Our Mission

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is dedicated to the protection of Proposition 13 and the advancement of taxpayers' rights, including the right to limited taxation, the right to vote on tax increases and the right of economical, equitable and efficient use of taxpayer dollars.

Through education and awareness, we strive to empower you, the taxpayer, to take control of your rights and influence the momentum of ballots and initiatives supportive of your rights.  Read more >>

Howard Jarvis, the leader of California's most famous tax revolt, passed away more than 20 years ago, but over the past year his name continually popped up in newspaper articles across the United States. Property tax troubles were brewing throughout the country and Jarvis's prodigy, property-tax-cutting Proposition 13, was remembered by beleaguered taxpayers as something to be emulated to protect against out-of-control taxation.  Read more >>

What has dominated political discussion in California for 30 years, been blamed for everything from the O.J. Simpson "not guilty" verdict to the Third World debt crisis, and yet remains as overwhelmingly popular as ever?

The answer is Proposition 13, Howard Jarvis' landmark tax limiting measure approved by nearly two-thirds of voters in 1978. A just-completed survey of California voters shows that, even after three decades, Proposition 13 enjoys overwhelming support.  Read more >>

INTRODUCTION

Howard Jarvis, the leader of California's most famous tax revolt, passed away in 1986. But in the spring and summer of 2007 his name continually popped up in newspaper articles across the United States. Property tax troubles were brewing throughout the country and Jarvis's prodigy, property tax-cutting Proposition 13, was remembered by beleaguered taxpayers as something to be emulated to protect against out-of-control levels of taxation.  Read more >>

We should encourage lawmakers to embark on other benign silliness.

As if there wasn't enough to wrangle over in the California Legislature, some lawmakers put other business aside recently to focus on a specific, emotional issue.

The looming budget deficit? No. The need, enforced by threats from a federal court, to expand prison capacity? No. Is it an effort to address our transportation woes? "Hell" no.

The flap was over the use of the word "hell" on the Senate floor.  Read more >>