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	Argument Against Proposition 26

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Vote NO on Proposition 26.

PROPOSITION 26 MEANS HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES!

Passing Proposition 26 will hurt homeowners because it makes it very easy to RAISE PROPERTY TAXES, over and over again.

IF PROPOSITION 26 PASSES, YOU WILL LOSE A 120-YEAR OLD CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION that requires a TWO-THIRDS vote to approve local bonds that are repaid only by PROPERTY OWNERS through HIGHER TAXES!

Proposition 26 means 50% of those voting can pass expensive new bonds that ONLY PROPERTY TAXPAYERS MUST PAY OFF.

PROPOSITION 26 WILL RESULT IN PASSAGE OF MORE THAN 9 OUT OF 10 BONDS! Supporters of Proposition 26 want 100% of local school bonds to pass--RAISING PROPERTY TAXES each time a bond passes.

Proposition 26 contains NO LIMIT ON HOW MANY BONDS OR HOW MUCH IN HIGHER TAXES CAN BE IMPOSED ON HOMEOWNERS! Districts that recently passed bonds can hit taxpayers with ADDITIONAL bonds. The result will be BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASES!

In some elections, voter turnout is only 10%. That means under Proposition 26 just 5% of registered voters can impose a 30-year increase in your property taxes! When a bond passes, a lien is placed on your home to guarantee repayment. IF YOU CAN'T PAY THESE HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME!

THE TWO-THIRDS VOTE HELPS PREVENT HOMEOWNERS FROM BEING OUTVOTED IN BOND ELECTIONS, but if Proposition 26 passes it will be easy for RENTERS TO OUTVOTE PROPERTY OWNERS and approve bonds which are repaid entirely by property owners.

THE CURRENT SYSTEM WORKS FOR BOTH TAXPAYERS AND SCHOOLS.

California has required a two-thirds vote for local bonds since 1879. This two-thirds vote protection has not halted California's growth over the past century.

When a good case is made to local voters, bonds pass with a two-thirds vote. Since 1996, 62% of all local school bonds passed. Recently, school districts as diverse as Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Ana, San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno, San Bernardino, Long Beach, Ventura, San Francisco, and many others all passed bonds with a two-thirds vote.

Since 1996, voters approved more than $11.8 BILLION in LOCAL school bonds with a TWO-THIRDS vote! That's BILLIONS in liens ALREADY being paid off by homeowners! Do you want virtually ALL bonds to pass and have MORE liens against your home?

PROPOSITION 26 MEANS YOU PAY WHILE DEVELOPERS PROFIT.

Developers want Proposition 26 passed so YOU end up paying MORE for school construction resulting from increased development. Proposition 26 is a tax shift from developers to homeowners. Developers get higher profits, while HOMEOWNERS GET HIGHER TAXES AND MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITY!

Proposition 26 is not education reform. It's about making it MUCH EASIER TO INCREASE TAXES ON YOUR HOME. Don't make it much easier to raise your property taxes, especially when school construction is being so mishandled by politicians and bureaucrats like in Los Angeles with the BELMONT SCHOOL FIASCO!

VOTE NO ON NEW TAX LIENS ON YOUR HOME!

VOTE NO ON HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES!

VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 26!

Jon Coupal
Chairman, Don't Double Your Property Taxes, Vote No on Proposition 26, a Project of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Felicia Elkinson
Past President, Council of Sacramento Senior Organizations

Richard H. Close
President, Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association

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