Posted on 04/13/2026 11:05:50 AM PDT by dvan34
California politicians are trying to repeal Prop 13! Help us defeat costly their costly and unfair tax and utility hikes and pass the California Taxpayer Protection Initiative!
California’s working families are already struggling with a high cost of living and state and local politicians are making it worse by constantly trying to raise taxes and spike our utility rates.
California politicians are specifically trying to repeal Prop 13 — along with a blizzard of other tax hike proposals.
That’s why Carl DeMaio and Reform California are helping to lead the campaign to block any more tax hikes and pass a powerful state constitutional amendment: The California Taxpayer Protection Initiative.
“Californians are already forced to pay the highest taxes in the nation and we literally have seen millions of working families flee the high cost of our state – enough is enough,” says Carl DeMaio, Chairman of Reform California.
What the California Taxpayer Protection Initiative Does:
Requires that local tax hikes achieve a two-thirds voter approval to pass — not a simple majority.
Repeals billions in recently-imposed property transfer taxes and prohibits any new property transfer taxes going forward
A Long List of Tax Hikes We Are Fighting:
California already has the highest income tax, the highest sales tax, the highest gas tax, and some of the highest property taxes in the country. California politicians have a spending addiction – and no tax increase will ever be big enough to satisfy their habit! Reform California has a permanent campaign to oppose ALL tax hikes that are proposed at the state or local levels of government.
Here are just some of the tax hikes they are trying to impose:
A Wealth Tax – California would be the first state to impose a draconian tax on your assets, not just your income!
A Mileage Tax – Gas and car taxes are automatically increased every year and now politicians want a tax charge foreach mile you drive!
A Tax on Moving Out of State – California would also be the first state to impose a tax on people who flee the state.
Property Tax / Repeal of Prop 13 – Partial or total repeal of Prop 13 from 1978 which protects homeowners against massive property tax hikes.
Income Tax – New and higher tax brackets for all income levels – it’s not just the so-called “rich” that will get hurt.
Sales Tax – Every election nearly 200 measures are placed on the ballot to increase state and local sales tax rates.
Utility Rate Hikes — We have uncovered over $4.5 billion in hidden state taxes and fees that are spiking your rates, and passing this initiative will help us repeal those charges that are making your electricity and gas more expensive than it should be.
Visited my mom in Lancaster CA and was shocked at the sales tax. 11.25% and the politicians want to add another half cent for health care. Ridiculous.
Let them repeal prop 13. Means a bigger wealth transfer out of shitholistan.
That would kill real estate pricing in California. Someone should tell the village idiot that real estate is the largest industry in the largest economy in the country, the largest economy in the world. When all banking assets, nationally, are marked to market and the biggest element of that portfolio is home loans, just what do you think a contraction of the value of loans on those books of that magnitude would do to liquidity in the national economy?
The banking collapse would be global. Our problems are your problem.
Democrats will not stop raising taxes because you asked them nicely, or even demanded it. There are three options: 1. live with it, 2. vote them out (fat chance), 3. Directly express yourself to one or more of them.
We need a politician tax. Anyone serving in state office should have their salary capped at $50K, and taxed at 50 percent annually. In any year that the state budget is increased, office-holders would receive a one-percent reduction in pay. Make them feel the burn.
Stop the Tax Hikes
Then stop voting democrat
I don’t see how an “Exit Tax” is constitutional as this would impede with “Freedom of Movement”.
Maybe it’s time to throw these politicians into the harbor in celebration of our 250th anniversary.
A TAX ON MOVING OUT WOULD NOT PASS MUSTER AT USSC, IMO.
The estimated government fraud in Kalifornia stands at $186 billion, taken right out the taxpayer’s pockets and not spent on the government programs that it was designated for. The politicians in Sacramento didn’t even miss it. Why in hell should they have the legal right to take even more of our money when it will more than likely end up in the pockets of the politicians and their cronies? Not only no to more taxes, I’m a hell no to more taxes. In fact, I’m all for a federal audit of Kalifornia government and to jail any of the politicians who can’t pass the smell test of integrity!
I forget which democrat it was who said the only money we should be allowed to keep is what they allow us to keep. I think either Barney Frank or Chuck Shumer.
He has several videos on the various ways the democrats are raising the property tax and other taxes.
Ramin RealTalk
https://www.youtube.com/@RaminRealTalk
That would kill real estate pricing in California. Someone should tell the village idiot that real estate is the largest industry in the largest economy in the country, the largest economy in the world. When all banking assets, nationally, are marked to market and the biggest element of that portfolio is home loans, just what do you think a contraction of the value of loans on those books of that magnitude would do to liquidity in the national economy?
The banking collapse would be global. Our problems are your problem.
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People who pay $1 million or more for a 3/2 tract home that’s 50 or more years old aren’t going to notice the property tax, which is among the lowest in the country.
The income tax is another thing entirely. Many of the extra fees on your tax bill is for repayment of bonds for roads, schools, etc.
False. #32 out of 50; i.e., lower middle in terms of rate. OTOH, tax bite as a fraction of income, way different, especially on recently purchased houses. And you still haven't addressed what would happen to the banking system when houses lose as much of their market value as an inflation hedge and tax shelter if property taxes are to rise sharply.
For a little history, before Prop. 13, property taxes in our County were 8.25%
Yes! Audit California!
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