3,895,621 / 37.6% Yes votes ...... 6,461,927 / 62.4% No votes

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• Requires voter approval for any legislation that provides for any reduction, based on January 1, 2003 levels, of local governments' vehicle license fee revenues, sales tax powers and revenues, and proportionate share of local property tax revenues.
• Permits local government to suspend performance of state mandate if state fails to reimburse local government within 180 days of final determination of state-mandated obligation; except mandates requiring local government to provide/modify: any protection, benefit or employment status to employee/retiree, or any procedural/substantive employment right for employee or employee organization.

Meaning of Voting Yes/No

A YES vote of this measure means:

State authority over local government finances would be significantly restricted. In many cases, the state could not change local governmental finances without approval by the voters at a statewide election.

A NO vote of this measure means:

The state could continue to make changes in local government finances without voter approval at a statewide election.

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• Pros & Cons of Proposition 65 - or print all propositions - in PDF
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• Institute of Governmental Studies Library - UC Berkeley - includes an analysis of each proposition and a list of organizations and their recommendations

• Criteria for Evaluating Ballot Propositions

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