The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the most influential taxpayer advocacy group in California, today (15) launched a statewide radio ad campaign reminding Californians of the importance of Proposition 13 and the urgent need to fight new efforts to dismantle it. The script of the ad is as follows: Proposition 13 [is] the initiative that has […]
Today (13) the United States Department of Justice filed a “Statement of Interest” in the U.S. District Court agreeing with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) in its legal action against California’s so-called “CalSavers” program. Originally called “Secure Choice,” CalSavers is a state-run retirement plan for private-sector employees. HJTA contends that it is an illegal […]
In a victory for taxpayers, the Fresno Superior Court decided in favor of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association today (9/5), ruling that special taxes proposed by a voter initiative are not exempt from the state constitution’s two-thirds vote requirement. At issue was Fresno’s Measure P, a sales tax initiative on the November 2018 ballot that proposed […]
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and retired state Senator and Judge Quentin L. Kopp prevailed Monday (26) in a lawsuit to invalidate Senate Bill 1107, a 2016 California law that would have allowed political campaigns to be financed with taxpayer dollars. “California voters passed Proposition 73 partly to prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used as […]
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has filed an appeal of a San Francisco Superior Court ruling that special tax-increase measures submitted to the voters last year needed only a simple majority to pass instead of a two-thirds vote. “This is a brand new loophole contravening the voters’ intent in Propositions 13 and 218 that all […]
Today (May 30, 2019) Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association called for an investigation of what appears to be multiple violations of campaign finance laws as well as gross misuse of taxpayer funds. The improper activity by the Los Angeles Unified School District is designed to tap into public resources to push its highly controversial parcel tax […]
Today (7) Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District contesting the legality of Measure EE, a parcel tax proposal which would cost property owners within the district hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Measure EE is currently slated for the June 4th ballot. The LAUSD Board approved […]
David Wolfe, Legislative Director of the HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION will be available to discuss HJTA’s opposition to ACA 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it easier to raise taxes on hard-working California families by lowering the vote needed to pass infrastructure bonds and parcel taxes from the current two-thirds to only 55 percent. […]
Today (5) Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association attorney Laura Dougherty appeared before the California Supreme Court in Plantier v. Ramona Municipal Water District, involving the right of ratepayers under Proposition 218 to challenge illegal rates. HJTA accepted the invitation of the objecting ratepayer to share argument time with his own attorney before the high court. The […]
Today (4), the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Cal Fire Local 2881 v. CalPERS. The Court concluded that the opportunity to purchase a certain benefit called “air time” wasn’t protected by the Contract Clause and therefore was not a vested right. Although the ruling was a rare loss by California’s powerful labor interests, […]
