Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden ...

(Editor’s Note: David R. Doerr recently published a lengthy commentary on Prop 13 in the Cal Tax Report. The following is a summary. To read the full commentary, click here.) A split roll would mean a ...

Among the many problems California faces the next fiscal year, none is more important than the needs of local governments and the lack of funding. Much of the lack of local financial stability stems ...

2026 has reignited debates about Proposition 13, with a new measure designed to “save” the 1978 proposition. While Prop. 13 has been an immense benefit to incumbent longtime property owners, it is ...

Every so often, a familiar complaint bubbles up: Why does my neighbor pay a few thousand dollars a year in property taxes while mine is in the tens of thousands? It sounds unfair at first blush, but ...