Before Proposition 13, property owners were subject to huge increases in their property taxes. Some elderly and other fixed-income homeowners couldn't keep up with the increases and were forced to sell their homes. Family budgets were blown apart by massive and unpredictable tax increases.
I want stability for families and seniors so they can plan for the future. I don't want a return to the days of property tax sticker shock that forced people out of their homes. That's why Prop. 13 is so important.
I was an straight-A rated legislator by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and will defend and protect Proposition 13 and crush any attempts to increase property taxes.