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Primary Election: Californians Reject New Taxes and Borrowing

March 10, 2020 4:17 pmMarch 10, 2020 5:57 pm

As California’s unionized government tightened the screws on everyone who works for a living, responsible citizens have become increasingly disgruntled. The preliminary election returns reported on March 4th – the day after the election, and the day when we...

California Voters Reject Nearly Half of the 236 Local Tax and Bond Measures in March Primary

March 9, 2020 7:56 amMarch 9, 2020 10:06 am

‘Voters have delivered a statement that they are experiencing tax and bond fatigue, and they don’t trust either municipal or state politicians to spend that money effectively. A second California tax revolt could be upon us.’ ~Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis...

The Failure of School Bond Proposition 13

March 5, 2020 2:13 amMarch 4, 2020 9:19 pm

With all precincts now reporting in, Proposition 13, the bond measure that would have $15 billion go to repairing and modernizing public schools, has failed to pass. Prop 13 fails Voters turned down the measure 56% to 44%, with 2.9...

2020 California Primary Results

March 4, 2020 11:20 amMarch 4, 2020 5:09 pm

Note: All results are current as of 11:20 A.M. Presidential Democratic Primary Bernie Sanders (VT) 878,562 32.7% (Also won California, Colorado, Utah, Vermont) Elizabeth Warren (MA) 326,616 12.2% Michael...

California Lottery Found to Have Not Paid Schools $36 million

February 27, 2020 7:50 pm

According to a report by the California State Auditor’s office on Tuesday the California Lottery owes schools across California $36 million in unpaid funding. $36 million not paid in one fiscal year The audit found that, within the 2017-2018 fiscal...

California Split Roll Ballot Measure Destroys Prop 13 Protections for California Farmers, Threatens Rural Communities

February 20, 2020 3:44 pmMarch 9, 2020 7:40 am

Agriculture was always considered sacred in the eyes of California’s property taxing agencies, and especially under Proposition 13. But that could change with the split roll property tax ballot initiative in November 2020. Prop. 13 was a 1978 ballot initiative...

Tax fighter Howard Jarvis, author of Proposition 13

CA Attorney General Writes Biased Title & Summary for $12.5 Billion ‘Split Roll’ Property Tax Hike

January 27, 2020 11:03 amJanuary 29, 2020 10:25 am

Anti-Proposition 13 special interests have already qualified one ballot measure for the November 2020 statewide ballot that would dismantle the 1978 ballot initiative’s property tax protections, and are currently gathering signatures to qualify a slightly more appealing sounding second version....