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  • Report: L.A. Voters Skeptical of Sales Tax Hike for Homeless Funding

    10/22/2024 7:37:34 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/22/2024 | Joel B. Pollak
    Voters in Los Angeles are expressing skepticism of Measure A, a ballot initiative that would raise sales taxes in the county to provide more services to the homeless, expanding Measure H, which was passed by referendum in 2017. Measure H raised sales taxes by a quarter of a percent — and the homeless population kept rising. That rise was driven by a variety of factors, but access to generous services — like hotel rooms — may have been one of them. While opinion polls suggest that support for Measure A is near 50%, that is far lower than the nearly...
  • Debate over Prop. 13 still rages

    06/01/2003 9:31:10 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 34 replies · 299+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 6/1/03 | John Hill
    <p>As Proposition 13 approaches its 25th anniversary, California's landmark anti-tax initiative continues to be blamed by public policy experts for everything from unsightly blooms of auto malls to lackluster schools.</p> <p>But in a February poll by the Public Policy Institute of California, 57 percent of respondents said they thought that Proposition 13 has turned out to be "mostly a good thing for California."</p>