Imagine this--you are trying to decide where to get lunch for your office staff. Six out of 10 vote for sandwiches, while the rest split their vote. Instead of going with the majority choice, one staff member pays for what the other three in the minority wanted, and everyone else has to bring their own lunch. Unfair, right?

That is Prop 43 on your November 2026 ballot. It gives a small minority the power to block funding decisions even when a clear majority of voters say Yes. It hands huge power to wealthy corporations who want to block efforts to ensure they pay their fair share. And it would further exacerbate the disparities between wealthy and poor.

Prop. 43 would make it harder to pass local tax increases to fund hospitals, schools, libraries, emergency services, disaster preparedness, infrastructure maintenance, and other public works. Prop. 43 would raise the threshold for local citizens' initiative from a simple majority to a two-thirds (51% to 66.67%) vote, allowing the minority of voters (33.37%) to determine the outcome of ballot initiatives. Why is it on the ballot? Well, it came out of a last-minute deal in Sacramento that even its own author, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, is voting against!

Move LA is particularly alarmed by this measure because it restricts the right of citizens' organizations in California, like Move LA, to write and qualify a measure. In Los Angeles, we have worked on two measures--ULA and A--that we put countless hours into preparing, building deep coalitions, drafting, and qualifying funding measures to put before voters. 

These measures, approved by at least 57% of voters (a clear majority!), keep people housed and off the streets, protect tenants from evictions, build affordable housing for very low-income residents, provide down payment assistance so that Angelenos can buy a home, and rehab housing that is no longer habitable.

We have important needs to address in our region in the future--like funding to support Metrolink service and build more tracks, bridges, and stations throughout the region to expand regional service. Or addressing our toxic air pollution with clear air and climate health--an idea called "Accelerate to Zero" that Move LA has been working on for several years.

If Prop 43 becomes the law of the land, we cannot address any of these needs. And these are important investments in our community, funded by us, creating good-paying jobs, building legacy infrastructure for future generations, addressing our housing and climate needs, creating a world-class transit system, and ensuring that our region remains competitive in a global market.

So mark "no" on your ballot this November against Prop 43.