Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association

08/12/2026

Economist Stephen Moore said Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing and housing combined, arguing the growing tax burden shows government has become “so big and bloated.” In a post shared on X on Wednesday,...

08/11/2026

08/11/2026

Bipartisan bill unwinds Jerry Brown’s reforms, doubles down on flawed law that’s strangling local governments with debt

08/08/2026

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/elections/california-prop-1-affordable-housing/4124291/

Here's what California voters need to know about Proposition 1.

08/05/2026

Sales tax is the most regressive major tax there is. The Bay Area transit sales tax would fall hardest on working families and renters, the residents least able to absorb it.

07/28/2026

"While providing security to homeowners, it simultaneously guarantees stable – and almost always increasing – revenue to local governments. Statewide, assessed value of property generally increases in the 4 to 5 percent range. And even in years when market values decrease, Proposition 13 acts as a shock absorber, stabilizing revenue because of the difference between taxable value and market value."

Unfortunately, praise for Prop. 13 rarely comes from local government officials, even those who know how Proposition 13 helps them.

07/25/2026

Year after year, decade after decade, local gov't has asked county residents to shell out more and more for a mass transit fiscal sinkhole that has delivered less and less. Public policy prof and former SJ CM Pete Constant walks us through the sorry tale. An Opp Now exclusive .

07/22/2026

The Bay Area Council, crypto-king Chris Larsen and others opposing Billionaire Tax while promoting regressive Bay Area Transit Sales Tax have some explaining to do