The 2012 California Proposition 31 was officially titled "State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." and was a California ballot measure that appeared on the ballot in the November 2012 California elections. The initiative would have established a two-year state budget, allowed the Governor to make budget cuts in fiscal emergencies, would have prevented the state Legislature from spending more than $25 million without creating spending cuts or other budget offsets, and would have allowed local governments the ability to transfer certain amounts of property taxes among themselves instead of the state.[2][3] Although the law was supported by the California Republican Party multiple conservative groups came out against proposition 31 including members of the tea party movement who viewed the law as a way to undermine property rights.[4][5][6]
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Analysis
editIf Proposition 31 had passed it was estimated that the state government would have suffered a loss of $200 million as these funds would have been transferred to local governments.[7]
Editorial endorsements
edit| Newspaper | Position |
|---|---|
| Bay Area Reporter | Oppose |
| Fresno Bee | Support |
| Los Angeles Daily News | Support |
| Los Angeles Times | Oppose |
| Modesto Bee | Support |
| Orange County Register | Oppose |
| Sacramento Bee | Oppose |
| San Diego Union-Tribune | Support |
| San Francisco Bay Guardian | Oppose |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Support |
| San Jose Mercury News | Support |
| Ventura County Star | Oppose |
References
edit- ^ "Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "TEXT OF PROPOSED LAWS: Proposition 31" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
- ^ "Proposition 31 Title and Summary | Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State". vigarchive.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ Schmitt, Kevin (2014). "Turf Wars: Territoriality and the Allocation of Sales and Use Taxes in California". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2390418. ISSN 1556-5068.
- ^ Greene, Robert (2012-09-14). "Is Proposition 31 really a U.N. conspiracy?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "California's Prop. 31: The Revolution Will Not Be Publicized". National Review. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Proposition 31 Analysis | Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State". vigarchive.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-18.