Proposition 13 – California Globe

California’s Self-Imposed Affordability Crisis Continues Unabated as Residents Struggle

October 22, 2026 10:00 amOctober 22, 2026 10:01 am

Everyone is talking about it, but is anyone doing anything? California has an affordability crisis. This is no surprise to anyone in this state who pays bills, taxes, fills up their gas tank, or buys groceries. While America as a...

LA Councilman Wants To Tax LA’s Private Country Clubs, Protected Under Prop 13

June 23, 2026 7:00 amJune 23, 2026 7:01 am

Six of Los Angeles’s highest-end private golf and country clubs are facing a property tax battle with local LA City Councilman and former Democrat Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, who wants to drastically raise their taxes after learning that they “have a...

Ringside: Chad Bianco Could Hand the U.S. Congress to Democrats

June 1, 2026 1:20 pmJune 1, 2026 5:03 pm

As we ponder the results of the election in progress, wondering which races will have known outcomes by the end of the evening and which shall end up so close that it will take a month before we have final...

With Taxpayer Protection Initiative on November Ballot, Taxpayers Must Now Run an Aggressive Campaign to Secure the Victory

May 4, 2026 8:20 amMay 4, 2026 8:20 am

In a major victory for California taxpayers, the Local Taxpayer Protection Act to Save Proposition 13 has qualified for the November 2026 ballot. Last Tuesday, the California Secretary of State reported that proponents, led by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association,...

Candidates for California Governor: What are Their Priorities?

May 1, 2026 8:43 amMay 1, 2026 9:20 am

The lengthy list of candidates running for California Governor are making all kinds of promises, but what is real, what is rubbish, what is possible, and what is outrageous? Who just announced he’d empty all of the prisons if elected?...

TAX DAY NOTICE: 8 Proposed California Tax Hikes Pending in the 2026 Election

April 14, 2026 12:00 pmApril 14, 2026 12:02 pm

Unite Here Local 11, the labor union behind the controversial $30 Los Angeles minimum wage, is pushing an “overpaid CEO” tax, the billionaire tax, and $30 minimum wage. Why? They carry signs that explain: “Taxing greed to pay for what...

Tom Steyer Campaigning on Blowing up Prop 13

April 14, 2026 9:04 amApril 15, 2026 6:38 am

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Sunday they had reached a tentative labor agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles labor union, potentially easing concerns over a looming strike that threatened to disrupt classes for hundreds of thousands of students....