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CSI 2021 Ballot Guide

From property tax rate decreases to establishing a learning enrichment program, this November Colorado voters will face 3 different questions on their 2021 election ballot. City & County of Denver residents will face 13 unique questions on their 2021 election ballot.

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Proposition 120: What Voters See, May Not Be What Voters Get

Proposition 120 – “Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction” proposes to permanently reduce the statewide property tax assessment rate for several classes of property.

Are Denver Taxes Too High? The Fiscal Impacts of Ordinance 304 “Enough Taxes Already”

Ordinance 304 or the “Enough Taxes Already” ballot initiative proposes to cut the City of Denver’s sales tax from 4.81% to 4.5% and impose a cap at the latter rate.

Potential Reach of Proposition 119 “The Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program (LEAP)”

Proposition 119 on the 2021 Colorado ballot proposes to establish the Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program (LEAP).

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Homelessness Issues on the Denver 2021 Ballot: Ordinance 303 and Referred Question 2B

Sep 14, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Ordinance 303, Recent Research

This November, Denver voters face two ballot measures related to homelessness: Initiated Ordinance 303: “Let’s Do Better” and Referred Question 2B: Denver Housing and Sheltering System Bonds as part of the RISE GO Bond.

CSI Names Two Former District Attorneys as Criminal Justice Fellows

Sep 9, 2021 | 2021 Press Releases, Featured, Press Releases, Recent Research

Denver, CO – “We are pleased to announce George Brauchler and Mitch Morrissey as our Criminal Justice fellows,” said Common Sense Institute President & CEO Kristin Strohm.

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CSI’S MISSION

CSI’s mission is to examine the fiscal impacts of policies, initiatives, and proposed laws so that Coloradans are educated and informed on issues impacting their lives. Common Sense Institute was founded in 2010 originally as Common Sense Policy Roundtable. CSI’s founders were a concerned group of business and community leaders who observed that divisive partisanship was overwhelming policymaking and believed that sound economic analysis could help Coloradans make fact-based and common sense decisions.