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The Role of the California Board of Equalization

August 30, 2019   2:30 amAugust 29, 2019   5:06 pm
The California Board of Equalization (BOE) was established in the state Constitution in 1879 and had responsibility for ensuring county property tax assessment practices were equal and uniform throughout the entire state (hence, the name “equalization”). Over the ensuing decades,...
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Tax fighter Howard Jarvis, author of Proposition 13

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 to Weaken Prop. 13 Fails to Pass Assembly

August 20, 2019   2:05 amAugust 21, 2019   6:19 am
“While all voters are able to vote on this debt, only property owners pay it.”   One of the only remaining taxpayer protections left in California is Proposition 13, a  landmark 1978 decision by California’s voters to limit property taxes....
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California Constitution

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part VI

July 26, 2019   2:15 amJuly 26, 2019   6:34 am
The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...
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California Constitution

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part V

July 22, 2019   2:13 amJuly 21, 2019   9:17 pm
The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...
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California Constitution

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part lV

July 19, 2019   6:05 amJuly 18, 2019   6:38 am
The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...
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Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures, Part II

July 18, 2019   7:26 amJuly 19, 2019   10:32 am
Everyone is piling on California these days, and for many valid reasons. California is always ranked as one of the worst states in the country in which to run a business, while many other states are ranked at the top...
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Prop 13 Split-Roll Tax Increase Would Hurt Business, and Affordable Housing Efforts

February 11, 2019   1:05 amFebruary 11, 2019   7:21 pm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced during his budget press conference he is on a mission to force cities across the state to build more affordable housing, or risk losing state transportation dollars. But with a Constitutional Amendment initiative on the...
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