2024 Elections

Prop 312, tax rebates for homeless camps, leads in early results

Charles Sanders, 59, right, pauses as Kevin Hendershot, 47, pours ice into a bucket outside their tent in “The Zone” homeless encampment, Friday, July 14, 2023 in downtown Phoenix. (The Associated Press/Matt York)

Proposition 312 has a 56.3% to 43.7% lead in early results. The ballot measure would give property tax rebates to business- or homeowners impacted by homeless encampments that a city neglects to address.

The proposition authored by the Scottsdale-based conservative think tank Goldwater Institute and put on the ballot by the Arizona Legislature allowing property owners to apply for tax refunds in cities that don’t deal with homelessness.

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