Sacramento —The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced today its intention to sue the State of California if it attempts to collect a new fire tax that could cost homeowners an additional $150 per year. The State’s largest taxpayer organization plans to file a lawsuit on the grounds that the new fire tax qualifies as a […]
Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has released the following statement regarding Governor Jerry Brown’s signing of SB 202: "By signing the government employee unions-backed bill to move ballot measures to the general election ballot next year and postpone for two years a public vote on requiring the state to maintain a prudent reserve […]
Taxpayer group delivers flashlights to Legislature hoping to “shed light” on the process as backroom deals continue to be jammed through on final day of Session. Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is protesting Senate Bill 202 today for both its substance and the “dark-of-night” process by which the bill is being advanced. The […]
Defeat of power grab a “win” for Taxpayers ÛÒ for now Sacramento —ACA 6 the Constitutional amendment which would have stifled the ballot initiative process was defeated on the floor of the Assembly today. “Today’s defeat of ACA 6 is the first step toward victory over a massive power grab by special interests and tax-and-spend […]
Democrat majority appears to be hamstrung by their own Props. 98 and 25 Sacramento ÛÒ California State Controller John Chiang agreed to block lawmakers’ pay today after the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association delivered a letter to Chiang last Friday demanding he withhold pay for Legislators’ failure to pass a balanced budget by the Constitutional deadline. […]
Sacramento — Today the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association delivered a letter to State Controller John Chiang demanding that he withhold pay to the members of the Legislature for failure to pass a balanced budget by the constitutional deadline as required by Proposition 25 which voters approved last year. “Your failure to withhold payment will subject […]
Sacramento — Today the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association blasted the phony budget proposed by the Democrat majority in the legislature as a convoluted effort motivated solely by the need to continue to receive their paychecks. “As usual the politicians under the Capitol dome are looking out for themselves” said Jon Coupal President of the Howard […]
Sacramento “The poll shows Californians do not trust their Representatives with decisions on taxes. They do not want higher taxes imposed by the Governor and the Legislature. The real reason they want to vote is so they can turn down Jerry Brown’s menu of tax increases. The Governor ought to listen to the people go […]
March 29 2011 Dear Republican Legislators: Re: Expiration of the 2009 Tax Increases; Restoring California The undersigned taxpayer leaders are writing to reiterate our position that the 2009 tax increases hurt California; why they should be allowed to expire; and why trading tax increases for various reforms is bad policy. Although we have heard that […]
