Prop 13 (new)

[stopwastingmymoney]

I’m seeing posts/opinion that this some how changes our property tax structure.

Here is the legislative analysis:

https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=13&year=2020

I’m not seeing anything here about property tax, still reading...

Your thoughts anyone?

[Iliyah]

1. Jarvis has a radio commercial that states:

The new Prop 13 has nothing to do with the old Prop 13 wherein it raising property tax . .

The new Prop 13 commercial comes on tv and states: this prop will bring additional monies into schools for reconstruction and getting rid of limes/molds, etc.

My question is: where the hell is the lottery money which is suppose to do this in our schools?

One commercial says it will raise property tax, another commercial doesn't mention where the money is coming from.

[Mr.Bill]

2. The answer to your question about the lottery money is way back when the lottery started

as soon as they found out how much the lottery contributed to the schools, the legislature reduced the school budget by about that much, meaning a net gain of about zero for the schools.

What I find strange about the commercials for the new prop 13 is them talking about removing lead paint and asbestos from the schools. I have a hard time believing this was not done decades ago.

I'm all for maintaining our schools, but this one smells like a scam, and it's a lot of money.

[quaint]

3. California Lottery officials shortchanged schools by millions, state audit says

By Patrick McGreevy Staff Writer Feb. 25, 2020 11:08 AM

The management of the California Lottery was sharply criticized Tuesday by state officials, who released a scathing audit alleging that the agency shortchanged schools by millions of dollars over the last four years, and recommended that most of the money be repaid. Separately, the state controller has launched an investigation into a gift of 30,000 Scratchers tickets to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” first reported by the Los Angeles Times.
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Howle said the California Lottery failed to provide $36 million that should have gone to education in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018.
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California voters created the state lottery in 1984 by approving a ballot measure that required 34% of sales revenue to go to schools and capped administrative expenses at 16%. But the state Legislature acted in 2010 to allow a smaller percentage to go to education as long as lottery managers used “best practices.”

Lottery Director Alva V. Johnson disputed that the agency has shortchanged schools, saying he and the auditors have a “fundamental difference of opinion” over how to interpret the California State Lottery Act and the 2010 change in the law.
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