Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a brief report, titled “Summary of November 2010 Ballot Measures,” which provides of summary of the three measures that have qualified for the November 2010 statewide ballot and seven other measures that have collected the requisite number of signatures but are pending verification.  To view this summary click here.   

Another KC report, titled “New Report Finds Major Shift in Property Tax Burden

On May 14, 2010 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released is May Revised budget proposal which outlines a series of solutions to close the $19 billion budget gap projected for 2010-11.  To view the proposal click here.   Legislative deliberations on the proposal have already begun.  Below is a list of the various analyses of the Governor’s May revision: 

“The 2010-11 Budget: Overview of the May Revision.”  Legislative Analyst, May 18… Read More...

 The California Institute for Federal Policy Research (CIFPR) reports that House and Senate negotiators on May 20, 2010 reached a compromise on the conference agreement to H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act.  The original legislation, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, passed the House of Representatives on December 9, 2009.  The Senate passed a similar package, the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, as an amendment… Read More...

Carolyn Said, Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writers

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

With California mired in a budget crisis, some lawmakers are eyeing revisions to Proposition 13, the state’s landmark law limiting property-tax increases, considered the… Read More...

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press Writer

By John Howard | 05/07/10 12:00 AM PST

SACRAMENTO — Corporations have contributed a steadily decreasing portion of the state’s property taxes since Proposition 13 was approved three decades ago, even as the share paid by homeowners has risen, according to a report released Thursday by a tax-reform group.