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%
Results by county
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The 2012 California Proposition 31 was officially titled "State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." and was a California ballot measure that appeared on the ballot 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, would have prevented the state Legislature from spending more than $25 million without creating spending cuts or other budget offsets, and would have 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]

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