California Supreme Court,
Government,
Tax
Jul. 1, 2024
California Supreme Court strikes wide-reaching tax reform initiative from November 2024 ballot
The California State Legislature and the Office of the Governor successfully challenged a ballot initiative that would have imposed substantial barriers to State and local governments’ ability to raise taxes and fees. The California Supreme Court ruled that the Act would have fundamentally restructured the most basic of governmental powers and stripped the Legislature of the authority to raise revenues.
Lutfi Kharuf
Partner, Best Best & Krieger LLP
Lutfi practices in the firm's Special Districts and Public Finance groups. He works with clients on compliance with Propositions 218 and 26, rate setting and issuing bonds.
In January of 2022, a business-oriented interest group sponsored an initiative that the authors called the “Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act” (“Act”), and submitted it to the Attorney General for the purpose of submitting the Act to the voters at the November 2024 election. In essence, the Act would add substantial barriers that State and local governments must overcome when adopting or increasing fees, assessments, and taxes, and would also make...
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