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Politicians and special interests have imposed more than 2,000 new local tax increases in just the past ten years
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Vetted · Oct 3, 2026
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Entry 9, published Oct 3, 2026. Each entry includes the fingerprint of the one before it, so no earlier entry can change unnoticed.
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- Entry 9 · Oct 3, 2026 · current4afcfb13f2e02643294ed7dc2ca4bad03cab8748d8e6c8ee075979562c2d2007
- Entry 2 · Oct 3, 2026 · replaced on Oct 3, 2026ac5b1202800b5446ab14dda36f13526040f3a00bc6d70bc75197f1b980e1d91c
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Call: Can’t verify
The guide does not document the count. Local tax and bond measure results compiled by CaliforniaCityFinance.com cover local tax and bond measures, including school bonds and measures placed on the ballot by local governments, one election at a time: 355 of 430 passed in November 2016, 313 of 386 in November 2018, and 208 of 302 in November 2022. They do not give a ten-year total and do not separate tax increases from bonds. No source for a total of more than 2,000 was found. "Imposed" by "politicians and special interests" is the argument's characterization.
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cannot-verify- Author id:
sourcer:ca-2026-measures- Checker id:
checker-judgments-ca-2026- Owner key id:
SHA256:h82SrxLU1wYr+jpy4Vl9/9iQlAO+HQX1umVBdhy/Ss0
Vetted · Oct 3, 2026
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