Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty seeks an increase in the property transfer tax, imposed every time a home is sold, to help “unsheltered people” in the California capital. The increase would only apply ...

Local governments, and the special interests which covet more public funds to sustain them, are pursuing new taxes with a ...

A low-tax advocacy group seems intent on making the Los Angeles “mansion tax” the face of their statewide tax-capping ballot ...

A financing program meant to create homes for middle-income workers has yielded big profits for developers and, in some cases, minimal rent relief. Oakland hopes stricter oversight will change ...

For years, Gov. Gavin Newsom has staunchly opposed increasing taxes on wealthy Californians even when the issue repeatedly ...