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Lesson Plan: Tax and Spend: The Economics of Property Taxes
Grades 9-12
In 1978, voters passed Proposition 13, lowering taxes for millions of California homeowners. The ballot measure, championed by Howard Jarvis, overhauled the way that California levied property taxes. The history of Prop 13 – and the public policy debates that followed – illustrates the complex economic, social and political impacts of taxation and spending policies set by local governments.
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