Article: Proposition 13

PROPOSITION 13

PROPOSITION 13 was a California initiative constitutional amendment approved in June 1978 that started an American antigovernment tax revolt. The ballot measure set real estate property value for tax purposes at 1975 1976 market value, limited real estate taxes to 1 percent of that value, limited tax increases to 2 percent per year for continuing owners, provided for a full reassessed value base for new owners, required a two-thirds vote for legislative revenue increases, and made any local government tax increase dependent upon a two-thirds approval of the local voters.

Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann led this antigovernment crusade. Jarvis was chairperson of the ...

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