The Legal Front

Mar 13, 2018

Confusing Supreme Court Decision Threatens Propositions 13 and 218 By Tim Bittle, HJTA Director of Legal Affairs In his last few years of life my dad suffered increasing dementia. It began as forgetfulness that we attributed to normal aging, but progressed to confusion and eventually inability to navigate the daily routine that should be second […]

Landmark Legal Victories for Taxpayers

Mar 9, 2018

Nordlinger v. Hahn (1992) 505 U.S. 1. The purchaser of a house in Los Angeles County challenged the constitutionality of Proposition 13 because his property tax, based on his purchase price, was higher than his neighbors whose taxes were based on the lower prices they paid years earlier. This disparity, he argued, violated the Equal […]

As a Spending Limit Prop. 1A Does Not Cut It

Mar 29, 2009

Speaking before a meeting of over a thousand members of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association in 1992 former President Ronald Reagan told the audience “We tax reformers bear our scars proudly.” The recipient of the Howard Jarvis Lifetime Tax Fighter award was referring to his own effort to control spending Proposition 1 which was rejected […]

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As a Spending Limit Prop. 1A Does Not Cut It