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California state Proposition 1 may promise affordable housing, but there is little chance it will deliver. sandiegouniontribune.com/202… Proposition 1 would add roughly $580 million per year in General Fund debt service for about 30 years — some $17.4 billion in principal and interest on the $10 billion general obligation portion — at a time when the state faces a persistent multibillion-dollar structural deficit, and general obligation debt is a first-priority claim on the General Fund that must be paid regardless of how the funded programs perform. sdtaxpayers.org/policy-repor… Vote NO Proposition 1.

Transit contractors, engineering firms and equipment suppliers have contributed more than $1.6 million to the Yes on RTM campaign. I'm sure they are just donating for the good of humanity.

If Prop 40 (the Billionaire Tax) is "approved by voters in November, it’s unclear how much money the ballot initiative would raise, how quickly the funding would become available, and how lawmakers would spend it." timesofsandiego.com/politics… SD Taxpayers has read the fine print and is not impressed with what it found. The tax would create unresolved valuation and legal questions could delay or reduce what the measure actually collects. Vote NO on Prop 40. sdtaxpayers.org/policy-repor…

If you think Proposition 13 isn't helping new homeowners, you don't know what their property tax bill would be without it. Before Prop. 13, property was assessed at current market value every year, and the average tax rate was 2.67%. Do the math on that at guessinggame.org

Unions representing transit workers have contributed $1.9 million to the YES on RTM campaign. Their dues revenue come from your tax dollars. Then they recycle it into campaigns to get you to pay more taxes and to further increase their dues revenue. Absolutely insane!

Opinion: Jon Coupal: It’s not too late to save California ocregister.com/2026/10/13/jo…

The City of Los Angeles should fully fund the fire department without a sales tax increase, ahead of spending tax dollars to buy motels and remodel the Convention Center. The argument against Measure FD: youtu.be/g4tpudpitKY?si=Bp2a…

One city in LA County could reach a 12% sales tax rate if voters make the wrong decision in November. I believe this would be an all-time California record. New from me in the @ladailynews. dailynews.com/2026/10/16/los…

California's new software tax will hit restaurants hard, industry analyst says. "Tools restaurants rely on daily, including point-of-sale systems, scheduling software, payroll platforms, and inventory management systems, will generally become taxable." eisneramper.com/insights/res…

"Proposition 43 would make it harder to raise local taxes, such as sales taxes, by restoring an important taxpayer protection that voters overwhelmingly approved in 1978 with the passage of Proposition 13. In a series of court decisions beginning nine years ago, Proposition 13’s requirement for a two-thirds vote for local special taxes was effectively eradicated." sandiegouniontribune.com/202… The measure is also support by SD Taxpayers. sdtaxpayers.org/policy-repor…

Californians have already approved these limits twice, only to have courts erode the will of the electorate. mercurynews.com/2026/10/17/e…

Medi-Cal has expanded to a $218 billion program: the state's largest. So you'd think the State would invest adequately in program integrity. But that is not what the State Auditor found. Plenty of waste, fraud, and abuse and not a lot of people trying to root it out.

The California Billionaire Tax Act (Proposition 40), which imposes a one-time 5 percent tax on billionaires’ net worth, is vulnerable to numerous constitutional challenges, any of which could invalidate the tax in whole or in part. Read more: hubs.ly/Q04B8wC10

Opinion: The California billionaire tax’s ever-shifting goalposts ocregister.com/2026/10/16/th…

Why are California taxpayers paying to fly high-speed rail consultants to work?cbsnews.com/news/california-…

Opinion: The Exhausted Taxpayer’s Guide to the California Ballot, November 2026 edition ocregister.com/2026/10/10/th…

Sales taxes in Berkeley (and the rest of the Bay Area) are out of step with most of country. Why is this okay, and how long will politicians and interest groups continue to "boil the frog"?

New column: California's ballot propositions fuel its longstanding tax-and-spending war calmatters.org/commentary/20…

Opinion: Jon Coupal: It’s not too late to save California ocregister.com/2026/10/13/jo…