Press Releases

Assume Nothing in California's Tax Battles

Jon Coupal — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:23:56 +0000

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 >>

(PR) New Poll Shows Majority of California Voters Oppose Lowering Parcel Tax Voting Threshold

mwhite — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:31:48 +0000

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 >>

The Shameful History of Parcel Taxes

Jon Coupal — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:34:13 +0000

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 >>

(PR) Reason Foundation, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation Joint Study Reveals Harmful Effects of CA’s Corporate Tax Breaks

mwhite — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:36:32 +0000

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 >>

(PR) Taxpayer Victory in HJTA v. Bowen

mwhite — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:04 +0000

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 >>

(PR) Californians in "misery" over high taxes

mwhite — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:37:41 +0000

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(PR) HJTA sues to halt Cal-State partisan politicking

ebitton — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:26:33 +0000

Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced today it is filing a lawsuit against Cal State University after discovering personnel used taxpayer-funded resources to solicit students in favor of Proposition 30, the $50 billion tax increase on this November’s ballot. Read more >>

(PR) Government employee pay increasing faster than incomes of Californians

mwhite — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:31:08 +0000

Sacramento — At an event tonight hosted by the San Joaquin Taxpayers Association in Stockton — the largest municipality to declare bankruptcy in the United States due to overly generous government employee compensation — the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and the Center for Government Analysis will jointly release a new study that reveals alarming compensation trends for State workers from 2005 to 2010. Read more >>

(PR) HJTA Files Class Action Lawsuit against Fire Tax

mwhite — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:52:33 +0000

Class Action could qualify 825,000 property owners for a Fire Tax refund

Sacramento — Today the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed a class action lawsuit to provide relief to nearly one million California property owners who received bills from the State for a new "fire prevention fee" which the lawsuit claims is illegal. Read more >>

(PR) New Radio spot reveals Prop 30's "dirty little secret!"

mwhite — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:46:17 +0000

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