Option Description Timing of
Election
Deadline
to File
with
County
Registrar
Timing of
Revenue
Vote
Threshold
Fiscal
Emergency
Needed for
Election Timing
(Yes/No)
UUT Temporarily
divert 2%
UUT from
open space
fund to general
fund for a
fixed time
March 4, 2025 December
6, 2024
(88 days
prior to
election)
Upon
certification
of election
results
Simple
majority
(50% +1)
Yes
Parcel Tax Impose a
parcel tax at
fixed rate per
parcel for a
fixed duration.
March 4, 2025 December
6, 2024
(88 days
prior to
election)
December
2025
Super
majority
(2/3)
No
Charter
City plus
companion
Real Estate
Transfer
Tax
(RETT)
Adopt a
charter
pursuant to
procedures in
the Govt.
Code.
Adopt a
companion
RETT for
general fund
purposes.
Nov. 3, 2026
The charter
must be
adopted at a
Statewide
General
Election (Gov
Code 34458)
August 7,
2026
(88 days
prior to
election)
Applies to
sales after
January 1,
2027
Simple
majority
(50% +1)
No