Protect Local Schools Without Raising Taxes
Yes on Proposition 3
Prop 3 keeps the current tax rates on the wealthiest top 2% with strict accountability to ensure every dollar gets to classrooms, not Sacramento politicians.
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Protect Local Schools Without Raising Taxes
Yes on Proposition 3
Prop 3 keeps the current tax rates on the wealthiest top 2% with strict accountability to ensure every dollar gets to classrooms, not Sacramento politicians.
About Prop 3
Fourteen years ago, California voters approved an income tax increase on the wealthiest 2% to provide needed funding for our public schools.
Proposition 3 extends this policy, with strict accountability to make sure the funding goes to local schools and community colleges, not to the politicians in Sacramento.
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Three Reasons to Vote YES for Prop 3
Extend the Tax on the Wealthiest 2%
Protect our Schools & Healthcare
Vote Yes on Proposition 3
Proposition 3 is NOT a Tax Increase
Prop 3 maintains the income tax rates that the wealthiest Californians have paid for the past 14 years. If those tax rates are allowed to expire, it would give millionaires and billionaires a massive tax cut at the expense of our classrooms, clinics and communities.
Proposition 3 Stops Billions of Dollars in Cuts to Schools
Without Proposition 3, California’s eight million public school and community college students will face billions in cuts every year, including teacher layoffs, overcrowded classrooms, and bigger class sizes.
Proposition 3 Includes Strict Accountability
Prop 3 includes strict accountability to guarantee the money reaches the classroom. Funds go directly to local schools and community colleges. The politicians in Sacramento cannot touch it, redirect it, or spend a single dollar on bureaucracy or administrative overhead.
Proposition 3 Frees Up Billions for Medi-Cal for Children, Seniors and Families.
Without Proposition 3, families could lose access to preventive healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, and the Medi-Cal coverage that millions of Californians rely on could be put at risk.
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The Latest Developments
PRESS RELEASE
New PPIC Poll: Yes on Prop 3 Leads by 17 Points One Week Before Election Day
SACRAMENTO, CA – A new statewide survey from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) finds Proposition 3 leading 58% to 41% among likely voters, a 17-point margin, with one week left before the November 3 election.
The results continue a steady trend in PPIC polling. Californians have consistently backed Prop 3 throughout 2026, with 62% support in April, 58% in September, and 58% today.
THE MERCURY NEWS
Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 3
Over the last four decades, while the bottom four-fifths of households have seen their real incomes decline, the top 1% have seen their real incomes grow two and half times. This upper stratum now earns in a week what the middle fifth of Californians make in a year.
Proposition 3 asks the Californians truly living the California dream to keep paying their fair share. No more. No less.
Vote for Proposition 3.
LAist
Proposition 3: Permanently extend a higher income tax on the state’s richest taxpayers
Currently, the state’s richest earners pay a temporary higher income tax rate, which was last approved by voters in 2016. It’s due to expire in 2031. Proposition 3 proposes making that higher tax permanent. The state says these rates are paid by just the top 2% of California’s taxpayers and would continue to bring in billions each year.