Proposition 43 would require a two-thirds vote to pass local taxes that fund specific services, a threshold that would have blocked Los Angeles' mansion tax, approved by 58% of city voters, and a half-cent sales tax backed by 62% of Sonoma County voters. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which helped place it on the ballot, says the measure would apply the same standard to government and citizen groups and make it harder to tax Californians. Local officials, labor unions and affordable-housing advocates oppose it, arguing it would hamper funding for firefighting, education and healthcare and allow "minority rule." The measure grew out of the fight over Los Angeles' mansion tax and is a narrower compromise that does not apply retroactively. Supporters have raised almost $15 million, while opponents have collected $6 million.
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