“The election results reinforce recent polling that said Californians across the political spectrum believe their state and local taxes are too high”

Voters rejected at least 120 of 236 local taxes, according to preliminary vote counts. “The election results reinforce recent polling that said Californians across the political spectrum believe their state and local taxes are too high,” CalTax President Robert Gutierrez said.1/5

— CalTax (@CalTax) March 4, 2020

Voters approved 59 measures (for a total of almost $424 million a year in new taxes and $3.6 billion in new bonds), while 57 measures are too close to call with many mail-in and provisional ballots still being counted. 3/5

— CalTax (@CalTax) March 4, 2020

In late February, the Public Policy Institute of California released a poll showing 58 percent of state residents believe state and local taxes are too high. 5/5

— CalTax (@CalTax) March 4, 2020