Proposition 13 is part of the California Constitution, so are its protections guaranteed to all homeowners?
A. Yes and No. As long as the politicians and courts respect Proposition 13, Article XIII-A of the California Constitution, it will continue to protect the security of home ownership, and property owners will continue to enjoy the $528 billion that this Tax Revolt initiative has saved them since 1978. But government officials don’t have a very good record of respecting Proposition 13, particularly elected politicians, and most particularly those who are eager to spend — and just as eager to increase taxes to pay for their giveaways. For over 30 years, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has been battling the tax and-spend politicians and their allies in special corporate interest groups, bureaucrats, and public-employee unions, among others who benefit from government spending. This year, taxpayers are in unprecedented danger because the California State Legislature has in recent years built an “engine of overspending” that has made it impossible to balance the state budget, as req
