California’s early taxes were disproportionate to population and wealth, and in 1870 the state created the State Board of ...

Just as schools or libraries don’t pay property taxes, housing authorities are exempt because they provide a public service: building and maintaining safe, decent homes — a policy designed to ...

The latest results for Measure B show a majority of South Alameda County voters are in favor of a parcel tax to help pay for ...

THERE ARE UNPAID TAXES ON THE PROPERTY WHICH YOU OWN OR HAVE A LEGAL INTEREST. THE PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON 14TH DAY OF MAY, 2025 UNLESS THE BACK TAXES ARE PAID. TO MAKE PAYMENT OR ...

Occasionally the actual price is omitted from filed deeds. Because of this, some prices listed here are based on the 1 percent tax paid when the property was ...

California has the highest state income tax rate in the nation for the wealthy – 13.3% for incomes of $1 million and above.

As Election Day in the city of Santa Cruz draws near, proponents of the two competing affordable housing tax measures, Measures B and C, discussed their campaigns, clarified misconceptions and ...

Physical therapist Kim Dennies works inside a modified room for overflow COVID-19 patients at Marshall Medical Center’s hospital in Placerville in December 2020. The hospital is among those expected ...

California’s powerful health care union SEIU United Healthcare Workers West is throwing its weight behind a new 2026 ballot initiative called the Billionaire Tax Act, intended to buoy the state’s ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major union announced a proposal Thursday to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in California to address federal funding cuts to health care for low-income people.

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California billionaires would face a one-time 5% tax on their wealth through a ballot initiative that advocates say could ...