PAST ISSUES
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Additional Resources:
Prop 58 / Prop 193 - PDF
Prop 60 / Prop 90 - PDF
Property Tax Overview - PDF
C.A.R. 2019-2020 SPONSORED BILLS
A list of bills which LACBOR stands together with the California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.)
Status
Stance
N/A
N/A
EVICTION & FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM LIFTED
California courts lift eviction and foreclosure moratorium.
Status
Stance
N/A
N/A
PROP 19
Property Tax Transfer, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment (2020)
Status
Stance
PASSED
SUPPORT
AB-828
Temp Moratorium on foreclosures and unlawful detainer actions: COVID-19
Status
Stance
PENDING
OPPOSE
AB-1482
AB-1482 discourages the creation of rental housing and doesn’t address the core cause of the housing affordability crisis, which is in lack of supply
Status
Stance
PENDING
OPPOSE
AB-3088
Tenant Relief Act Eviction Guide - The California Association of Realtors® has provided quick guides regarding Unpaid Rent Eviction during COVID-19 on their website which can be found by clicking the "Read More" button.
Status
Stance
N/A
N/A
LOS ANGELES CITY PROPOSITION HHH
Proposition HHH would authorize the city to issue general obligation bonds in the amount of $1.2 billion to develop housing and facilities for the homeless and affordable housing for the those at risk of homelessness, including temporary shelters, showers, storage facilities and facilities to be used to provide supportive services.
Status
Stance
PENDING
NEUTRAL
PROP W
A proposed parcel tax to fund projects to increase stormwater capture
Status
Stance
PENDING
OPPOSE
L.A. HOUSING COALITION
Our coalition consists of housing and economic experts from across Los Angeles County.
Status
Stance
N/A
N/A
FAMILY HOME PROTECTION AND FAIRNESS IN PROPERTY TAX INITIATIVE
Strengthens and Expands Prop 13: The initiative strengthens and expands Prop 13 tax savings so that seniors, people with severe disabilities and victims of natural disaster/wildfire can transfer their existing property tax base to replacement homes anywhere in California up to three times, regardless of the purchase price of the replacement home.
Status
Stance
PENDING
SUPPORT
HAULED WATER
The Hauled Water Initiative is an effort by the County to determine the feasibility of using hauled water as a potable water source for new single-family residential development, where there is no other feasible source of municipal or well water available.
Status
Stance
PENDING
SUPPORT
MEASURE EE
Measure EE would have imposed parcel tax that was not the solution to LAUSD’s problems of bureaucracy and money management.
Status
Stance
DEFEATED
OPPOSE
PARKS AND REC PARCEL TAX
A countywide parcel tax proposed in Los Angeles County would cost property owners $0.03 to $0.05 per square foot of structural improvements, generating more than $191 million per year. The tax would be in effect for 35 years, and the rate would be increased annually for inflation.
Status
Stance
PENDING
OPPOSE
SB-1085
SB 1085 seeks to create a new bonus and incentive structure for affordable housing developments in high-cost job-rich regions of the state.
Status
Stance
PENDING
SUPPORT
YES ON 5 / NO ON 10
PROP 5 - CHANGES REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS TO TRANSFER THEIR PROPERTY TAX BASE TO REPLACEMENT PROPERTY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE.
PROP 10 - EXPANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’ AUTHORITY TO ENACT RENT CONTROL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
Status
Stance
PENDING
SUPPORT 5 / OPPOSE 10
MEASURE H
Approval of Measure H would authorize the County of Los Angeles to impose a one-quarter percent (0.25%) special transactions and use tax on the gross receipts of any retailer from the sale of all personal property in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County.
Status
Stance
PENDING
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