Back in 1978 Californians passed Proposition 13, which halved property taxes and constrained their growth.
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After all, they adopted Proposition 13, which cut the schools' main revenue source (property taxes).
California's Proposition 13, for example, a 1978 initiative lowering local property taxes, set off a tax revolt across America.
That fall, Proposition 13 won almost two-thirds of the vote, and conservatives have been vigorously echoing its anti-tax argument ever since.
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It was he, as governor in 1978, who had to implement (having opposed it) Proposition 13, the most infamous of all ballot initiatives.
In 1978 he spearheaded the Proposition 13 campaign in California to roll back property taxes and make it exceedingly hard to raise them again.
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Many argue that redistricting in the state legislature, which ensured that virtually all the incumbents have safe seats, has done more damage than Proposition 13.
Mr Brown has even hinted that he wants to undo the most insidious aspect of Proposition 13 and return to local governments the power to raise revenues.
Since California passed Proposition 13, a property tax-cutting initiative, in 1978, the use of the ballot measure has become increasingly popular, especially in states in the west.
Since his last term, after voters in 1978 passed a famous anti-tax initiative called Proposition 13, money and power has shifted from schools, cities and counties to the state.
In California, say, they tend, as renters rather than homeowners, to be against Proposition 13, a law that caps property taxes, and instead to favour taxes that pay for better education.
The cuts resulted from prison costs and state employee pensions and benefits taking an ever-larger part of the state budget, coupled with the limits on property tax revenues created by Proposition 13 in the 1970s.
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It now had to find money in the budget to comply with Proposition 98, even though Proposition 13 and other initiatives had taken away most of the main revenue source and now required supermajorities to raise other revenues.
Although Democrats have dominated in state elections for some time, and it is only a Republican remnant that has been blocking tax increases, California voters at an earlier stage empowered this minority to hold off levy hikes when they approved Proposition 13, a constitutional amendment.
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