🎥 Gavin Newsom voiced deep concerns about the Taxpayer Protection Deception Act's impact. Its retroactivity could roll back over 100 local measures, adding chaos to CA's budget, slowing projects, and risking services in emergencies. #VoteNOonTDA

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🚨 The Taxpayer Deception Act is a sham by rich developers to dodge fair taxes.

Threatens local laws & infrastructure funding.
Cuts school funding, increasing class sizes.
Strips funds from vital services.
Shifts tax burdens to regular folks & small businesses.

Vote #NOonTDA

“It’s crucial that we stand together as Californians to defend our democracy, uphold the will of the voters, and protect our essential services.” @oaklandrising

Vote NO on the Taxpayer Deception Act

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Meet our coalition! More than 550+ cities, counties, special districts, labor unions and community groups are standing together to defeat this dangerous ballot measure. #VoteNOonTDA

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“…the ‘Taxpayer Deception Act’ lets wealthy corporations, who can afford expensive campaigns, to block taxes on their industry while regular Californians, regular people, shoulder more of the cost of critical services” SEIU California

The CalSTRS Board OPPOSES Taxpayer Deception Act

CalSTRS board member Sharon Hendricks states: “The Taxpayer Deception Act is a dangerous measure that threatens funding for CA schools, and will make it more difficult for students and educators to thrive.”

#VoteNOonTDA

🚨 The Taxpayer Deception Act could:

Overturn 100+ voter-approved laws.
Cut $1B/yr for infrastructure, risking safety.
Increase class sizes in schools.
Slash funds for local services.
Shift tax burdens to regular Californians

For these reasons and more, #VoteNoOnTDA

200+ nurses, firefighters, teachers, cities, counties, special districts and community orgs representing millions of Californians sound the alarm: wealthy real estate developers and landlords need to pay their fair share.

Vote NO on the Taxpayer Deception Act!

TAXPAYERS AT RISK: Local gov groups representing millions of Californians warn against deceptive ballot measure in today's The Wall Street Journal.

Big biz is spending big $$$ to avoid paying their fair share in state & local taxes. Their 2024 ballot measure would force taxpayers to pay the price.

NEW: CalPERS OPPOSES Taxpayer Deception Act in near-unanimous vote.

Board Pres. Theresa Taylor doesn’t hold back: “It’s appalling that the same multi-billion-dollar real estate interests seeking to invest CalPERS’ members’ money are trying to defund those members’ pensions.”

FIRE HAZARD: Warning in @capitol_weekly from veteran CPF that the Taxpayer Deception Act puts lives at risk by threatening funds for disaster response.

Why vote NO? Because “preventing a disaster is far better than responding to it.”
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🎯 The Los Angeles Times’ Michael Hiltzik sounds the alarm: CBRT’s dangerous Taxpayer Deception Act “will make things worse. CA voters will still want their services & amenities, but funding them will be much harder, so they’ll deteriorate.” latimes.com/business/story…

The Taxpayer Deception Act reverses decades of progress, forcing cuts to safety net services and funding for safe roads, freeways & bridges.

Gavin Newsom, Mike McGuire & Speaker Robert Rivas are right: these companies must drop their support for this reckless ballot measure.