The Republican Party of San Luis Obispo County
Strongly Supports Proposition 13
WHEREAS there is a powerful California movement to propose legislation or initiatives to modify Proposition 13;
WHEREAS there are many proposed measures and/or legislation that will reduce the super majority vote required to raise taxes from 2/3rds to 55%;
WHEREAS a measure that would establish a so-called “Split Roll” for property tax, which would thereby reduce protections for commercial property owners, has qualified for the November 2020 ballot, and may become the subject of legislative negotiations; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Republican Party of San Luis Obispo County (RPSLO) strongly supports Proposition 13 as voted by two-thirds of the people of the State of California in 1978, and formally reaffirms its support for Proposition 13, and the benefit that it provides to individual homeowners, renters, local governments and to the state’s overall economy.