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 >>

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 >>

Fact Sheet

California tax facts: Why you are paying so much  Read more >>