Property Taxes

Three ballot measures significantly impact the state’s ability to address the coronavirus and the related economic inequality.

California’s cap on commercial property taxes benefits very few people and unfairly keeps resources from going into schools.

Looking at the challenges small businesses face, taxes from Prop. 15 would impede a return to work and slow economic growth.

Want a quick introduction to the dozen measures on your November ballot? This playlist gives you a 60-second description of each — just play the first one and the rest will automatically play afterward: The Props-in-a-Minute playlist, produced by CalMatters’ reporting team, covers the array of subjects voters will be asked to decide this fall. […]

Now is the worst possible time to raise taxes, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers in Sacramento and local politicians from proposing 243 local tax increases.

California's Proposition 19 refights old battles as it alters laws governing property tax assessments.

Forty-two years after California voters overwhemingly passed Proposition 13, the state's iconic property tax limit, Proposition 15 proposes to alter it.

Many schools and local governments staggering under looming billion-dollar shortfalls are throwing their weight behind Prop. 15, a high-profile measure on California’s November ballot that could raise up to $11.5 billion annually. But only 51% of likely voters support the measure, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report released late Wednesday night — […]

Prop. 15 is an important step in rebuilding California's economy, generating up to $12 billion a year for our schools and local governments.

Any repeal of Prop. 13 should be comprehensive, careful and be a part of a wholesale review of California’s broken tax system.