HJTA Legislative Director David Wolfe joined Assemblyman Tom Lackey for an online townhall about tax issues. They covered a variety of topics including the April 10 deadline for property tax payments and which counties are trying to help taxpayers by waiving late penalties during the coronavirus emergency. Watch it here:
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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 “Proposition 13” on the March 3 ballot is a $15 billion school construction bond, but it would cost taxpayers far more than $15 billion. That’s why the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is opposed to this Proposition 13. This measure would increase the state’s debt and interest costs, raise the caps on local school district […]
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has released its 2019 Legislative Report Card grading lawmakers on legislative bills important to taxpayers. The Report Card is a non-partisan tool to help taxpayers hold legislators accountable by tracking their individual votes. To review the Report Card in its entirety and to see how individual representatives scored, please click […]
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 […]
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association launched a statewide radio ad campaign today to raise awareness of the threat to California taxpayers from attacks on Proposition 13. Listen to the ad here:
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 […]
