LA voters approve three tax measures in June primary election
Los Angeles is pictured. Three LA ballot measures that will raise taxes passed in the June 2 primary election. (Daily Bruin file photo)
By Julian Duaybis
June 13, 2026 12:02 p.m.
Three Los Angeles ballot measures that will raise taxes passed in the June 2 primary election, according to NBC.
LA voters cast their ballots for four ballot measures during the primary election. The measures require approval from more than 50% of voters to pass.
Measure ER, a county measure that raises sales taxes to subsidize federal funding cuts to healthcare, passed with 50.64% of the vote.
City ballot proposals Proposition CB and Measure TC – which levy taxes on unlicensed cannabis businesses and close tax loopholes for online hotel bookings – passed with 72.02% and 57.67% of the vote, respectively.
Measure TT, a citywide initiative that would have raised hotel tax rates, did not earn the necessary vote shares to pass.
Proposition CB is projected to raise $30 to $35 million in revenue annually, according to the LA Times. Currently, LA’s cannabis business tax only applies to licensed cannabis businesses.
Measure TC, which will apply to online hotel booking companies such as Expedia and Booking.com, is projected to generate $5 million in revenue annually, according to the LA Times.
Measure ER will impose a 0.5% sales tax increase in LA County for five years starting in October to fund local health departments and services. The measure is projected to generate $1 billion annually, according to an LA County Public Health fact sheet.
LA County Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Hilda Solis introduced the measure to address the funding reductions from President Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill is estimated to reduce federal healthcare spending by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade, according to health policy organization KFF.
Measure TT, which would have temporarily raised hotel tax rates in the city of LA by 2% through the 2028 Olympic Games, was projected to generate $44 million in revenue annually through 2028 and $22 million annually after that year, according to the LA Times.
