Jon Coupal
Political Writer at California Political Review
Jon Coupal is President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California's largest taxpayer advocacy organization with over 200,000 members.
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2 days ago |
ocregister.com | Jon Coupal
On June 6th, 1978, California voters delivered a shock wave, not just in California, but throughout America. Proposition 13 reduced property taxes by more than half and imposed other restrictions on government’s ability to extract money from citizens and businesses. Despite Prop. 13’s victory with 64.8 percent of the vote, tax-and-spend progressives immediately filed a lawsuit directly in the California Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the new measure.
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1 week ago |
dailynews.com | Jon Coupal
People line Baker Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday, March 22, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) UPDATED: June 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM PDTThe headline was certainly eye-catching: “San Francisco considered charging property owners for their driveways.” For local taxpayers, the City by the Bay has a well-earned reputation for being one of the most hostile municipalities in the nation. But even this sounded a little too strange. But no.
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1 week ago |
dailybulletin.com | Jon Coupal
The headline was certainly eye-catching: “San Francisco considered charging property owners for their driveways.” For local taxpayers, the City by the Bay has a well-earned reputation for being one of the most hostile municipalities in the nation. But even this sounded a little too strange. But no. The article, written by Rachel Swan of the San Francisco Chronicle, unpacks how the proposal came about before officials (in a rare moment of appreciating bad optics) decided to shelve it.
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1 week ago |
redlandsdailyfacts.com | Jon Coupal
The headline was certainly eye-catching: “San Francisco considered charging property owners for their driveways.” For local taxpayers, the City by the Bay has a well-earned reputation for being one of the most hostile municipalities in the nation. But even this sounded a little too strange. But no. The article, written by Rachel Swan of the San Francisco Chronicle, unpacks how the proposal came about before officials (in a rare moment of appreciating bad optics) decided to shelve it.
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1 week ago |
pasadenastarnews.com | Jon Coupal
The headline was certainly eye-catching: "San Francisco considered charging property owners for their driveways." For local taxpayers, the City by the Bay has a well-earned reputation for being one of the most hostile municipalities in the nation. But even this sounded a little too strange. But no. The article, written by Rachel Swan of the San Francisco Chronicle, unpacks how the proposal came about before officials (in a rare moment of appreciating bad optics) decided to shelve it.
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Enough with the "we need more revenue" nonsense. @hjta. https://t.co/UvZHqUuFOD
In order for democracy to survive, we need an educated citizenry. But California's education policies would, by all appearances, suggest that there is a concerted effort to keep students ignorant. Time for robust school choice. @hjta. https://t.co/COkVdPJTOv
RT @HJTA: Happy birthday, Prop. 13! Forty-seven never looked so good! https://t.co/PMaca0ISiv
