The second installment of the 2019-2020 property tax bill was due on Friday and we hope the majority of California’s property owners were able to pay …
California Commentary
Pension bomb fuse just got shorter
Homeowners have enough to worry about in the current coronavirus crisis. They face an April 10 deadline for the second installment of their annual …
Pressure mounts for property tax relief
From many corners, California politicians and tax officials are under increasing pressure to extend the current April 10 deadline for paying …
Protecting taxpayers in a time of crisis
The word “unprecedented” is fitting for the coronavirus crisis that is now savaging both the health of countless Americans as well as our nation’s …
Money can’t buy love, or elections
Of the many conclusions that can be drawn from the March primary election in California, perhaps the most notable is that money doesn’t always …
Is failure of the 2020 Prop. 13 sign of a new tax revolt?
The good Proposition 13 — the one from 1978, not the $15 billion school bond currently on electoral life support — was the beginning of the modern …
Fake Taxpayer Group Misleads Voters on Prop. 13 Bond Measure
We’ve seen this before. Fearful that taxpayers might reject a proposed tax increase or bond, the proponents of the measure will trot out some …
Prop. 13 school bond isn’t really for the kids
In the arguments and advertising in support of Proposition 13 on the March 3 ballot, the proponents are trying to convince the voters it is all “for …
The many flaws of Prop. 13, the 2020 impostor
A couple of months ago, this column sounded the alarm concerning the big statewide school bond on the March 2020 ballot. Voters have already …
Protecting California children from life
Under current California law, public school children in fifth, seventh and ninth grades are given a physical fitness test that measures everything …