When Californians go to the polls November 3, they not only will decide the fate of a massive property tax increase (Proposition 15), but will vote on 234 local tax increases and two proposed tax repeals.
The Court of Appeal on August 10 denied split-roll opponents’ request to review two trial court judges’ rulings on Proposition 15 ballot materials. The denial, issued without discussion, leaves in place Sacramento Superior Court Judge Laurie M. Earl’s decision …
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Laurie M. Earl this week rejected two challenges to Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s biased ballot title and summary for Proposition 15, the split-roll initiative on the November ballot.
Both sides of the Proposition 15 debate are going to court to challenge arguments proposed for inclusion in the guide that will be mailed to all registered voters, and the No on 15 campaign additionally is challenging the title and summary prepared by the attorney general.
The attorney general’s title and summary for Proposition 15, the split-roll measure on the November ballot, were unveiled July 21 and were met with criticism for bias and incorrect content.
The split-roll property tax increase initiative will appear on the November ballot as Proposition 15, Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced July 1.
Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders announced June 22 that they reached an agreement on the 2020-21 state budget, and three days later the Senate voted to approve 18 budget trailer bills to implement the deal.
Both houses of the Legislature approved a budget bill June 15, along with a budget trailer bill that includes a $9.2 billion tax increase over a three-year period on California businesses …
Amid an economic collapse that resulted in thousands of California businesses closing and left millions of Californians jobless, state lawmakers are considering imposing more than $65.9 billion …
The California Assessors’ Association (CAA) announced June 3 that it opposes the split-roll property tax increase that recently qualified for the November ballot because the measure would be nearly impossible to implement.
