MAY 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- The Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Wednesday passed six constitutional amendments to make it easier for local voters to pass various tax increases on property owners. "California didn't knowingly vote for centralized power," said Sen...
Posts Tagged ‘Prop. 13’Six bills would make it easier to pass tax increasesFriday, May 17th, 2013N.Y. Times shames Mercury-News on AB 32 coverageTuesday, April 23rd, 2013 April 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that no one in the California media besides me has reported that the Obama administration considers fracking no big deal and just another heavy industry is pretty amazing. Obama's picks for EPA chief and energy secretary dismiss environmental alarmism abou... Democrats resolved to gut Prop. 13 for businessesThursday, April 18th, 2013April 18, 2013 By Dave Roberts California Democrats are seeking to weaken the protection for business property in Proposition 13, the 1978 tax limitation measure passed by voters. If the Democrats are successful, it could result in an annual $10 billion business tax hike, and over five years ... Lawsuit, bills seek to dowse fire taxMonday, March 25th, 2013 March 25, 2013 By Dave Roberts It hasn’t been a great year for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In January, the Los Angeles Times revealed that for seven years Cal Fire has been hoarding a slush fund that grew to $3.66 million. In February, the Sacramento Bee report... California a model for other states?Sunday, February 3rd, 2013Feb. 3, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- California's modern-day progressive Democrats keep crowing about the huge success they've had in taming the state's budget deficit, thanks to Proposition 30's tax increases and other "reforms," and now are championing the Jerry Brown model as a blu... German mag laughs at crumbling CAFriday, January 18th, 2013 Jan. 18, 2013 By John Seiler The left-center, establishment magazine Der Spiegel is the Germany's equivalent of Time magazine. They just delighted in making fun of the decomposition of America, especially in California. After recalling that the uniform hamburger was invented by McDonald's i... California pension Death Star approachingFriday, January 18th, 2013 Jan. 18, 2013 By Chriss Street When Moody’s Investors Services issued a “Request for Comment” last July about their plan to begin recalculating the effect of massive state and local unfunded pension liabilities on credit quality, I warned that this would eventually result in the across-... Growth controls, not Prop. 13, produced state deficitsMonday, January 7th, 2013Jan. 7, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi It is not Proposition 13 or greedy bankers, but the many layers of growth control laws that are the main instigator of the prolongation of California’s economic recession since 2007. And with the recession has come state and local government budget defici... Higher down payments could be compromise Prop. 13 reformWednesday, January 2nd, 2013Jan. 2, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Could simply requiring higher down payments on home loans be a compromise reform of Proposition 13? The Democratic Party supermajority in the state legislature is presently pushing for reforms of Proposition 13, the 1978 initiative that limits property tax in... Reality could stifle Prop. 13 reform attemptsTuesday, December 18th, 2012Dec. 18, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi and Charles B. Warren California legislators from San Francisco are “eager to reform Proposition 13 tax policies.” But public perception is far apart from reality when it comes to the proposed reforming of Prop. 13. The reality is that San Francisco is t... |