Today, June 6, is the 47th birthday of Proposition 13, and if you own a home, a condo or any other property in California, you know how important Prop. 13 has been to your financial security.
Proposition 13 placed a limit on how much your property taxes can go up for as long as you own your home. It cut the tax rate on property to 1%, when it had been as high as 3%. And it placed new requirements on state and local government to make it harder to raise other taxes.
But lately the courts in California have created massive loopholes in Proposition 13 that are wiping out these protections with rulings that are directly contrary to the plain language of the constitution.
That’s why we have filed the Save Proposition 13 Act, a new initiative that, with your help, we will place on the November 2026 ballot. It will finally stop court-created loopholes from allowing unconstitutional tax increases to slip through, costing Californians billions of dollars every year.
Will you help us Save Prop. 13? We must raise $100,000 in the next three days to buy the statewide advertising we need to launch our signature collection drive, which is just weeks away. And at the same time, we must continue to fight other tax increases and attacks on Prop. 13 at the state and local level.
Please click here to donate right now to the Protect Prop. 13 Committee
Any amount helps, $5, $10, $25, whatever you can spare. Please donate today to let us know you support the critically important work of HJTA. We cannot fail when we have the backing of the people of California. But to get the message to them, we first need the support of all the people who already know how important it is to Save Proposition 13 so people don’t lose their homes to higher taxes based on market value. It all starts with the members and supporters of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
The next generation of California property owners is counting on us. We can’t let them down.
We’ll have much more to tell you very soon about the initiative and how we are going to collect more than a million signatures to get it on the ballot. Our new website at SaveProp13.com has some of the details. But today, the most important thing is to ensure we have the funds we need for success in all of our critically important efforts in 2026.
We’ll never have a second chance to make a first impression on California voters. If you possibly can, please donate to help us meet this urgent fundraising goal.
Click here right now to contribute any amount.
Every dollar gets us closer to success.
If you donate today, in honor of Proposition 13’s birthday, we’ll automatically mail you the official petition for your signature the moment the petitions are ready to sign.
With your help, we’ll permanently shut down court-created loopholes and Save Proposition 13. What a great birthday present that will be!
With gratitude and appreciation,
