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Thanks, I remember this now. Prop 25 back in 2010 allows a simple majority for the budget. https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_25,_Majority_Vote_for

Thanks, I remember this now. Prop 25 back in 2010 allows a simple majority for the budget. https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_25,_Majority_Vote_for_Legislature_to_Pass_the_Budget_(2010) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_25,_Majority_... However, the same election voters passed Prop 26 which requires a 2/3 supermajority for levy and fee increases.

dragonwriter 8y ago
Both the Prop 26 levy/fee supermajority and the pre-existing one for taxes can be bypassed by going straight to the voters, which Brown did for tax increases. The budget was the one thing where the supermajority requirement had no practical safety valve.
- CalChris 8y ago
  No complaints about Brown going to the voters. It was the right thing to do. My complaints are about my soggy memory. They tried this 2/3 majority thing again. It's not hard nor is it especially expensive to get a ballot initiative passed, more so in an off election. Prop 8 passed the same election that Obama got elected. https://ballotpedia.org/California_Two-Thirds_Vote_for_State_and_Local_Revenue_Increases_Initiative_(2018) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Two-Thirds_Vote_for_State...