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 >>

On June 6th, 1978, nearly two-thirds of California's voters passed Proposition 13, reducing property taxes by about 57%.
Read Proposition 13 as it is enshrined in the California state constitution. Read the text of the initiative circulated to voters.  Read more >>

When the city of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, it made national news. Among the alleged reasons for this financial debacle was, as usual, Proposition 13. Same urban myth, different city.

Recall that Prop 13 was also blamed when Orange County went bankrupt. In spite of the clearly documented evidence of the Orange County Treasurer's criminal wrongdoing and the fact that he used an astrologer to assist him in making investments of public dollars, in some quarters, it is always Proposition 13's fault when any government entity runs short of money.  Read more >>

In perhaps one of the most brazen political moves in California history, Democrat leadership last week unveiled a budget proposal that would shred the California Constitution by raising billions of new taxes without the required two-thirds vote.

The tax hikes in the proposal would include a 2.5% surcharge on anyone paying personal income tax, an additional three quarters of one percent sales tax, an oil severance tax and replacement of current taxes on gas with even higher "fees."  Read more >>

In this season of thanksgiving, please don't blame taxpayers if they are distracted by the injuries being perpetrated against them by our political class.

California ranks 6th nationally in tax burden, but taxpayers are being assaulted by brain dead state and local politicians, who won't be happy until we are number one. Unemployment is at 8.2 percent and rising, housing foreclosures are at a record level, and the economy, which is bad for most of the rest of the country, is even worse in our state.  Read more >>