VOTE YES ON 43 TO SAVE PROP. 13
The Local Taxpayer Protection Act to Save Proposition 13 is on the November ballot as Proposition 43, giving California voters the opportunity to make it harder to raise taxes. Proposition 43 states that all local special taxes must be approved by two-thirds of voters in order to pass.
LOS ANGELES PROPERTY OWNERS DEFEAT STREETLIGHT ASSESSMENT
A costly increase in a streetlight assessment was defeated by Los Angeles property owners using the protest vote process enacted in the 1996 HJTA initiative Proposition 218.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: HOW THE WEALTH TAX ALLOWS THE LEGISLATURE TO CIRCUMVENT PROP. 13
Sacramento politicians are asking Californians to believe a familiar story again: Don’t worry, this tax only applies to someone else.
CHANGES ON THE HJTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has long been guided by an outstanding Board of Directors, accomplished and caring individuals who understood the challenges of fighting the battle to protect taxpayers and who were equal to the task. We have been so privileged to have their leadership.
FOUNDATION REPORT: FOLLOW THE MONEY CHASES HOMELESSNESS SPENDING
This year, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation reimagined the annual Follow the Money report as a comprehensive deep-dive into areas of public spending that persistently lack accountability for outcomes.
THE LEGAL FRONT: VICTORY FOR TAXPAYERS IN BATTLE TO TAX STREAMING SERVICES
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Gregory A. Thyberg, Jr., the new Director of Legal Affairs for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
HJTA’S VOTING GUIDE AND HJTA-PAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
See HJTA’s voting guide and HJTA-PAC’s candidate endorsements for statewide propositions and local ballot measures in the November 3, 2026 election.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED: WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH PROPOSITION 19?
HJTA has tried twice to collect enough signatures to place the repeal of the intergenerational transfer provisions of Proposition 19 on the ballot. As you know, Proposition 19 repealed earlier initiatives (Propositions 58 and 193) that had, for more than thirty years, protected family property from reassessment to market value when passed between parents and children.
UNDER THE DOME: THE INSIDE STORY ON THE DEAL TO SAVE PROP. 13
As I write this, the ink is barely dry on a deal struck in the final hours before the ballot deadline that will give voters the opportunity to protect Proposition 13 this November.
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
We felt it was important to call to your attention two justices on the California 2nd District Court of Appeal who are on the ballot. These justices issued a ruling in December 2025 against taxpayers’ interests and in a manner that weakens Proposition 13.