Measure TE: Property Transfer Tax Exemption for Victims of January 2025 Fire Disaster
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
Measure TE: Property Transfer Tax Exemption for Victims of January 2025 Fire Disaster is a ballot measure in Los Angeles city, California on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Gives a one-time break from the city's extra ULA transfer tax on home sales over about $5 million to owners whose Palisades Fire-damaged homes sell by January 2030. The city expects $35 million to $66 million less for affordable housing and eviction help; no cost to other taxpayers.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What determines the vote power rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: Above average · 60 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 3,857,263 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 3,857,263) ÷ ln(50,000) = 60.73, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Above average representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
What does this measure do?
Gives a one-time break from the city's extra ULA transfer tax on home sales over about $5 million to owners whose Palisades Fire-damaged homes sell by January 2030. The city expects $35 million to $66 million less for affordable housing and eviction help; no cost to other taxpayers.
A YES vote means
Owners of homes damaged or destroyed in the Palisades Fire who sell between January 2025 and January 2030 pay no ULA transfer tax on that sale, with refunds for tax already paid.
A NO vote means
Sales of those fire-damaged homes over about $5 million keep paying the ULA transfer tax like any other sale.
Sources: clerk.lacity.gov · content.lavote.gov
Source: clerk.lacity.gov
Last updated September 24, 2026.