Vote Requirements: Local taxes designated for any specific purposes require 2/3 vote. Local taxes for general government purposes require a majority vote. Parcel Taxes/ “Special
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System Failure: California’s Loophole-Ridden Commercial Property Tax
Executive Summary As California faces a severe fiscal crisis at the state and local level, all aspects of our tax system, including the property tax,
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Open Letter to Warren Buffett
The following is a letter that Menlo Park resident Jennifer Bestor wrote to billionaire Warren Buffett concerning her research on the tax burden shift, favoring
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SHARING THE BURDEN OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY
10 TAX POLICIES FOR $20 BILLION Updated for the California Working Families Policy Summit 2010 February 25, 2010 With the state facing a current deficit
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Finally, a real debate on the economics of taxation?
Since a discussion of tax politics begins and ends quickly in the Capitol, let’s try talking economics instead. The Governor’s tax commission did the state
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Low Hanging Fruit in the Tax System: 10 Policies for $20 Billion
With the state facing a current deficit and on-going yearly deficits $20 billion, the survival of basic services and a healthy public sector is at
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Statement on the Tax Commission (COTCE) final report
The California Tax Reform Association, which participated in many discussions ofthe Commission on the Twenty-First Century Economy, criticized the report as “afailure to provide a
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