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Texas is conservative. Houston? Not so much. There's a lesson here. "Houston Saddled With Taxes and Debt." . @hjta.
“With Prop. 33, cities would be free to regulate your single-family house – making it virtually impossible to evict a tenant so you can move back in.”
Read more from the OC Register on why you should vote NO on Prop 33:
https://bit.ly/3BFLRU7
📢 Big news: The Press Democrat joins other major newspapers across the state and recommends a YES vote on Prop 36! They call it a “needed course correction” to reduce retail theft and fentanyl trafficking while preserving key justice reforms. #YesOn36
Would you like yard signs? Call the HJTA office in Los Angeles, 213-384-9656, or in Sacramento, 916-444-9950, to find out where you can pick them up.
Coming up at noon: I'll join Ray Appleton on KMJ, 580 AM and 105.9 FM in Fresno, streaming at http://KMJNow.com, to talk about Proposition 5 and why it will cause people to lose their homes to higher property taxes. Listen live. @HJTA @KMJNOW
My column for @SoCalOpinion: "The future of California depends on handing Proposition 5 the defeat it so richly deserves." @hjta. via @ladailynews
What are our local officials doing to make the American dream of homeownership attainable? Unfortunately, they are actually going in the opposite direction by putting up more obstacles.
Tax hikes on the November ballot will make California an even more expensive place to live
California’s state and local officials need to reevaluate their priorities.
www.dailynews.com
Proposition 5 is like putting something on a credit card and paying for 30 or 40 years ... the interest will make it cost roughly twice as much.
Would you like yard signs? Call the HJTA office in Los Angeles, 213-384-9656, or in Sacramento, 916-444-9950, to find out where you can pick them up.
HJTA’s @Susan_Shelley exposes the sneaky tax politics behind #Prop5. And whether you own your home or not, you should care because higher property taxes are passed through to everybody.
We are currently in the midst of the biggest West to East migration in American history, and taxes have played a big role in driving Californians to move. Have you considered leaving California because of our state's high taxes? https://californiaglobe.com/fl/56-of-californians-have-considered-a-move-away-from-california-according-to-a-new-poll/
Proposition 5 would make it easier to raise taxes. It goes around Proposition 13! Get the facts and request a NO on Prop 5 yard sign at #NoOnProp5
"No on Prop. 5" signs are available at the @hjta office in Los Angeles. Call 213-384-9656.
Go ahead. Open your property tax bill and your ballot envelope at the same time. I guarantee it will make you think twice about voting in favor of any tax or bond measure. "California homeowners should read their tax bill before before voting." @hjta.
Don't take politicians at their word when they promise they won't raise taxes. We research candidates records and meet with them personally to ask the hard questions.
Don’t be fooled. Click here for our recommendations: https://www.hjta.org/endorsements-by-the-hjta-pac/
Spot on from our friends at @caltax. "Opinion: No on Proposition 5. Property tax hikes make affordability worse, not better." @hjta.
Have you had enough taxes and debt? When you vote with our ballot recommendations, you know you're supporting candidates we've vetted and are confident in to support Proposition 13 and not raise your taxes. https://www.hjta.org/endorsements-by-the-hjta-pac/
Hidden in the legislation that takes effect if Proposition 2 passes is a provision that effectively excludes nonunion contractors and workers from getting any of the jobs funded by the $10 billion bond for school facilities. Vote NO on 2, and NO on 5 (similar provision there).
Really good piece in the California Globe on welfare fraud. "It’s a SNAP - And it Can Be Hacked A Number of Ways. @hjta. https://californiaglobe.com/fr/its-a-snap-and-it-can-be-hacked-a-number-of-ways/
@MDKanin @HJTA Application of Equitable Estoppel Against County Welfare Agencies? Haven't given it much thought.
Say NO to tax increases and more debt we can’t afford this November! Request yard signs and get involved here:
My @ocregister column: As voters face over 400 tax and bond proposals, we still don't have a handle on the financial data necessary to make informed decisions. "CA’s financial state deteriorates as officials slack on making financial data public." @hjta.
Here you have the author of Prop. 5, which removes a taxpayer protection that has been in the state Constitution since 1879, stating that she also wanted/wants to remove a taxpayer protection in Prop. 13, but "polling" said it would lose. NO on 5.
@HJTA
Your ballot will be arriving in the mail any day now. Here are the ballot measure recommendations from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the candidate endorsements from the HJTA PAC. These are the only official endorsements from HJTA: https://www.hjta.org/hjta-ballot-measure-recommendations/
We warned you. "It turns out most of LA’s ‘mansion tax’ money is not coming from mansions." @hjta.
High Speed Rail Done Right. Complete opposite of California's failed boondoggle. "High-Speed Rail—Courtesy of the Private Sector." @hjta.
Rut-Roh. "The FBI’s corruption probe in Oakland raises questions about Rob Bonta and a $700,000 mistake. @hjta. via @sfchronicle
Who would have thought? Rejecting rent control increases housing supply! "Argentina imposed one of the world’s strictest rent-control laws. Now, the new president has scrapped the rental laws and Buenos Aires is undergoing a rental-market boom." via @WSJ
Nailed it. Powerful endorsement from @sfchronicle in opposition to Prop 5. "Endorsement: Prop 5 contains a gross and unacceptable deal on where communities can build affordable housing. Vote no," @hjta. via @sfchronicle
Texas is conservative. Houston? Not so much. There's a lesson here. "Houston Saddled With Taxes and Debt." . @hjta.
Houston Saddled With Taxes and Debt
The region's political leadership is losing touch with the fiscal restraint and pragmatism that made the city an engine of growth.
www.city-journal.org
My column for @SoCalOpinion: "The future of California depends on handing Proposition 5 the defeat it so richly deserves." @hjta. via @ladailynews
The future of California depends on handing Proposition 5 the defeat it so richly deserves
It is critically important that all Californians who oppose higher taxes and excessive government debt do what they can to get the word out.
www.dailynews.com
My latest @ocregister column: "California’s legislative session: More big government, less freedom."
California’s legislative session: More big government, less freedom
Pursuant to Assembly Bill No. 1850 California now has an official state slug: The Banana Slug.
www.ocregister.com
Go ahead. Open your property tax bill and your ballot envelope at the same time. I guarantee it will make you think twice about voting in favor of any tax or bond measure. "California homeowners should read their tax bill before before voting." @hjta.
California homeowners should read their tax bill before before voting
The question that bears repeating is what have our politicians and bureaucrats done to prove that they need more?
www.ocregister.com
Spot on from our friends at @caltax. "Opinion: No on Proposition 5. Property tax hikes make affordability worse, not better." @hjta.
Opinion: No on Proposition 5. Property tax hikes make affordability worse, not better.
The biggest problem facing Californians right now is that everything costs too much — and Proposition 5 would ma...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
Really good piece in the California Globe on welfare fraud. "It’s a SNAP - And it Can Be Hacked A Number of Ways. @hjta. https://californiaglobe.com/fr/its-a-snap-and-it-can-be-hacked-a-number-of-ways/
Here you have the author of Prop. 5, which removes a taxpayer protection that has been in the state Constitution since 1879, stating that she also wanted/wants to remove a taxpayer protection in Prop. 13, but "polling" said it would lose. NO on 5.
@HJTA
My @ocregister column: As voters face over 400 tax and bond proposals, we still don't have a handle on the financial data necessary to make informed decisions. "CA’s financial state deteriorates as officials slack on making financial data public." @hjta.
California’s financial state deteriorates as officials slack on making financial data public
Please, let’s cue Jack Nicholson: “You can’t handle the truth.”
www.ocregister.com
We warned you. "It turns out most of LA’s ‘mansion tax’ money is not coming from mansions." @hjta.
It turns out most of LA’s ‘mansion tax’ money is not coming from mansions
Measure ULA applies to real estate selling for more than $5 million. So far, mansions account for less than half of revenue.
laist.com
CA’s Teacher-Housing Folly. "If the superintendent really wanted to kickstart housing construction, he would leverage his influence with unions to lobby for deregulation. Instead, his proposal turns local school districts into housing developers." @hjta.
California’s Teacher-Housing Folly
A new scheme distracts from the state’s educational failures.
www.city-journal.org
Why not address real problems instead of "gas"lighting us about the cost of gas? "There’s nothing ‘special’ about this special session." @hjta.
There’s nothing ‘special’ about this special session
California has a lot of problems. Maybe we should talk about those instead of playing political games about gas prices.
www.ocregister.com
My column for @ocregister. Despite the threat of heavy fines, local governments still cross the line using public dollars for campaigning -- mostly for tax hikes. "Taxpayer-funded political advocacy is illegal."
Taxpayer-funded political advocacy is illegal
It’s bad enough when local politicians work to raise taxes when Californians are already paying one of the highest tax burdens in America
www.ocregister.com
Rut-Roh. "The FBI’s corruption probe in Oakland raises questions about Rob Bonta and a $700,000 mistake. @hjta. via @sfchronicle
The FBI’s corruption probe in Oakland raises questions about Rob Bonta and a $700,000 mistake
The FBI’s corruption probe in Oakland raises questions about a botched energy project...
www.sfchronicle.com
High Speed Rail Done Right. Complete opposite of California's failed boondoggle. "High-Speed Rail—Courtesy of the Private Sector." @hjta.
High-Speed Rail—Courtesy of the Private Sector
As California’s long-running, over-budget, publicly funded rail project sputters, Florida’s private company demonstrates how to get it done.
www.city-journal.org
Who would have thought? Rejecting rent control increases housing supply! "Argentina imposed one of the world’s strictest rent-control laws. Now, the new president has scrapped the rental laws and Buenos Aires is undergoing a rental-market boom." via @WSJ
Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving.
Landlords in Buenos Aires are rushing to put properties back on the market, and many renters are getting better ...
www.wsj.com
Nailed it. Powerful endorsement from @sfchronicle in opposition to Prop 5. "Endorsement: Prop 5 contains a gross and unacceptable deal on where communities can build affordable housing. Vote no," @hjta. via @sfchronicle
Endorsement: Prop 5 contains a gross and unacceptable deal on where communities can build afforda...
California shouldn’t permanently relegate Prop 5-funded low-income housing to abandoned...
www.sfchronicle.com
Disgusting. "California Legislature’s unwritten rule: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public." @hjta.
California Legislature’s unwritten rule: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public
California lawmakers acknowledge secret negotiations with lobbyists for bill changes and unwritten rule about no public negotiations
calmatters.org
Good grief. We really need a part-time legislature. "California Legislature quietly spends millions on Italian stonework for Capitol Annex Project," @hjta. @kcranews. @ZavalaA.
California Legislature quietly spends millions on Italian stonework for Capitol Annex Project
The California Legislature this year quietly spent $5.2 million to have granite mined in the Central Valley, shipped...
www.kcra.com
I'm sure it was an accidental oversight. "A flier promoting a homelessness ballot measure leaves out a key fact: It's a tax increase." @hjta.
A flier promoting a homelessness ballot measure leaves out a key fact: It's a tax increase
A ballot measure that would mandate "a new approach to expand programs that are proven to prevent homelessness and...
www.latimes.com
My column for @ocregister. The metrics don't lie -- states that have a part-time legislature are less corrupt and more efficient. "Should California return to a part-time Legislature?" @hjta.
Should California return to a part-time Legislature?
Citizens with real jobs, who have skin in the game and will share in the consequences of their actions, are preferable to professional politicians.
www.ocregister.com
More data on the consequences of stupidity. "Damage to Blue State economies will compound as the young and rich flee high-tax governance." @hjta. via @WSJopinion
Opinion | The High-Tax State Brain Drain
A new study shows which states are losing their young and wealthy.
www.wsj.com
My @ocregister op-ed as to why voters' default position should be to reject tax and bond measures on the November ballot. @hjta. https://enewspaper.ocregister.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=e4582e5d-979f-472e-9410-80b9c36ee62b&share=true - Follow money on bonds, tax hikes
This is troubling, to say the least. "The California Endowment: The Political Power of Giving. @hjta. https://californiaglobe.com/fr/the-california-endowment-the-political-power-of-giving/
Another case of "do as we say, not as we do." @joemmathews. "This Sacramento hole in the ground shows California lawmakers can’t live by their own rules." @hjta. via @sfchronicle
A Sacramento project shows California leaders can't follow their own rules
What’s most galling about the Capitol Annex Project is the way that state government...
www.sfchronicle.com
Lot's of folks bailing out of CA. What's YOUR plan? Stay and fight, or escape the insanity? "Taxes and Interstate Migration: 2024 Update." @hjta.
How Do Taxes Affect Interstate Migration?
While taxes are just one factor influencing the location decisions of individuals and businesses, they are an importan...
taxfoundation.org
You'd have to be a real "Patriot" to stay in Taxachusetts and subject yourself to this absurdity. "Bill Belichick explained that states with millionaire surtaxes like MA are at a disadvantage in attracting the best free-agent players." . @hjta.
Opinion | Massachusetts Fumbles the Tax Ball
Bill Belichick tells the truth about the Patriots’ free-agent burden.
www.wsj.com
Sure, he may be sorry about the whole censorship thing, but what about the hundreds of millions attacking California taxpayers? "Jon Coupal: Good Zuck, Bad Zuck." @hjta.
Jon Coupal: Good Zuck, Bad Zuck
Zuckerberg’s and Chan’s relentless attack on California taxpayers is difficult to understand.
www.ocregister.com
Let's call this for what it is: State run media. First step toward CA's version of Pravda. "It’s hard to see this as anything other than progressives enlisting Big Tech to amplify their views and entrench their political dominance." @hjta. via @WSJopinion
Opinion | Google and California’s New People’s Dailies
Sacramento teams up with Big Tech to fund progressive newsrooms in the state.
www.wsj.com