A union-led push to change Proposition 13 through the ballot box is in for a fight from the business community.
On Thursday morning, a group called Make It Fair launched a campaign to put changes to Prop. 13 before voters in 2016, the Sacramento Bee reported.
Resistance, however, is already mounting against any push for a split roll or stripping away of tax protections.
“California’s small businesses struggle every day to overcome our state’s massive tax burden and keep their doors open,” Rex Hime, president of the California Business Properties Association, said in this Bee article. “By continuing to raise taxes, the state is forcing businesses out of California, and they’re taking our jobs with them.”
Under the proposal, Prop. 13’s tax-increase limitations would no longer protect commercial property but may continue to protect rental housing, the Bee said.
Related coverage:
- Unions begin campaign to dismantle Prop. 13 for commercial properties (Sacramento Business Journal)
- Column by Rex Hime: There’s No Need to Undo Proposition 13 (Flashreport)