Proposition 19 seeks to change California law to legalize marijuana and allow it to be regulated and taxed. This map shows campaign contributions by zip code in California. Want the latest on the ...

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Lost in the shuffle of Prop 19's failure was the passage, by a 61% majority, of Prop 20, regarding the redistricting of Congressional districts. Like most states, California's legislature has done ...

You see, Prop. 19 allows homeowners 55 and older, the severely disabled or the victims of a wildfire to move their lower Prop. 13 tax base up to three times anywhere in California. Before the law ...

They were furiously unhappy about my June 4 column, which shared one of the benefits of Proposition 19, calling its base property tax transfer a ‘godsend’ for Southern California seniors.

The deceptively named “Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act,” aka Proposition 19, was on the California ballot in 2020.

Nearly four years into California’s new property tax transfer law, just over half of applicants are being approved. From July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, the most recent data available, 56% of ...

It started in November 2020, when voters narrowly passed Proposition 19, which repealed an important taxpayer protection from the California Constitution that taxpayers have relied on. The passage ...

Proposition 19 should be back on the ballot, where we can have a discussion without the shadow of disastrous wildfires. Become informed, if you live in California this will affect your future.