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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1 week ago |
ocregister.com | Jon Coupal
Just when you think things couldn’t get worse for California’s beleaguered taxpayers, a new problem is beginning to emerge that will surprise many homeowners when they sell their primary residences. The problem is the result of both rapidly rising home values and the failure of our political leaders to enact inflation adjustments to the capital gains exclusion on the sale of homes. Let’s start with inflation. Inflation under the Biden presidency inflicted a great deal of pain to most Americans.
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1 week ago |
mtdemocrat.com | Jon Coupal
Starting in 1978 with the passage of Proposition 13, California voters have repeatedly tried to protect their homes and businesses from excessive taxation by imposing limits on property taxes and requiring two-thirds voter approval for other local taxes that disproportionately burden homeowners and businesses.
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1 week ago |
ocregister.com | Jon Coupal
In politics, it’s good to remember that things often don’t mean what you think they mean. A good example of that is the state budget. The California Constitution requires the state to have a balanced budget, but the whole process is a complete farce. Here’s why. When Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his proposed budget in January, he claimed that the state had a “modest surplus.” But how could we have a surplus when he proposed to pull $7.1 billion from reserves?
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2 weeks ago |
mtdemocrat.com | Jon Coupal
Opposition to California’s high-speed rail project keeps mounting. What began as a $10 billion bond measure to fund a rail project that would travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco has morphed into America’s most embarrassing boondoggle costing hundreds of billions of dollars. Throughout its tortured history, the project’s detractors have been proven right over and over again.
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2 weeks ago |
crescentcitytimes.com | Jon Coupal
By Jon Coupal – May 19, 2025Opposition to California’s high-speed rail project keeps mounting. What began as a $10 billion bond measure to fund a rail project that would travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco has morphed into America’s most embarrassing boondoggle costing hundreds of billions of dollars. Throughout its tortured history, the project’s detractors have been proven right over and over again.
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Even though I will personally benefit from an increase in the SALT cap, it is still bad policy. CA should not be rewarded for its high tax burden. "A higher SALT cap will have no economic payoff and subsidizes profligate Democratic-run states." @hjta. https://t.co/3OkxhJFIaQ.
Our new initiative proposal to close the court-created loopholes in Prop. 13. "Jon Coupal: Support the Save Proposition 13 Act of 2026." @hjta. https://t.co/pFFOEtwfPu
As other states pursue thoughtful fiscal policies that promote growth, California heads in the opposite direction. "CA Governor moves right on cultural issues, but doesn’t repudiate progressive tax-and-welfare orthodoxy." @hjta https://t.co/VGl0Ifjkrj via @WSJopinion
