Against formidable odds, taxpayers scored a significant victory last week against big progressive interests. Measure EE, sponsored by the Los …
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Desperate times and desperate measures
In politics, strange things happen in the week preceding an election. It is no different with Measure EE, the controversial property tax hike …
LAUSD’s impossible Measure EE ‘senior exemption’
In its flailing effort to impose a $500 million dollar annual parcel tax on the property owners who live within its boundaries, the Los Angeles …
A new water tax? California has a $21 billion surplus, use that instead
By Jon Coupal and Phillip Chen California has a record $21.5 billion surplus. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we have all that money …
LAUSD’s many taxing troubles
In a situation being watched throughout California, the Los Angeles Unified School District is aggressively pushing a heavy parcel tax on all …
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 needs to be defeated
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5), is set for legislative hearing this Tuesday. It deserves a quick defeat. Advanced by Sen. Ben Allen, …
Let’s give the FPPC the power to fight illegal spending
By Jon Coupal and Cristina Garcia In recent years, taxpayers throughout California have registered numerous complaints about government entities …
Has the business community had enough?
There is a particularly nasty YouTube video that made the rounds several years ago where a school punk was bullying another student who was …
Is California really a low property tax state?
To hear progressives tell it, California’s property tax is way too low and needs to be increased to fund the critical needs of schools and local …
Will California’s taxpayers ever pay enough?
Every day it seems like the California Legislature careens further off the rails, and we’re not just talking about the state’s infamous high speed …