Leseprobe
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Proposition 13 in 1978
1.2 State of Scholarship
1.3 Methodology
2. Proposition 13’s Ballot Success
2.1 Causes of Proposition 13
2.1.1 The Pre-Proposition 13 Property Tax System
2.1.2 The Escalating Property Tax
2.1.3 State Government Inaction and Unresponsiveness
2.2 Proposition 13’s Sponsors and Opponents
2.2.1 Proposition 13’s Sponsors
2.2.2 Proposition 13’s Opponents
2.3 Voters
2.3.1 A Diversely Mixed Coalition
2.3.2 Requesting a Property Tax Relief
2.3.3 Fighting Big Government
2.3.4 Sending a Message to an Inactive and Unresponsive Government
2.4 Conclusion
3. Proposition 13’s Impacts
3.1 Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 13
3.1.1 Fiscal Impacts on the State Level
3.1.2 The State Bailout
3.1.3 Fiscal Impacts on the Local Level
3.1.4 Long-Term Development
3.2 Socioeconomic Impacts of Proposition 13
3.2.1 Socioeconomic Impacts on Public Services
3.2.2 Businesses in the New Property Tax System
3.2.3 The New Property Tax System and Horizontal Inequities
3.3 Political Impacts of Proposition 13
3.3.1 Political Impacts on Local Governments
3.3.2 Political Impacts on the State Government
3.4 Conclusion
4. Proposition 13’s Role
4.1 Tax Revolt in the Nation
4.2 Proposition 13 as California Citizens’ Darling
4.3 Proposition 13 as the Scapegoat in California Politics
4.3.1 Proposition 13 and Local Finances
4.3.2 Proposition 13 and Public School Education
4.4 Proposition 13 Showing the Path for Direct Democracy in California
4.4.1 Characteristics of the Initiative Process in California
4.4.2 Outcomes of Direct Democracy in California
4.5 Conclusion
5. Conclusion: The Ambivalent Legacy of Proposition
Appendix 1
TIME Magazine Cover: “Tax Revolt!” (19 June 1978)
Appendix 2
State and Local Per Capita Tax Burden in Fiscal 1976-1977
Appendix 3
Election Results for Proposition 13 by County
Appendix 4
Inflation-Adjusted Per Capita Fiscal Data for California
Appendix 5
Major Post-Proposition 13 State and Voter-Approved Actions
Appendix 6
California City General Revenues, by Source, as a Percentage of Total General Revenues, 1972-2002 (in percent)
Appendix 7
Hypothetical Example of Horizontal Inequities in an Acquisition Tax System
Appendix 8
Tax Limitations Spread Rapidly after 1978
Appendix 9
California City General Expenditures by Function, as a Percentage of Total General Expenditures, 1972-2002 (in percent)
Bibliography
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- Renard Teipelke (Autor:in), 2011, The Ambivalent Legacy of California Proposition 13 (1978), München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/171852
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