L.A. County Assessor on Implementing a Split Roll
Los Angeles County Assessor Jeffrey Prang told an audience that implementing the split roll property tax increase proposal headed for the 2020 ballot would put a strain on his office. The split roll would require property assessments on many commercial properties every one to three years. Prang said he currently doesn’t have the staff or […]
Come Back, Kamala
Senator Harris, it’s time to come home. And by that, I don’t mean to open a presidential campaign office, as you recently did. I say that not because you’re falling in the national polls, or failing to gain traction in the early caucus and primary states. I don’t even say that because you’re losing altitude […]
Property and Democracy in America
To understand how American democracy has worked, and why its future may be limited, it’s critical to look at the issue of property. From early on, the country’s republican institutions have rested on the notion of dispersed ownership of land — a striking departure from the realities of feudal Europe, east Asia or the Middle […]
Conservatives clap back against California in court — twice
It was a busy day for GOP-affiliated courtroom battles against the state of California. In the morning, conservatives sued the state claiming it was failing to “ensure that non-citizens are never placed on the voter rolls.” In the afternoon, they scored an early, anticipated victory to block a new state law that would require presidential […]