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The state’s voters may routinely elect and then re-elect Democrats, said Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, a coalition of large businesses that opposed the measure. But that doesn’t mean they want to weaken what he called the state’s “last remaining tax protection.”
Proposition 13: 40 Years Later. Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa Dykman, and Lunna Lopes. English PDF PDF en Español. Supported with funding from the James Irvine Foundation. Proposition 13 introduced sweeping changes to California’s property tax system.
Sep 15, 2023 · This change would place tax increase or debt issuance measures well within typical Democratic margins of victory. For reference, Hillary Clinton won 62% of California in 2016, Governor Gavin Newsom 62% in 2018, President Joseph Biden 63% in 2020, and Newsom 59% in 2022.
Sep 15, 2023 · After years of slowly attacking and chipping away at Prop 13, California Democrats are moving in for the kill shot by placing two constitutional amendments on the ballot in 2024 to gut Prop 13 and make it easier to raise taxes in California.
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Feb 25, 2022 · The history of California politics is rich with battles over taxes — the sweeping cuts ushered in by Proposition 13, higher taxes on tobacco and the state’s wealthiest residents and efforts to ...
Oct 1, 2008 · Table 2 shows the percentage of Republicans who shifted toward the Democrats between 2004 and 2008 among different groups of voters. For instance, 63.0 percent of persons who were strong Republicans in 2004 and strongly disapproved of President Bush’s job performance became more Democratic. There are, of course, not many Republicans (much ...
Sep 6, 2023 · California families already pay the highest taxes in the nation, but state Democrats want to raise taxes even higher – and have come up with a dirty trick to prevent voters from blocking their tax hike schemes at the ballot box. UPDATED September 12, 2023.
