Tax vote issue gets cloudier

The state Supreme Court stirred up a legal hornet’s nest two years ago when it suggested — but didn’t explicitly declare — that a two-thirds vote requirement for specific local tax increases might not apply to measures placed on the ballot via initiative petition.
The supermajority vote requirement dates back to Proposition 13, the iconic property tax limitation adopted in 1978.
Proposition 13 said that while general use tax increases sought by local governments — s