Prop 13 Withstands Legislative Attack, Sign a Big Tax Deal will be Hard
Governor Gavin Newsom says he wants to cut a deal to restructure California’s tax system— that would include changes to the legendary taxpayer protection measure, Proposition 13. But when the supermajority Assembly Democrats on Monday could not rally enough support to put a Prop 13 change on the ballot, you understand that such a task […]
Housing California Doesn’t Have to be So Hard
When the first new home in the Centennial housing development goes on sale in 2021 it will have been 27 years since the project was submitted for local approval. That’s over a quarter century, well more than two decades. It’s a full generation, or six college graduations. And, for many, it’s nearly half a lifetime. […]
Insurers Respond to Dept. of Insurance Fire Non-renewal Data
(Editor’s Note: The California Department of Insurance issued data that disclosed over four years, over 340,000 homeowners were dropped by insurance companies. in high fire risk areas. According to a Sacramento Bee article covering the issue, “The non-renewals increased by 6 percent last year, translating into 88,187 homeowners forced to find replacement coverage in 2018 […]