from ever lowering it.
For Proposition 1A
Yes on 1A: Californians to Protect Local Taxpayers and Public Safety
Against Proposition 1A
Carole Migden, Chairwoman, State Board of Equalization
601 Van Ness Ave., #E3-611, San Francisco, CA 94162
(415) 557-3000
Nonpartisan Background and Analysis
Institute
of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
League
of Women Voters
California
Budget Project (184K PDF download)
Selected Articles, Editorials, Opinions, Reports
Core
details of the budget agreement and Proposition 1A
League of California Cities
Schwarzenegger
vows support for local governments, ballot measure
San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2004
Cities
seek guarantee on funding
San Bernardino County Sun, September 14, 2004
County
money problems date back 3 to 4 decades
Modesto Bee, August 29, 2004, as posted by NewsBank
Proposition
1A: protecting local taxpayers and vital local services
Association of California Water Agencies, August 2004
Last updated on October 8, 2004
"The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from
without. It has to come from within."
—Mohandas K. Gandhi
UU Commentaries
For Proposition 1A
Against Proposition 1A
SUPPORTERS SAY Proposition 1A provides stability for future funding of local services, and increases fiscal accountability by keeping the spending of tax dollars under local control.
OPPONENTS SAY 1A will make it harder for state government to provide critical services and address its ongoing budget deficit.
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