Sacramento --- At last night's Gubernatorial debate between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, Jerry Brown refused to defend Proposition 13.  Read more >>

Sacramento --- The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has petitioned the Superior Court of California in San Diego to force the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) to disclose public records as it relates to employee pensions.
The legal action comes after SDCERA rebuffed a Public Records Act request seeking a list of retirees receiving a gross monthly pension benefit exceeding $100,000 per year. The PRA request asked for retired employees’ names, their last employing agencies, and the amount of their monthly benefits.  Read more >>

Sacramento --- In a huge blow to the credibility of Attorney General Jerry Brown and opponents of Proposition 23, a Superior Court judge today issued a decision on the Ballot Title and Summary for the measure, calling the Attorney General’s ballot label, title and summary “false,” “misleading,” and “prejudicial.”

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association was the Petitioner in the case.  Read more >>

Sacramento --- Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility (also known as “California Pension Reform”) have won a key victory in the battle against out-of-control pensions for state and local bureaucrats.  Read more >>

With a million jobs and billions of dollars at stake, voters want a voice in AB 32

Sacramento – A measure that would temporarily suspend the implementation of regulations related to AB 32 today took a giant step closer to going before voters on the November ballot, as members of the California Jobs Initiative coalition submitted over 800,000 signatures to Registrars of Voters throughout the state.  Read more >>

California’s largest Taxpayer group: “Stop the Energy Tax!”

Sacramento --- The driving force behind the defeat of last year’s Prop. 1A – the $16 billion tax increase – is now setting its sights on defeating California’s $180 billion “Energy Tax.”

“No New Taxes” – a project of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – announced today it is joining the ballot measure campaign to suspend California’s overreaching global warming mandate until the Economy improves.  Read more >>

Sacramento --- The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC announced today their Endorsement of Meg Whitman for Governor.

HJTA President Jon Coupal on Meg Whitman:  Read more >>

Santa Rosa --- Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, will serve as Keynote Speaker at the Annual Membership gathering of the Sonoma County Taxpayers Association. The group will also be presenting the Spencer Flournoy Good Government Award to an outstanding public official at the event.

WHAT: Sonoma County Taxpayers Association
64th Annual Membership Luncheon

WHO: Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Keynote Speech: “Who Will Protect the Taxpayer in Times of Economic Crisis?”  Read more >>