Proposition 19 – California Globe

Slay the Death Tax

January 16, 2024 4:19 pmJanuary 16, 2024 4:19 pm

Last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom was sharing his proposed 2024-2025 budget, he insisted that he was opposed to a proposed wealth tax. And sure enough, Assembly Bill 259 by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-Palo Alto), which will impose an annual...

Sen. Seyarto Announces Constitutional Amendment to Repeal California’s ‘Death Tax’

May 2, 2023 4:44 pmMay 2, 2023 4:44 pm

Tuesday morning, Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) held a press conference at the State Capitol introducing Senate Constitutional Amendment 4, to restore taxpayers’ property rights by reversing the state’s “death tax” written into in Proposition 19. Deviously titled “the Property Tax...

California’s Death Tax Unleashed a Callous Tax Increase on Californians Grieving the Death of a Loved One

January 24, 2022 2:13 amJanuary 23, 2022 9:16 pm

Californians face some of the highest taxes in the nation. We have the highest gas, personal income, and state sales tax in the country. Yet, for 35 years we haven’t had a death tax, until the narrow passage of Prop....

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...

Prop. 19 Makes Changes to California Property Tax Laws

November 6, 2020 2:28 amNovember 9, 2020 11:27 am

It appears that the electorate has passed Proposition 19, which changes property tax rules. It was placed on the statewide ballot by the Legislature by ACA 11 (Mullin), which enacts The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims...

Former CAGOP Chairman, Taxpayers Assoc. Employee Mislead Voters on Prop. 19

October 26, 2020 1:24 pmOctober 28, 2020 10:59 am

Calling themselves “taxpayer advocates,” former Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Legislative Director David Wolfe, and former California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte have a radio spot running telling voters to vote YES on Proposition 19. David Wolfe is a former employee...

California Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Ugliest

October 26, 2020 9:54 amOctober 26, 2020 10:41 am

There are twelve ballot measures certified to appear on the November 3, 2020 ballot. California Globe has broken them down as the Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Uglier, with the analysis and recommendations of Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, Ballotpedia, the...