California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces that a Proposed Initiative has Entered Circulation
Limits
Ability of Voters to Enact One-Time or Temporary State Taxes to Raise
Revenues for State Services. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
Sacramento, Calif. – California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., announced that the proponent of a new initiative was cleared to begin collecting petition signatures on February 11, 2026.
The
Attorney General prepares the legal title and summary that is required
to appear on initiative petitions. When the official language is
complete, the Attorney General forwards it to the proponent(s) and to
the Secretary of State, and the initiative may be circulated for
signatures. The Secretary of State then provides a calendar of
deadlines to the proponent(s) and to county elections officials. The
Attorney General’s official title and summary for the measure is as
follows: LIMITS
ABILITY OF VOTERS TO ENACT ONE-TIME OR TEMPORARY STATE TAXES TO RAISE
REVENUES FOR STATE SERVICES. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Limits
voters’ ability to approve one-time or temporary state taxes that are
(1) imposed for three years or less, or (2) authorized to be collected
or paid across six years or less, by raising the vote approval
threshold requirement for such ballot measures from a simple
majority (over 50%) to two-thirds vote. Applies to statewide
initiatives submitted to voters on or after January 1, 2026, including
initiatives that appear on the same ballot as this measure. Summary of
estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal
impact on state and local governments: Some chance that state revenues will be lower in the future. (25-0037A1.) The Secretary of State’s tracking number for this measure is 2014 and the Attorney General's tracking number is 25-0037A1. The
proponent of the measure, Kurt R. Oneto, must collect signatures of
874,641 registered voters (eight percent of the total votes cast for
governor in the November 2022 general election) in order for the
measure to become eligible for the ballot. The proponent has 180 days
to circulate petitions for the measure, meaning
the signatures must be submitted to county elections officials no later
than August 10, 2026. The proponent may be contacted at
koneto@nmgovlaw.com and (916) 446-6752.
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