Go to the public about getting Prop 13 eliminated? As far as I can tell California taxes everything else pretty highly. Any other suggestions to get more dollars????

They are not taxed nearly high enough. There is a proposition that is going to qualify for the ballot that will raise taxes on the wealthy if we can get enough votes.

Prop 13 would only get reformed if you could find a way convince voters that reform will grandfather-in family homes to keep their Prop 13 tax rates, and dump the corporations who really are the abusers of Prop 13. Conservatives are still controlling the narrative that reforming any part of Prop 13 will put Grandma out on the porch.

10.3%? Propose going to 15.3%. If you can get it, then I say go for it.


We have what could be called a somewhat regressive tax code in our state (8.98% for incomes over $65K with Federal tax deductibility). I have kept that bill down the last 3 years by fully funding my state's 529 for my two daughters (about $1000 in savings each year).

Getting the money is easy, if we just find the gall to ask/demand.

Btw, the wealthy and their corporations are paying far lower taxes now than before the Reagan era. Simply returning to then would likely solve the current crisis. However, even prior to Reagan, state and federal taxes were historically low. In the middle of the Great Depression, the marginal rate on income over $100,000 was more than 50% and eventually got up to more than 80%.

The two follow ons which forced super majority for all new taxes, made it harder to call new levys fees, and finally Prop 4 which limited the top line of Government.

Prop 13 changed the tax sources, the others actually made a big difference