Name: Rethinking Prop 13
Start: 2018-03-08T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2018-03-08T20:30:00-08:00
Location: Mozilla

Rethinking Prop 13

We shape the tech industry to ensure its growth benefits everyone. We focus on economic equity where tech meets housing and labor. We are a hybrid organization that combines research and advocacy, creating policy and implementation informed by the experiences of workers and renters.  We hold the tech industry accountable to ensure that its products and practices can do good rather than harm.

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Proposition 13, the California law passed in 1978 which pegs property taxes to the value of the property when it was purchased, was meant to protect older homeowners from unwieldy tax bills when they retired. But it has had a range of negative unintended consequences, from disincentivizing housing development to starving the state’s public education system. 
An effort to repeal the part of Prop 13 that covers commercial and industrial property is underway with a ballot initiative likely to be on the 2018 statewide ballot. Come hear how this crucial law has affected California and how its partial repeal will help spur more widespread opportunity and growth.
Panelists include:
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Jennifer Martinez, Executive Director - San Francisco Organizing Project, <A HREF="http://www.picocalifornia.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PICO California</A>
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Steven Bliss, Director of Strategic Communications, <A HREF="http://calbudgetcenter.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">California Budget & Policy Center</A>
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<A HREF="http://calbudgetcenter.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A>Tonya Love, Field Representative for Assemblymember Rob Bonta
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