Voters have grown tired of passing school bonds and parcel taxes to fund basic services year after year. The good news is, there is a simple solution to this problem: reforming Prop. 13.

By some estimates, our state has lost over $1 trillion in revenue because of Prop 13, with much of that because of commercial properties underpaying. But every time talk of reforming Prop 13 comes around, the anti-tax corporate lobby spends big and squashes any dissent of their sacred doctrine. 

An unusually quick budget finalization process with the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco was due to the organizing efforts of the People’s Budget Coalition fighting to restore funding for numerous public services.

In San Francisco, which is already facing a $600 million deficit, the Local Taxpayer Deception Act could cost the city $300 million every single year.

California schools are demanding the release of $3.9 billion guaranteed under Proposition 98. While Gov. Gavin Newsom calls the delay fiscal caution, districts warn it shifts budget risk onto students and educators.

Calls to reinstate standardized testing for college admissions has been in talks amongst the University of California due to low math skills. Students, like Jules Pizano, call out the fault of these levels due to underfunding in our schools.

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association wants to defund California schools and public services by making it virtually impossible to raise revenue.

We can’t let them: Vote NO on the Taxpayer Deception Act.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie needs to get his priorities in order.

It is unacceptable to propose laying off at least 500 employees while rejecting new revenue measures for the city, such as the overpaid CEO tax. 

As talks are in the works of cutting 500 jobs, we must protect all essential workers that are the backbone of our city.

Our communities, schools and services are suffering while billionaires and corporations rake in more every year. We shouldn’t be afraid to tax them fairly so our students can have the education they deserve.

Think things couldn’t get any worse than Prop 13? Wrong!

I always hear Mayor Daniel Lurie talking about how we’re a “city on the rise.” To me, that sounds like a city with robust public schools, public transit and public services. Not a place where public schools are closed without a strong financial reason.

Newsom has signaled his intention to shift power away from the voter-elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction towards the governor-appointed State Board of Education.

If Daniel Lurie wants to pride himself on being a good mayor, he must listen to the needs of everyday San Franciscans—NOT the wealthy billionaires.

Mandatory kindergarten is an equity issue. Reforming Prop. 13 can help level the playing field for historically underserved communities, providing the funding and resources to make mandatory kindergarten a reality

Prop 13 is more than low property taxes. It’s a system that gives some homeowners an unfair advantage while undercutting our schools and communities. We should ask why corporations and investors can benefit while our neighborhoods and future generations fall behind.

When budget season rolls around every year, the narrative surrounding it is always about how many essential services and programs need to be cut due to budget deficits. What if we didn’t need to worry about that? What if we spent that energy on finding new revenue sources so that all of our essential services can stay funded and more?

Trump cuts have the potential to increase San Francisco’s deficit by hundreds of millions of dollars every year. The good news is, there’s an easy way to restore billions of dollars to our budget.

Students already struggling with soaring costs now face a double blow: higher tuition at home and deep education cuts.

Bay Area transit agencies are running out of money and Sacramento’s solution is to charge riders more. Instead of yet another sales tax, we should be fixing the real problem: California’s Prop 13 that lets corporations dodge billions in taxes.