Proposition 43 — local special-tax threshold

What a YES vote does

YES requires two-thirds voter approval for local special taxes proposed by petition starting in 2027.

Official vote explanation, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.

What a NO vote does

NO keeps majority approval for local special taxes proposed by petition.

Official vote explanation, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.

Cost and money

The official analysis says future local tax revenue could be lower.

The amount depends on future proposals and voter decisions.

Official fiscal analysis, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.

Who put it on the ballot

Legislature, ACA 22 (Wicks); certified June 25, 2026.

Official qualified list, undated, retrieved 2026-10-05; Secretary Shirley Weber's certification release, 2026-06-25. Weber is the certifying official, not the measure's sponsor. June 25 is certification, not a claim that every legislative vote occurred that day.

A rule that matters

Applies to new, increased or extended local special taxes proposed by voters.

The new threshold begins January 1, 2027; it does not raise the approval threshold for County B on the November 2026 ballot.

Official analysis and law, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.

Who is paying

SOS daily chart: Yes $14,861,760.00; No $5,754,393.00. Quick Guide, undated daily snapshot retrieved 2026-10-05. The chart applies election-cycle/allied-transfer adjustments. Committee exports below use their own records and may include later receipts, shared campaigns, intermediary money and nonmonetary support. Differences remain unreconciled; do not add them or treat the chart as a committee balance.

Yes: Yes on Prop 43 - The Local Taxpayer Protection Act, sponsored by homeowners, businesses, and taxpayers, #1484860

$14,182,591.86 in captured itemized receipts. Periodic records through 2026-08-28: $14,151,591.86; added later receipts: $31,000.00. Cal-Access filer #1484860, late receipts, retrieved 2026-10-05.

Captured periodic export; captured late export. Aliases combine only where a contributor ID matches; negative adjustments remain negative. Named affiliated groups may appear separately.

Yes: Yes on Prop. 43, a Project of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

$541,653.26 in captured itemized receipts. Periodic records through 2026-09-19: $536,653.26; added later receipts: $5,000.00. Cal-Access filer #1493012, late receipts, retrieved 2026-10-05.

Captured periodic export; captured late export. Aliases combine only where a contributor ID matches; negative adjustments remain negative. Named affiliated groups may appear separately.

No: No on Prop 43 Stop the Local Taxpayer Deception Act, sponsored by labor organizations, #1492508

$5,233,020.43 in captured itemized receipts. Periodic records through 2026-09-18: $4,164,393.11; added later receipts: $1,068,627.32. Cal-Access filer #1492508, late receipts, retrieved 2026-10-05.

Captured periodic export; captured late export. Aliases combine only where a contributor ID matches; negative adjustments remain negative. Named affiliated groups may appear separately.

No: Communities for an Affordable California, Yes on 3, No on 39 and 43 Sponsored by Million Voters Project Action Fund, #1496598

$1,090,000.00 in captured itemized receipts. Periodic records through 2026-09-16: $200,000.00; added later receipts: $890,000.00. Cal-Access filer #1496598, late receipts, retrieved 2026-10-05.

Only 3 positive donor identities appear in the captured itemized records; no extra names invented.

Shared committee: these are committee-wide receipts across propositions 3, 39, 43. They are not allocated to this proposition, and must not be added again across measure pages.

Captured periodic export; captured late export. Aliases combine only where a contributor ID matches; negative adjustments remain negative. Named affiliated groups may appear separately.

Why: who benefits

Taxpayer and property interests gain blocking power; local service campaigns lose the majority-vote route for special taxes.

Filed committee names and donations document property/business and labor/nonprofit interests on opposing sides.

Official law and analysis, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05; committee/interest declarations and dated receipts above. Endorsement claims are identified as claims in the official arguments. The published arguments are the signers' opinions, not agency-verified findings.

Existing database, checked 2026-10-05: Secretary of State organization #15343; Shirley Weber politician #100 (certification role only). Funder rows above link the recorded find and resolve results, including exact entity IDs. Near matches were not merged; profiles and prior evidence are leads, not proof about this measure. Lookup custody.

Our view — opinion

What remains unknown

Money received after the captured filings, unfiled late receipts, unitemized donor detail, ultimate sources behind intermediaries, and a full reconciliation between SOS adjusted totals and gross committee receipts remain unknown. Donor rankings aggregate captured receipts within a committee; they do not rank ultimate wealth owners. Loans are identified separately where available.