Jon Coupal

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Back Writer

Jon Coupal is the President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) — founded by the late Howard Jarvis, the author of Proposition 13. HJTA, with offices in both Los Angeles and Sacramento, is the largest taxpayers association in California with a membership of over 200,000. 

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We Need to Leave Prop. 13 Alone

Raising property taxes will mean death for small business

California’s business climate is well-known for being unfriendly. CEO Magazine has rated California as the worst state in which to do business for more than eight years running.  Undoing Proposition 13’s provisions, as is currently being proposed, will make a big problem even worse by increasing taxes on the very businesses that create jobs and contribute to our economy.  

Feb 5, 2015 Jon Coupal