{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-53723","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 53723","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Government Code - GOV","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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"76712c1f694c6fc15fe9fd4b1d044f57f3340a87d8d8738b3dd242d8f74de6f4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-53722","next":"us-ca/gov-53724"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}