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What is Proposition 3 before California voters in the 2026 election?
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How Extending Prop 55 Provides Permanent Funding for Schools and Health Care
Help our children thrive
Protect our Schools & Healthcare
Passing this measure will prevent billions in state budget cuts to our local schools and healthcare.
If we don’t pass this measure it will soon mean larger class sizes, laying off teachers, and major cuts to healthcare and Medi-Cal.
This is NOT a new tax and does not raise taxes.
It simply extends the existing tax rates on the wealthiest that have been in place for more than a decade, preventing billions in cuts to public schools and health care.
If we don’t extend the current tax rates, millionaires and billionaires would get a tax cut and pay less in taxes.
California cannot afford to give the wealthiest a tax cut, and they don’t need one.
This simply means voters decide if we should prevent billions in cuts to our local schools and children's health care by continuing an existing law that only affects the very wealthiest earners.
It is NOT a new tax.
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Mercury News
What is Proposition 3 before California voters in the 2026 election?
"The California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers, both in support of the measure, said passing Proposition 3 would prevent billions of dollars in cuts to schools."
Jul
7
2026
CBS News
Plan making California high-earner tax to fund schools permanent eligible for November ballot
Voters in California may decide this fall on a proposal that would make tax increases on high-income earners to fund education permanent, officials said.
Secretary of State Shirley Weber's office announced Thursday that supporters of the measure have submitted 962,106 valid signatures, more than the 874,641 needed to qualify.
Jun
11
2026
PRESS RELEASE
More Than 1.6 Million Signatures Submitted to Place Prop 55 Extension on the November Ballot
SACRAMENTO, CA — Californians for Protecting Public Education, Healthcare and Budget Stability today announced submitting more than 1.6 million signatures to county elections officials to qualify the California Children’s Education and Health Care Protection Act of 2026, also known as the extension of Proposition 55, for the November 2026 ballot.
Apr
22
2026