There is a constant attack on Proposition 13 and homeowners. The most recent attack is Senate Constitutional Amendment 6 (SCA 6), which would change the state Constitution to make it easy to impose new parcel taxes on homeowners by removing Proposition 13’s two-third vote requirement!
SCA 6 will make it far too easy to impose new local parcel taxes, which are regressive. Without the two-thirds vote protection, twice as many parcel taxes could pass with billions in new taxes paid only by homeowners. It is an anti-homeowner amendment ready to move in the state Senate. It has already been reviewed by several Senate committees and can now head to the Senate floor for a quick vote any day now. The odds are against homeowners, given the Senate has a pro-tax super-majority.
Losing this two-thirds vote protection could cost you, a homeowner, thousands every year. Know Proposition 13’s 1 percent cap does not apply to parcel taxes.
Once again too many politicians think they have a green light to raise taxes and blow more loopholes in Proposition 13. Contact our senator, Bill Monning (D-Carmel), and say, enough!
S. C. Tannler
Morro Bay
This article appears in Apr 5-15, 2018.
SCA 6 which requires approval at the ballot if approved by the Legislature — would set approval threshold for local revenue measures dedicated to transportation projects to be the same as the threshold for school facilities funding measures
SCA 6 would amend the California Constitution to allow cities, counties, and special districts to raise new revenues for transportation projects by meeting 55% of the vote. This would lower the threshold from the current 2/3 (66%) for dedicated taxes and bonds, and place transportation funding measures on the same approval level as school facilities funding measures, which are currently set at 55%.
Under SCA 6, to qualify for the 55% threshold, a funding measure has to be fully dedicated to transportation-related projects and programs.
http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/20170510-senator-wiener%E2%80%99s-measure-set-voter-approval-transportation-funding-measures-55