With COVID-19 precautions making government accountability more challenging, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation’s annual Follow the Money report shows taxpayers must remain vigilant against waste, fraud, and abuse. This year’s report, released on July 15th to coincide with this year’s postponed Tax Day, includes a special section exposing instances of waste arising directly from the […]
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association President Jon Coupal issued the following statement today: “Because of the pandemic, California confronts a challenging budget shortfall. As Governor Newsom acknowledged, Californians deserve a leaner government. Taxpayers can also take comfort in that there are no immediate plans for broad-based tax increases. However, reliance on a federal bailout package for […]
The Simi Valley City Council voted 5-0 on April 6, 2020, to rescind a December 2019 resolution authorizing a $150 million pension obligation bond and future similar bonds, thanking the Ventura County Taxpayers Association for working with the City in avoiding what could havebeen a lengthy battle over legally questionable bonds. The rescission was part […]
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the most influential taxpayer advocacy group in California, today (24) launched a statewide radio ad campaign in opposition to Proposition 13 on the March 3 ballot, a $15 billion bond for school facilities that also will raise debt limits on local school districts. The script of the ad is as […]
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 […]
