This year, there’s a lot more on the November Ballot than a new Spurs arena: billions of dollars in tax relief for business ...

State Senator Paul Bettencourt taking to Facebook calling it a “good public policy to keep housing affordable." ...

Proposition 13 would increase the nontaxable value of a home from $100,000 to $140,000, resulting in tax savings for homeowners and a potential revenue loss for school districts, which the state would ...

In 1978, Proposition 13 cut property taxes to one percent of the taxable value and capped increases to the taxable value to just two percent a year, with reassessment occurring only for new ...

Starting in 1978 with the passage of Proposition 13, California voters have repeatedly tried to protect their homes and businesses from excessive taxation by imposing limits on property taxes and ...

On June 6th, 1978, California voters delivered a shock wave, not just in California, but throughout America. Proposition 13 reduced property taxes by more than half and imposed other restrictions on ...

Anyone old enough to have lived through the mayhem and economic decline of the 1970s probably will recall the Tax Cut Heard Round the World. That was the famous California ballot initiative ...