California state Proposition 1 may promise affordable housing, but there is little chance it will deliver. sandiegouniontribune.com/202… Proposition 1 would add roughly $580 million per year in General Fund debt service for about 30 years — some $17.4 billion in principal and interest on the $10 billion general obligation portion — at a time when the state faces a persistent multibillion-dollar structural deficit, and general obligation debt is a first-priority claim on the General Fund that must be paid regardless of how the funded programs perform. sdtaxpayers.org/policy-repor… Vote NO Proposition 1.

If Prop 40 (the Billionaire Tax) is "approved by voters in November, it’s unclear how much money the ballot initiative would raise, how quickly the funding would become available, and how lawmakers would spend it." timesofsandiego.com/politics… SD Taxpayers has read the fine print and is not impressed with what it found. The tax would create unresolved valuation and legal questions could delay or reduce what the measure actually collects. Vote NO on Prop 40. sdtaxpayers.org/policy-repor…

"Proposition 43 would make it harder to raise local taxes, such as sales taxes, by restoring an important taxpayer protection that voters overwhelmingly approved in 1978 with the passage of Proposition 13. In a series of court decisions beginning nine years ago, Proposition 13’s requirement for a two-thirds vote for local special taxes was effectively eradicated." sandiegouniontribune.com/202… The measure is also support by SD Taxpayers. sdtaxpayers.org/policy-repor…