The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Annual Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues. For the 2008 legislative season,
29 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. Reflecting the gravity of these bills, one-third (10) are double-weighted. Most of these are bills that deal with tax increases — often masquerading as fees — or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act.