The terms "Blue State" and "Red State" were coined about a dozen years ago by journalist Tim Russert and were based on the colored maps being used by …
California Commentary
It’s Scary Season Again
For many the real scare this time of years is not the monsters at our doors on Halloween but the property tax bill in the mail box. Fortunately as …
The Betrayal of Taxpayers
At the end of September Assembly Bill 8 was signed by Governor Brown and became law. This is horrible news for taxpayers because California motorists …
Prop 13: Who’s the Fairest of Them all?
Almost twenty years ago Money Magazine sponsored a debate and panel discussion at UCLA on Proposition 13. When one of the panelists with ties to the …
LAUSD Another Brainless Organism
Some species of jellyfish can grow to be very big. They are also said to be brainless and to the unwary can be hazardous. To taxpayers this is also a …
Why Higher Business Property Taxes Would Hurt Homeowners
Efforts to increase taxes on business property put homeowners in peril; here's why. Sacramento can never get enough tax money to satisfy the …
Keeping Two Sets of Books
It's been said that after Al Capone was sentenced to prison for tax evasion in 1931 his chief financial and legal advisor Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik …
No Comments from the Peanut Gallery
Some years ago at a meeting of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities a controversial suggestion by one of the council members …
Prop. 13 Protects Against the Yo-Yo Effect
Even for those who aren't in the market it's hard to ignore all the news about rising home prices. According to the California Association of Realtors …
Stopping Local Governments from Electioneering
In 1996 the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association ran a successful statewide campaign winning passage of Proposition 218 the Right to Vote on Taxes Act. …