More than 80 cities and the association representing California counties join Cal Cities; public safety, labor, and infrastructure advocates; and a growing number of special districts in a fight against the California Business Roundtable initiative that would give corporations major new loopholes to avoid paying their fair share ContactKayla Sherwood, League of California Cities, (530)…
After having defeated the similarly intentioned Proposition 90 in 2006, local governments were again faced with a measure that would have greatly restricted land use control at the local level.
Background In the years following the passage of Prop 1A, the State Legislature began funneling local tax dollars away from their intended sources and towards state coffers. In 2009, the California State Legislature raided about $5 billion from city, county, transit, redevelopment and special district funds. It was clear that another measure was needed to…
Prop 1A Commercial Background Following years of state raids on local revenue streams, cities, counties, special districts and numerous local government coalition members set out to protect these funds and strengthen local control. Proposition 1A was placed on the ballot as a way to keep local revenues at the local level as they were…
