Labor Leaders Warn Prop 43 Will Impede Local Communities’ Ability to Invest in Public Safety, Healthcare and Infrastructure

SACRAMENTO, CA – The No on Prop 43 campaign announced today a slate of California unions opposing the attempt to undermine voters today.

Proposition 43 is billed as a taxpayer protection measure that would “save” Proposition 13. In reality, it would make it much harder for citizen groups in California to pass tax increases to help pay for critical services such as fire and police protection, flood control, health care facilities and road maintenance.

SACRAMENTO, CA – A new PPIC poll shows Prop. 43 falling far short of mustering a majority of voters, with just 43% of likely November voters in support and 51% opposed three weeks before ballots are mailed to voters. Proposition 43 makes it harder to fund critical, life-saving services like police and fire departments, fix and repair local roads, staff our local schools or backfill federal health care cuts.

Sacramento, CA — Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee to be California’s next Governor, announced today his “no” position on Proposition 43. "As we head into another fire season, communities are doing the work — clearing brush, staffing fire crews, building resilient neighborhoods,” said Sec. Xavier Becerra.

Sometimes things that sound simple are not.  Let’s take Proposition 43. Buried in the list of ballot questions this November that could shape our tax code and California’s progress is an effort to strike a blow to the most fundamental democratic principle which guides our local governments’ decisions: majority rule.