California voters face 14 ballot measures—from wealth taxes to housing bonds—this November
California voters will decide on 14 statewide ballot measures in November, including a one-time 5% wealth tax on about 200 billionaires to fund healthcare and education, paired with anti-tax spending audits and personal-property tax countermeasures; other proposals include a permanent high-earner income tax, a higher threshold for local special taxes, an $11.25 billion affordable-housing bond, a $25 billion homebuyer loan program, expansion of the rainy-day fund, faster environmental reviews for housing and infrastructure, a voter-ID requirement, public campaign financing, recall-election reform, clinic funding rules, and an $8.4 billion immunology research bond. A few high-profile measures were withdrawn after deals with lawmakers or groups.
