Category: taxes
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Do You Have a Homeowner’s Exemption On Your Home?
By Donna Westfall – February 13, 2024 Did you know that if you live in your home you can get a slight tax break by filing for a Homeowner’s Exemption. First call up the Assessor’s Office: Phone (707) 464-7200 and ask them to check to see if you have the Homeowner’s Exemption on your property.…
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PART 1: California is not East Berlin. A wealth tax in California would expedite the exodus.
By Jon Coupal – January 21, 2024 Daily news reports on the great “California Exodus” are not just from conservative outlets. Left-leaning publications such as the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle have recently reported on the outmigration of upper-income citizens who, even if not billionaires, still generate a lot of income tax revenue.…
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Why Is California Broke, What Can It Learn from The Federal Government and Will Crescent City/Del Norte County Take Heed?
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – January 9, 2024 First and foremost you have to have taxpayers/constituents/residents/people that want to live in your area. California was up to over 39 million. Income taxes make up the largest revenue source for the general fund. But the population has been decreasing steadily along with revenues. What’s…
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Colorado’s lesson to California about tax reform
By Jon Coupal – January 8, 2024 Can meaningful tax reform advance, or even survive, in progressive blue states? In California, this is not just an academic question. Proposition 13 has been under constant assault since its passage in 1978. But the core of Proposition 13 – the one percent tax rate cap on real…
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REMEMBER WHEN YOU COULD AFFORD TO LIVE
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – December 29, 2023 – Picture credit to Seek Publishing I was born in 1947. Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert says this: “”The American people are struggling with groceries, inflation, credit card debt, and other monthly expenses that were fueled by Biden’s spending spree. I know all too well how…
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CITY MANAGER AND CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR LESS THAN TRUTHFUL
Originally Submitted By Linda Sutter in 2020 – it bears publishing now since the Crescent City, City Council plans to increase sewer rates in the Spring of 2024. Opinion and Commentary By Linda Sutter The city would receive $1.2 million dollars per year by increasing the sales tax 1%. The county is in the process…
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REPEAL The Death Tax Update
By Jon Coupal – December 15, 2023 “Repeal the Death Tax” campaign launches statewide radio ad campaign today. Plus: “Repeal the Death Tax Petition Party” radio show is on tonight on KSFO.com and AM 560 KSFO Get the petition at RepealTheDeathTax.com! We are so grateful for your support, your efforts and your interest in the Howard Jarvis…
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Divided WE FALL!
Opinion By Branden Bieber – December 13, 2023 The Del Norte Board of Supervisors start each meeting with the “pledge of allegiance,” yet they fail torealize their influence or the words they recite. As constituents in Del Norte the ideals of LIBERTY and JUSTICE are only a mirage. We may feel the responsibility to work…
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Repeal The Death Tax Update
By Jon Coupal – November 14, 2023 NOTE: As you know, this important initiative will restore the ability of parents to transfer their home and a limited amount of other property to their children without any change to the property tax bill. It will also restore the same rights for grandparents if the children’s parents are deceased.…
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California’s pension debt remains a serious challenge
By Jon Coupal – November 3, 2023 This column has covered many scandals in recent weeks including the eye-popping fraud with EDD ($32 billion lost), the rampant abuse in Medi-Cal, and the nation’s highest level (by far) of unemployment insurance debt. All of this, of course, is capped off with our budget crisis when we…