Local governments have imposed over 2,000 new or higher taxes in the past decade, including higher sales, property and utility taxes—using the loopholes courts created in Prop. 13 to impose some of the most costly and damaging tax increases Californians face today.

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  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. The Analyst says the court decisions the argument calls loopholes affect only special taxes proposed by voters through signature gathering, which are a subset of local tax measures; local governments already needed a two-thirds vote for the special taxes they place on the ballot themselves.

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