LA Council Sends Mansion Tax Changes Back, Dimming Prospects

The Los Angeles City Council voted to send proposed amendments to the city’s mansion tax back to committee, adding procedural hurdles that set back efforts to ease the levy on new development in the nation’s second-populous city.

The decision punts the proposal to the council’s committee on housing and homelessness and its budget and finance committee, reviving a lengthier review process after supporters failed to secure the two-thirds vote needed to fast-track the measure onto the June 2026 ballot. While the amendments could still qualify for the November 2026 ballot if approved by both committees by June 17, the referral ...