Occasional Paper, Report Understanding California’s Property Tax Roll: Regions, Property Types, and Sale Years By Tracy Gordon, Fred Silva Sep 24, 2003 Presentation to the California Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy, September 25, 2003.
Report Parcel Taxes as a Local Revenue Source in California By Jon Sonstelie Apr 15, 2015 Local government authority is growing in corrections, school funding, and other areas in California, putting pressure on localities to diversify revenue sources. As a result, the parcel tax may become an increasingly important fiscal tool in the state. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Donald Bren Foundation.
Fact Sheet Proposition 13: 40 Years Later By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa Dykman, Lunna Lopes Jun 18, 2018
Fact Sheet The State-City Fiscal Relationship in California By Dean Misczynski, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Nov 18, 2011
blog post Who Likes Proposition 13? By Mark Baldassare May 29, 2014 Proposition 13’s supporters are shaping our fiscal choices today—even though many were not old enough to vote when the measure passed 36 years ago.
press release Voters Remain Divided on “Split Roll” Property Tax; Reinstating Affirmative Action Still Trails Oct 21, 2020
press release Slim Majority Support “Split Roll” Property Tax; One-Third Support Reinstating Affirmative Action, with Many Undecided Sep 16, 2020
Report Subsidizing Redevelopment in California By Michael Dardia Feb 1, 1998 In California, redevelopment agencies (RDAs) receive about 8 percent of the property taxes collected in the state annually—a percentage that amounted to 1.5 billion in 1993-1994. In a state where local governments are severely constrained by tax limits, this allotment of tax revenues to RDAs has become a matter of intense policy debate. The rationale for the RDAs receiving the property tax revenues is that the agencies’ improvements in the redevelopment area lead to increases in property tax assessments. However, other forces could be contributing to a general rise in local real estate values. The volume explores the purposes of RDAs, their incentives, and how they operate. To illuminate the policy debate, it focuses primarily on the tax revenue issues, estimating for the first time how much of the tax revenue RDAs receive is actually the result of their effect on property values.
