✅Allow voters to approve or reject all state and local taxes
✅Improve accountability & transparency for government spending
✅Stop taxes hidden as fees
Add your name to the 1.6 million voters who put the Taxpayer Protection Act on the ballot.
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California has the highest income, gas, sales taxes & highest cost of living in the nation.
It’s time to give individuals and families more control over their financial future and the final say over new state and local taxes.
Vote yes on the #TaxpayerProtectionAct.
“As individuals who have served our nation and are deeply committed to protecting democratic principles, we strongly support the Taxpayer Protection Act.”
Read more about why veterans support our measure 👇
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“The lawsuit by Gov. Gavin Newsom … calls for the nearly unprecedented step of using the courts to deny voters their constitutional right to vote on this duly qualified initiative.”
@joncoupal says blocking TPA from the ballot is all about politics.
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"And why are [Californians] leaving? Mainly because of California’s high cost of living, particularly housing. That’s the biggest reason movers cite."
Passing the Taxpayer Protection Act is critical for helping rein in the rising cost of living.
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The @LADailyNews says the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act is the best way to “reduce the power of an out-of-control governor and Legislature”.
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“We still have some of the worst roads in the nation, schools are leaving too many students behind and community services are stretched thin.
The Taxpayer Protection Act seeks to change this narrative by increasing government accountability.”
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California’s current political environment and high cost of living are setting the stage for the passage of the Taxpayer Protection Act—and potentially leading to a wave of taxpayer protection efforts across America.
Read more from the @WSJ
“The Taxpayer Protection Act will not prevent all future tax increases but will instead require that elected leaders present a full accounting to their constituents before they increase taxes.”
@OCTaxpayers explains how TPA will increase accountability.
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Despite a huge increase in spending on homelessness and a lack of results, @Susan_Shelley predicts special interests in LA will try to use a loophole that makes it easier to pass new taxes—an issue the Taxpayer Protection Act will address.
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“Why would an elected official want to shut the door on our ability to have a say in our government and our tax money?
So, what is the Governor so afraid of? The Taxpayer Protection Act states that politicians must use our tax money for what they said.
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The @WSJ’s @DanHenninger explains why the Taxpayer Protection Act is so popular.
“The original Prop 13 came to life not because its advocates opposed taxes for public services but because the state’s liberal political class, including public unions, was incapable of restraint.”
“By empowering voters to have more say over their money, the Taxpayer Protection Act will help California have a fairer tax system.”
Read more on why the #TaxpayerProtectionAct
is supported by diverse organizations from across CA.
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“[TPA] does impose both enhanced voter approval requirements for fee and tax increases as well as robust accountability and transparency provisions. And yet…the [League of Cities], once again, is predicting End Times disasters.”
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“It takes some doing to go from a $100 billion budget surplus two years ago to a $73 billion deficit today. But California policymakers did it, & now they are scrambling to figure out what to do.”
Read why a lack of accountability is driving CA’s deficit.
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Social justice, senior, diversity-focused and consumer organizations announced their support for the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act, adding to the broad, bipartisan coalition backing the popular initiative.
#TaxpayerProtectionAct
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California spent about $20 billion on homelessness over the past 5 years—about $162,000 per unsheltered person.
Despite that, the unsheltered homelessness population increased by more than 50,000 people.
It’s time for better accountability.