Legislation overturning critical provisions of Proposition 13 by lowering the vote threshold for local special taxes was approved July 12 by the Assembly Local Government Committee.
Property tax revenue is set to increase throughout the state as county assessors report significant increases in the assessed values of properties.
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration “will not issue, use, enforce, or attempt to enforce” recently published amendments to Audit Manual Sections 4 and 13 — challenged by former state lawmaker Dean Andal as an underground regulation – “unless or until the amendments are adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) or an appropriate APA exemption has been identified,” CDTFA Director Nicolas Maduros said June 19.
