2012 California Proposition 31

Proposition 31

November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
Two-Year State Budget Cycle Initiative
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 4,642,088 39.48% No 7,115,166 60.52% Valid votes 11,757,254 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 11,757,254 100.00%
No   60-70%   50-60%
[1]

The 2012 California Proposition 31 was officially titled "State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." It was a California ballot measure in the November 2012 California elections. The initiative would have established a two-year state budget, allowed the governor to make budget cuts in fiscal emergencies, prevented the state state legislature from spending more than $25 million without creating spending cuts or other budget offsets, and allowed local governments the ability to transfer certain amounts of property taxes among themselves instead of the state. ^{[2] [3]} Although the law was supported by the California Republican Party, multiple conservative groups came out against proposition 31, including members of the Tea Party movement who viewed the law as a way to undermine property rights. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Analysis

If Proposition 31 had passed, it was estimated that the state government would have suffered a loss of $200 million, as these funds would have been transferred to local governments. ^[7]

Editorial endorsements

Newspaper	Position
Bay Area Reporter [8]	Oppose
Fresno Bee [9]	Support
Los Angeles Daily News [10]	Support
Los Angeles Times [11]	Oppose
Modesto Bee [12]	Support
Orange County Register [13]	Oppose
Sacramento Bee [14]	Oppose
San Diego Union-Tribune [15]	Support
San Francisco Bay Guardian [16]	Oppose
San Francisco Chronicle [17]	Support
San Jose Mercury News [18]	Support
Ventura County Star [19]	Oppose

References

1. "Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
2. "TEXT OF PROPOSED LAWS: Proposition 31" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
3. "Proposition 31 Title and Summary | Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State". vigarchive.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
4. Schmitt, Kevin (2014). "Turf Wars: Territoriality and the Allocation of Sales and Use Taxes in California" . SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2390418. ISSN   1556-5068.
5. Greene, Robert (2012-09-14). "Is Proposition 31 really a U.N. conspiracy?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
6. "California's Prop. 31: The Revolution Will Not Be Publicized". National Review. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
7. "Proposition 31 Analysis | Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State". vigarchive.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
8. Bay Area Reporter
9. Fresno Bee
10. Los Angeles Daily News
11. Los Angeles Times
12. Modesto Bee
13. Orange County Register
14. Sacramento Bee
15. San Diego Union-Tribune
16. San Francisco Bay Guardian
17. San Francisco Chronicle
18. San Jose Mercury News
19. Ventura County Star