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Tag: property taxes

New housing construction in Elk Grove ON July 8, 2022.
Posted inWhatMatters

Which bills are California ‘housing killers?’

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 17, 2023August 17, 2023

The California Chamber of Commerce has its annual “job killer” list, with a track record of spiking bills that is the envy of other industry groups. By its count, only 58 of the 824 bills labeled “job killers” between 1997 and 2022 made it into law without at least significant changes it wanted. Similarly, California […]

The state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Capitol community mourns two veterans of California politics

by Dan Walters February 7, 2023February 6, 2023
Posted inCommentary

Taxing tribal lands is insult to injury

by Guest Commentary September 27, 2022September 25, 2022
Posted inCalifornia Divide

California’s white households get bigger property tax breaks than Black, Latino homeowners under Prop 13, study says

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang June 22, 2022May 2, 2023
A view of the Presidio Terrace neighborhood in San Francisco in 2017. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Prop. 13 offers bigger tax breaks to homeowners in wealthy, white neighborhoods

by Jesse Bedayn April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Economy

How will a declining population impact California?

by Guest Commentary January 15, 2021January 14, 2021
Posted inWhatMatters

California’s looming economic challenges

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
A special education pre-k class that has been permitted to reopen amid coronavirus concerns on the Lu Sutton Elementary school campus in Novato on Oct. 27, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

What Prop. 15’s defeat means for California schools

Avatar photo by Ricardo Cano November 11, 2020November 11, 2020
Paul Gann, left, and Howard Jarvis hold up their hands as their co-authored initiative Propsition 13 takes a commanding lead in the California primary, in Los Angeles, June 7, 1978. Photo by AP Photo
Posted inElections, Politics

In liberal California, election shows Prop. 13 tax revolt is alive and well

Avatar photo by Ben Christopher November 10, 2020November 10, 2020
A banner sponsored by Painters and Allied Trades Union hangs from a building on Martinez days before the election on Oct. 31, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

How California’s ballot became a battleground

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

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