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How this low-profile ballot measure could make it harder to raise taxes — and what it could mean for San Diego County

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How this low-profile ballot measure could make it harder to raise taxes — and what it could mean for San Diego County
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Will California make it harder for voters to raise taxes? Maybe, if a statewide ballot measure passes in November.
This fall, San Diego County voters will choose whether to raise the sales tax by half a cent to fund certain services — a decision they’ll make by a simple majority vote, thanks to the fact that a coalition of nonprofits and labor unions, not elected officials, placed the effort on the ballot.
For six years now, tax measures placed on the ballot by citizen signature-gathering effort

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