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Most city and county bonds require voter approval in California, needing the support of at least two-thirds of voters to pass. [3] This requirement was put in place by Proposition 13 which was passed in 1978 and reduced property taxes. [4] In 2000, Proposition 39 reduced the supermajority to 55% to approve taxes for local school bonds. [4]
A slight majority (52%) of California likely voters said that they will vote yes on the bond to authorize $10 billion in bonds for repairs, upgrades and construction projects at K-12 schools ...
In this case, the court ruled the ballot measure is a revision because it would take away the Legislature's power to raise taxes — a shift the justices said would “fundamentally rework the ...
The survey also found that 40% of Californians, and 50% of likely voters said that Proposition 13's supermajority requirement for new special taxes has had a good effect on local government services provided to residents, while 20% of both Californians and likely voters said it had a bad effect, and the remainder felt it had no effect. [78]
“It doesn’t take much for a voter to say, ‘Somebody’s trying to fool me. I’m not an expert on this. Naw, I’ll wait until the next time around for something with more clarity.’”
This is a list of Wikipedia articles that are relevant to the topic of nuclear power and nuclear weapons history in the US state of California.The list includes articles about groups that make up the anti-nuclear movement, prominent activists, court cases, a book documenting the state's history, nuclear power stations and the Department of Energy's laboratories in the state.
The 1970s proved to be a pivotal period for the anti-nuclear movement in California. Opposition to nuclear power in California coincided with the growth of the country's environmental movement . Opposition to nuclear power increased when President Richard Nixon called for the construction of 1000 nuclear plants by the year 2000.
California was swimming in money just a few years ago as budget surpluses totaled well over $100 billion through the pandemic. The climate bond alone will cost taxpayers more than $19 billion to ...