Action Alert: Great News! "Repeal the Death Tax" bill referred to committees

Action Alert: Please call the members of the two Senate committees that are considering SCA 4 to "Repeal the Death Tax." Urge them to co-author SCA 4 and put it on the agenda for a hearing.

You did it!

Thank you for calling your state representatives about Senate Constitutional Amendment 4, the bill to fix Prop. 19. This bill allows the Legislature to put “Repeal the Death Tax” on the ballot, so voters can bring back constitutional rights that were lost when Prop. 19 passed narrowly in 2020 after a very deceptive campaign. Voters deserve the chance to consider this question again, this time with full information.

Your calls have made a difference! SCA 4 has been referred to two Senate committees, the Governance and Finance Committee, and the Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee.

SCA 4 will restore Proposition 58 and Proposition 193 to the state constitution, once again allowing families to transfer a home and a limited amount of other property between parents and children (and sometimes grandparents and grandchildren) without triggering reassessment to market value and a huge increase in property taxes.

SCA 4 will restore the ability of families in every community to build generational wealth. When parents work hard for decades and pay the mortgage on a home, a rental property or a small business property, they’ll again be able to pass that property to their kids without a huge tax increase. No longer will families be forced to sell those equity-building assets because they cannot afford to pay the tax bill every year. Families should never be forced by tax increases to sell the property their parents worked so hard to acquire.

Now we need YOUR help again. Please call the members of the two committees now considering SCA 4 and tell them why it’s so important. Ask them to become co-authors of SCA 4 and to schedule a hearing. Below are the names and phone numbers of the members of both committees:

Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
Senator Steven M. Glazer (Chair) (D) 916-651-4007
Senator Janet Nguyen (Vice Chair) (R) 916-651-4036
Senator Benjamin Allen (D) 916-651-4024
Senator Mike McGuire (D) 916-651-4002
Senator Caroline Menjivar (D) 916-651-4020
Senator Josh Newman (D) 916-651-4029
Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D) 916-651-4034

Governance and Finance Committee
Senator Anna Caballero (Chair) 916-651-4014
Senator Kelly Seyarto (Vice Chair) (Call him to say thank-you for authoring SCA 4!) 916-651-4032
Senator Catherine Blakespear 916-651-4038
Senator Brian Dahle 916-651-4001
Senator María Elena Durazo 916-651-4026
Senator Steven M. Glazer 916-651-4007
Senator Nancy Skinner 916-651-4009
Senator Scott D. Wiener 916-651-4011

Please also call your state representatives in the Senate and Assembly and urge them to become co-authors of SCA 4. This bill is a major priority for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

You can look up the names and contact information for your representatives at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or in the government pages of your local phone directory. Or find them at these links for the Senate and Assembly. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jon Coupal

P.S. If you haven’t already, please call the two lawmakers who co-authored and introduced SCA 4 to thank them for protecting California families with this important legislation:
Sen. Kelly Seyarto 916-651-4032
Assemblyman Phillip Chen 916-319-2059

P.P.S. SCA 4 could be on the ballot as early as March 5, 2024, if we make enough phone calls to persuade two-thirds of the Legislature to vote yes. It’s not impossible — in 1986, the nearly identical measure that became Proposition 58 passed the Legislature unanimously. So please call your representatives and urge them to co-author SCA 4 to protect California families. Thank you!