No on Proposition 5

Proposition 5 makes it easier to raise taxes.

It gets around Proposition 13!

Vote NO on PROPOSITION 5.

STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS

Newspaper editorial boards across California say “No on 5”, including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union-Tribune, Orange County Register, Riverside Press Enterprise, Mercury News, East Bay Times, Marin Independent Journal, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and San Mateo Daily Journal.

Endorsement: Prop 5 contains a gross and unacceptable deal on where communities can build affordable housing. Vote no

Endorsement: No on Prop. 5, which rewards state’s broken status quo

Endorsement: No on Proposition 5, a path to higher property taxes and more wasteful spending

Editorial: California should end deceitful bond elections before lowering vote threshold

PD Editorial: No on Prop. 5, debt needs guardrails

Daily Journal endorsements for the San Mateo County November election

Endorsement: No on Proposition 5, a path to higher property taxes and more wasteful spending

LOCAL MEASURES

LATEST NEWS:

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Los Angeles Daily News: Tax hikes on the November ballot will make California an even more expensive place to live

When Californians vote in the November 5 election, they might get sticker shock when they find out local governments are asking them to approve $3.2 billion in new tax increases…
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San Diego Union Tribune: No on Proposition 5. Property tax hikes make affordability worse, not better.

The biggest problem facing Californians right now is that everything costs too much — and Proposition 5 would make things even worse. Proposition 5 would make it easier for cities,…
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San Diego Union Tribune: Project labor agreements are just costly union schemes

What is a project labor agreement, and why are public officials in California so fond of them? For example, take Proposition 2. This statewide measure is a $10 billion bond…
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OCRegister: Vote No on Proposition 2: Let’s not go deeper in debt for a broken system

Proposition 2 would put California $10 billion deeper into debt without reforming its broken system of funding school facilities. Consider that proponents of Proposition 2 say the state must borrow…
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San Diego Union Tribune: No on Proposition 4. Too much debt and not enough accountability.

What’s worse than reckless spending of your tax dollars? Reckless spending of your tax dollars on a credit card. Proposition 4 would rack up another $10 billion of state debt to…
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San Diego Union Tribune: Endorsement: No on Prop. 5, which rewards state’s broken status quo

A key selling point for Proposition 5 on the Nov. 5 California ballot is that it defends democracy. By lowering the constitutional threshold to pass local bond measures from two-thirds to 55…