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By Jon Coupal
It is not an overstatement to say that a supermajority in the California Legislature believes that Proposition 13 must be destroyed. Over the last five decades, Sacramento politicians have become more and more progressive – many now openly embrace socialism – but even still, we have been able to keep most direct attacks against Prop. 13 from getting out of one or both legislative houses.
Not this year.
Here are a couple of the worst bills to get out of both houses this year.
ACA 1
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 is a direct attack on Proposition 13 that would remove the taxpayer protection of the two-thirds vote of the electorate required to pass local special taxes. This makes it easier to raise taxes, and your taxes could go up after every election. Although it passed, the good news is that voters will have the final say as to whether a key taxpayer protection should be eliminated.
ACA 13
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13 is a devious attempt to stop the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act from passing when it’s on the ballot in November 2024. The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act is our initiative constitutional amendment that will restore the Proposition 13 protections that have been eroded by the courts. But ACA 13 would create special rules that make it harder to pass citizen initiatives like this one. Like ACA 1, this ACA 13 too is headed to the ballot.
As CalMatters recently put it, in November of next year, voters are going to be asked if they want to make it easier to raise taxes, make it harder to raise taxes, and make it harder to make it harder to raise taxes.
AB 28
Assembly Bill 28 would impose an excise tax in the amount of 11% of the gross receipts from the retail sale in this state of a firearm, firearm precursor part, and ammunition.
Taxing law-abiding gun owners that put safety first is not the way to address the problem of gun violence. It is inappropriate, and perhaps even unconstitutional, to excessively tax individuals wishing to exercise constitutional rights.
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