Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has petitioned the Superior Court of California in San Diego to force the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) to disclose public records as it relates to employee pensions. The legal action comes after SDCERA rebuffed a Public Records Act request seeking a list of retirees receiving […]
Court: Attorney General Jerry Brown’s ballot language false misleading and prejudicial Sacramento — In a huge blow to the credibility of Attorney General Jerry Brown and opponents of Proposition 23 a Superior Court judge today issued a decision on the Ballot Title and Summary for the measure calling the Attorney General’s ballot label title and […]
Judge orders O.C. Employee Retirement System (OCERS) to turn over public records detailing public employee pensions Sacramento — Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility (also known as “California Pension Reform”) have won a key victory in the battle against out-of-control pensions for state and local bureaucrats. A judge in Orange […]
Illegal activity and misuse of Taxpayer funds is “a violation of the public trust” Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has filed three (3) Public Records Act (PRA) requests after learning that Governor Schwarzenegger’s state office has sent Campaign materials from their official State e-mail accounts. The e-mail activity was used to conduct political […]
With a million jobs and billions of dollars at stake voters want a voice in AB 32 Sacramento ÛÒ A measure that would temporarily suspend the implementation of regulations related to AB 32 today took a giant step closer to going before voters on the November ballot as members of the California Jobs Initiative coalition […]
California spends three times as much per inmate as Texas over twice as much as Florida Sacramento — Every inmate in a California prison costs taxpayers over $47000 a year. Because of the state’s astronomical prison costs a new Reason Foundation-Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation study finds that California could save $120 million a year for […]
New Radio spot hits the airwaves Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced today it has issued an invitation to Taxpayers across the state for a virtual “March to Sacramento” to end tyranny against the Taxpayer. The march ÛÒ which kicks off today with the release of a new Radio ad ÛÒ invites Taxpayers […]
California’s largest Taxpayer group: “Stop the Energy Tax!” Sacramento — The driving force behind the defeat of last year’s Prop. 1A ÛÒ the $16 billion tax increase ÛÒ is now setting its sights on defeating California’s $180 billion “Energy Tax.” “No New Taxes” ÛÒ a project of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association ÛÒ announced today […]
Sacramento — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC announced today their Endorsement of Meg Whitman for Governor. HJTA President Jon Coupal on Meg Whitman: “High taxes and out of control spending have pushed state government to the brink of bankruptcy and we need strong leadership to put California back on track. Meg Whitman is the […]
Santa Rosa — Jon Coupal President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association will serve as Keynote Speaker at the Annual Membership gathering of the Sonoma County Taxpayers Association. The group will also be presenting the Spencer Flournoy Good Government Award to an outstanding public official at the event. WHAT: Sonoma County Taxpayers Association 64th Annual […]
