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TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES 50001-57607›DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES 53000-55821›PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES 53000-54999.7›CHAPTER 4. Financial Affairs 53600-53997›ARTICLE 3.7. Voter Approval of Taxes 53720-53730

§ 53723

California Government Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

No local government, or district, whether or not authorized to levy a property tax, may impose any general tax unless and until such general tax is submitted to the electorate of the local government, or district and approved by a majority vote of the voters voting in an election on the issue.

(Added November 4, 1986, by initiative Proposition 62.)

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