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Line 68: This subsequently led to the passage of California Proposition 218 in 1996 ("Right to Vote on Taxes Act") that constitutionally requires voter approval for local government taxes and some nontax levies such as benefit assessments on real property and certain property-related fees and charges. . ▼   == Reform ~~proposals ~~Proposals ==   this article is editable in box below, or by editing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Qatrl5XkCPFe9FN5u1I6UkGlJg-cgIxx9EqJbTfd0M/edit?usp=sharing this Google Doc]. <gdoc id="11Qatrl5XkCPFe9FN5u1I6UkGlJg-cgIxx9EqJbTfd0M"></gdoc> # ~~=== Repeal for commercial property only<br/> (also known as "split roll" reform). ===~~ ## ~~==== [http://www.evolve-ca.org/our-plan/ Evolve CA proposal]:  ====~~ ##<span style="font-size: 13px;">'''Implement this reform in a smart way.  '''<span style="font-size: 13px;">Some commercial properties have not been reassessed in 40 years, meaning their owners are still paying property rates based on 1970s assessments. Our proposal will gradually phase-in changes to tax rates. Upon implementation, it will take three years until non-residential, commercial property owners will be paying taxes based on their current market value.</span></span><br/>   ##'''Provide relief for small businesses'''<span style="font-size: 13px;">.  Small business owners will be exempt from this reform and also provided with direct tax relief through elimination of the business personal property tax.</span><br/>   ##'''Maintain current Prop. 13 protections for all residential property.  '''<span style="font-size: 13px;">Homeowners, home renters, apartment owners, and apartment renters will not be affected by this reform.</span><br/>   ##'''Establish regular reassessment of non-residential, commercial property in California.'''<span style="font-size: 13px;">  No other state in the country has frozen commercial property tax rates. Most states reassess commercial property every 1-5 years.</span><br/>   ~~##Criticisms of 'split-roll' reform:~~ ###YIMBY Action:<br/> "We are conflicted about that proposal because it risks incentivizing municipalities to build only commercial and not residential, to increase their tax revenue." (Laura Clark, YIMBY Action, quoted in [Reisenwitz 2017]). <br/>   ###California Chamber of Commerce.<br/> “Our position has always been that if you’re going to have a tax increase, it should be broad-based and universally applicable,” says CCC policy advocate Jennifer Barrera. “A split-roll tax treats residential property differently from commercial property, so it’s discriminatory.” (quoted in [Abramsky 2016]). <br/>   # ===  Repeal or raise business tax, pair with low-income tax credit<br/> but mitigate resulting upward pressure on rents by expanding state income-tax credits for low-income renters. [Sexton 1999].  === # ~~=== Raise the reassessment cap from 2% to 4%. <br/> [Sexton 1999].  ===~~ # ~~=== Repeal inheritabilty of tax assessments <br/> [Sexton 1999].  ===~~ # ~~==== Defer tax or tax increase payments until sale ====~~ ## ~~==== California program for seniors & disabled. ====~~ ## ~~==== Oregon program.  ====~~ ## ~~==== Lexington, Kentucky proposed program<br/> (see [Musgrave 2017]):  ====~~ ~~###~~ ~~City would make a loan to certain homeowners to cover increase in property taxes. ~~ ~~####~~ ~~Applicants would have to have lived in their property at least five to 10 years.~~ ~~####~~ ~~Their income would have to be at or below 80 percent of the area median income and~~ ~~####~~ ~~their property taxes would have to increase more than 12 percent from the prior year.~~ ~~####~~ ~~Homeowners would have to re-apply each year.~~ ~~####~~ ~~The city would only pay for the increase in the property tax, not the entire property tax bill.~~ ~~####~~ ~~The city’s payment would be a loan that would have to be repaid when the property is sold. ~~ ▲.  == Reform-related Events / Forums  == [https://www.facebook.com/events/191336211428796/ Prop 13 Panel] - December 10th, 2017, 3-5pm, in San Francisco<br/> [https://www.facebook.com/events/191336211428796/ https://www.facebook.com/events/191336211428796/].<br/> hosted by: [http://www.sfyimby.org/ San Francisco YIMBY Party] [[~~yimbyaction~~Yimbyaction.org\|YIMBY Action]] [https://uniteddems.org/ United Democratic Club] [http://www.evolve-ca.org/ Evolve] [[~~sfhac~~Sfhac.org\|San Francisco Housing Action Coalition]]<br/>   September 9th, 2017 (Saturday) -10:30am to 12:30pm.<br/> Evolve.ca Town Hall event. <br/> Where: First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, CA 94612.<br/> [http://www.evolve-ca.org/town-hall-rsvp/ http://www.evolve-ca.org/town-hall-rsvp/] Line 149 ⟶ 94:             Line 161 ⟶ 110: Elkind, Ethan. "[http://legal-planet.org/2017/01/12/how-prop-13-has-wrecked-california/ How Prop 13 Has Wrecked California: Time to roll back the 1978 tax measure.]" Legal Planet, January 12, 2017. [http://legal-planet.org/2017/01/12/how-prop-13-has-wrecked-california/. http://legal-planet.org/2017/01/12/how-prop-13-has-wrecked-california/. ]<br/>   California Legislative Analysts Office. "[http://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706 The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion.]" October 9th, 2017.<br/> [http://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706 http://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706].<br/>   Levinson, Michael. "[https://medium.com/@michaellevinson_64108/landlords-and-heirs-why-prop-13-isnt-just-unfair-it-s-un-american-20a8597cb37b Landlords and Heirs: Why Prop 13 isn’t just unfair, it’s un-American.]" November 1st, 2017. [https://medium.com/@michaellevinson_64108/landlords-and-heirs-why-prop-13-isnt-just-unfair-it-s-un-american-20a8597cb37b https://medium.com/@michaellevinson_64108/landlords-and-heirs-why-prop-13-isnt-just-unfair-it-s-un-american-20a8597cb37b][https://medium.com/@michaellevinson_64108/landlords-and-heirs-why-prop-13-isnt-just-unfair-it-s-un-american-20a8597cb37b. .~~ ~~]<br/> . Martin, Isaac William. ''The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics''. Stanford University Press, 2008. <br/>   McGirr, Lisa. [https://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Warriors-American-Politics-Twentieth-Century/dp/0691096112 Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right]. Princeton University Press, 2001 & new edition 2015.  [https://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Warriors-American-Politics-Twentieth-Century/dp/0691096112 https://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Warriors-American-Politics-Twentieth-Century/dp/0691096112].<br/>   Murphy, Katy. "[https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/11/giving-grandma-a-tax-break-to-get-more-homes-on-the-market-realtors-prop-13-ballot-proposal/ Giving Grandma a tax break to get more homes on the market: realtors’ Prop. 13 ballot proposal]." ''Mercury News, ''11 Dec 2017. https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/11/giving-grandma-a-tax-break-to-get-more-homes-on-the-market-realtors-prop-13-ballot-proposal/. <br/>   Musgrave, Beth. "[http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article175496271.html Are those new neighbors driving up your property tax bill? Help could be coming]." ''Lexington Herald-Leader, ''September 26th, 2017. [http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article175496271.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article175496271.html].<br/>   New York Times, Retro Report. "[https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000004711534/proposition-13-mad-as-hell.html Proposition 13: Mad as Hell]" (video, 12:16 mins). <br/> Oct 16, 2016.<br/>   Phillips, Shane. “[http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/prop-13-california-broken-property-tax-part-2 Prop 13, Part 2: How to Fix California’s Broken Property Tax Law.]” ''Better Institutions'' blog, July 1, 2015. [http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/prop-13-california-broken-property-tax-part-2 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/prop-13-california-broken-property-tax-part-2].<br/>   Reisenwitz, Cathy.  "[https://www.thebaycitybeacon.com/politics/a-surprising-suggestion-for-the-prop-quagmire-guest-opinion/article_e29306ea-3f16-11e7-b006-932132ad812d.html A Surprising Suggestion for the Prop 13 Quagmire [GuestOpinion].]" Bay City Beacon, May 22, 2017. [http://www.thebaycitybeacon.com/32740/289250/a/a-surprising-suggestion-for-the-prop-13-quagmire-guestopinion https://www.thebaycitybeacon.com/politics/a-surprising-suggestion-for-the-prop-quagmire-guest-opinion/article_e29306ea-3f16-11e7-b006-932132ad812d.html].<br/>   Rosen, Kenneth T.  "The Impact of Proposition 13 on House Prices in Northern California: A Test of the Interjurisdictional Capitalization Hypothesis." ''Journal of Political Economy'', Vol. 90, No. 1 (Feb., 1982), pp. 191-200.<br/> [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1831240 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1831240].<br/> Working paper, June 1980: [http://escholarship.org/uc/item/80t0102p [1]].<br/>   Line 177 ⟶ 128: See also: Proposition 13 Tax Subsidy mapping project: [http://yimby.wiki/wiki/Equity_Mapping_Project http://yimby.wiki/wiki/Equity_Mapping_Project]. [[Category:Politics]] [[Category:Housing]] [[Category:California Legislation]] [[Category:Development]] [[Category:Legislation]]