Posts Tagged: Prop. 13

California governments spend millions lobbying Sacramento

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by BY BRIAN JOSEPH posted 07.05.2023

California governments up and down the state spend millions in taxpayer dollars to lobby government officials in Sacramento.

Capitol Weekly Podcast: CTA President E. Toby Boyd

by Capitol Weekly Staff posted 07.16.2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented heretofore-unseen challenges to students and teachers who have suddenly found themselves the “guinea pigs” in a massive distance learning experiment. California Teachers Association President E. Toby Boyd joins Capitol Weekly’s Tim Foster and John Howard to give an update on expectations for the upcoming school year and discusses another big CTA priority: passing Prop. 15, the “Split Roll” initiative that would decouple large commercial properties from Prop. 13.

November ballot plan seeks new school money, would alter Prop. 13 of 1978

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by AKEMI TAMANAHA posted 02.25.2020

An initiative to reclaim up to $12 billion for California public schools and local communities could make its way onto the ballot in November 2020. Proponents of the measure say it will force large corporations to pay their fair share in property taxes. The Schools & Communities First initiative would amend the current property tax law established under Proposition 13 in 1978.

March 3: Voters will decide on $15 billion for schools

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by DICK ACKERMAN and MEL LEVINE posted 02.25.2020

OPINION: Voters may be surprised to find Proposition 13 on their March 3 ballot because they recall the 1978 vote on another Proposition 13. But be assured: This year’s Prop. 13 has nothing to do with the well-known tax-cutting measure and everything to do with the future of the state. Proposition 13 is the strongest statewide school bond measure in California history, providing $15 billion to make educational facilities safe for students.

Multiple bills have taken aim at Prop. 13, but the most popular among these bills pushes the so-called “split roll” property tax, which would eliminate Prop. 13 protections for job creators but leave them in place for homeowners. But a Pepperdine University study shows that the split roll could trigger the loss of nearly 400,000 jobs and cost California’s economy a total of $71.8 billion in output within the first five years.