Election Results

Voters Approve 36 Local Tax Increases, With Six Too Close to Call

June 10, 2022

Californians approved 36 local tax increases and rejected 14 in June 7 elections, according to preliminary results, and another six remain too close to call. The approved measures include nearly $1 billion in new general obligation and school bond indebtedness that will be repaid through property tax increases, and an additional $91 million in new direct taxes. Click here for CalTax’s detailed list of the local tax measures. Noteworthy measures include: Parcel Tax Repealed in San Bernardino. Voters in San…

Final Results Show 197 Local Taxes and Bonds Passed in November

December 18, 2020

Election Results, Elections, Local Taxes

With results now certified in the record-turnout November election, 197 of 260 local tax and bond measures were approved, and the only tax repeal measures on the ballot both failed. The approved measures will create $13.2 billion in new general obligation and school facility bonds that will be repaid via property tax increases in the jurisdictions where they were approved, and a minimum of $1.5 billion in other annual tax increases. The bonds include Measure RR, a $7 billion school…

Continuing Their Record of Rejecting Split-Roll Measures, Voters Defeat Proposition 15

November 13, 2020

Election Results, Elections, Proposition 15, Split-Roll Initiative, Split-Roll Property Tax

California voters have rejected Proposition 15, the split-roll initiative that proposed the largest property tax increase in state history, with 51.9 percent of the voters in opposition. This marks the third time since 1978 that Californians elected to apply the same property tax rate to all types of real property, following Proposition 8 of June 1978 (on the same ballot that featured Proposition 13) and Proposition 167 of 1992. “It’s time for proponents of property tax increases to accept that…

Split-Roll Initiative Trailing With Many Votes Left to Count

November 6, 2020

Election Results, Elections, Statewide Measures

California voters may have rejected Proposition 15, the split-roll initiative that proposed the largest property tax increase in state history, but the preliminary results are very close and could change as remaining votes are counted. With more than 12.4 million votes counted and reported as of this morning, Proposition 15 had 48.3 percent of the voters in support and 51.7 percent opposed – a difference of 426,663 votes. Since the initial vote count was released on election night, the “no”…