Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden ...

*Attorney Antonio Moore discusses how in his view California Proposition 13 that caps taxes changed the meaning of home ownership in California. The proposition in effect caps tax increases by 2 ...

If California truly wants to be a progressive state, the California Dream should be available to everyone—not only to those ...

Every so often, a familiar complaint bubbles up: “Why does my neighbor pay a few thousand dollars a year in property taxes while mine is in the tens of thousands?” It sounds unfair at first blush. But ...

Among the many problems California faces the next fiscal year, none is more important than the needs of local governments and the lack of funding. Much of the lack of local financial stability stems ...

Every so often, a familiar complaint bubbles up: Why does my neighbor pay a few thousand dollars a year in property taxes while mine is in the tens of thousands? It sounds unfair at first blush, but ...

Bill Monroe wrote an interesting piece regarding educational costs, placing the rising costs on Proposition 13. For those who may not know or recall, Prop. 13 came about due to a continual rise of ...

The decision by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to pursue another sales tax is just the latest example of fiscal irresponsibility by elected officials in California. While other states ...

In a one-sided report offered as a “news” article on Bloomberg.com, writer Christopher Palmeri blames California’s budget ills on Proposition 13, the 1978 property tax reform. The agenda of the ...