The rejection of a sales tax on the Los Angeles city ballot has pundits and government insiders returning to their crystal balls in an effort to divine the mood of the electorate and how voters will behave in the future.  Read more >>

Voter intensity is nearly double for opposition

Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association released a new poll today that shows the majority of California voters oppose lowering the voting requirement for local per parcel property taxes from two-thirds to 55%. More than 53% of voters oppose the change, and only 35% support the change. Approximately 11% were undecided.  Read more >>

Since the “parcel tax” war in California is about to heat up in a big way, it is important for all California taxpayers to know what these pernicious levies are, why they are so dangerous and the perversion of the California Constitution that permits them in the first place.  Read more >>

Sacramento — A new study released today by the Reason Foundation and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation shows why many California tax breaks given to corporations constitute corporate welfare and demonstrates how they actually impede economic growth and contribute to the state's poisonous political environment.  Read more >>

Court of Appeal Rules Brown and Legislature Violated Constitution in Effort To Manipulate Election Process

Sacramento — In a lawsuit challenging legislation purporting to give Governor Brown's Proposition 30 priority on the top of the November ballot, the Court of Appeal has issued a ruling in a far more significant legal issue — what is the meaning of a "budget related bill?"  Read more >>