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 …
California Commentary
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. …
Bullet Train Backers Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer
Promoters of the California bullet train are behaving like a salesman who gets his foot in the door and won't take "no" for an answer. It was 2008 …
Government Insiders Threaten the Initiative Process
Are you and your neighbors fed up with the policies of your local officials? For over one hundred years disgruntled Californians have had the option …