Verdugo Mountain in San Fernando Valley

2020 CalTaxletter No. 32

The Assembly voted 42-20 on August 26 to approve SB 972 (Skinner), a CalTax-opposed bill requiring disclosure of confidential taxpayer information.

Mission Peak Trail Silicon Valley

2020 CalTaxletter No. 31

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.

Big Arroyo Sequoia National Park

2020 CalTaxletter No. 27

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.

Ice House Reservoir

2020 CalTaxletter No. 25

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.

Capitol

2020 CalTaxletter No. 24

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 …