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Article: PROP. 218 SCRAPS A DAUNTING HURDLE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- November 22, 1996
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Byline: Gary M. Galles
UNHAPPY that ``The Right to Vote on Taxes Act'' would reduce their ability to impose property tax assessments without more than a sham vote of those who would pay the bill, the Los Angeles City Council has decided to challenge Proposition 218 in court.
They directed the city attorney to ``prepare a legal challenge to the constitutionality of Proposition 218 . . . based on the measure's requirement that assessments be voted on based on the assessed valuation of the landowner.'' However, both the constitutional and logical bases for this challenge are faulty.
The primary failing of the constitutional challenge is that ...