I voted against putting Prop 1A on the ballot for a number of reasons.Â

While the language in Prop. 1A does not specially say it will raise taxes, approving the measure will cost taxpayers an additional $16 billion, according to the non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office.Â

These taxes include extending the sales tax, nearly doubling the car tax, an increase in the personal income tax rate and a reduction in the tax credit for dependents, costing California families $200 per child.

All totaled, these tax increases on Prop 1A will cost the typical California family more than $1,000 a year.

That's hardly an honest spending cap.

In exchange for billions in new taxes you get a spending cap that limits spending until they raise taxes again. That's right, every time taxes are raised, the so-called spending cap can be adjusted upward. Where's the spending discipline in that?
This spending cap won't work and if Prop 1A is approved, voters will pay $16 billion more in taxes and California will continue to face budget deficits far into the future.

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association opposes this measure and so should you.