The Wealth Tax is Back
After multiple runs in the state legislature and a failed statewide ballot measure, the ever-popular ‘wealth tax’ proposal is back again...
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OCTax
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Protect Prop 13 Against AB 362
The State of California boasts the highest tax rates in almost every policy area except one, property taxes. The reason we have a stable...
OCTax
- Feb 3
- 1 min
Taxpayer Protection Initiative Qualifies for 2024 Ballot
(Orange, CA) The November 2024 election is slated to be an important one for taxpayer advocates in California. According to Secretary of...
OCTax
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
OCTax Honors Carolyn Cavecche with Royalty Award and Welcomes Sara Catalán as Executive Director
OCTax Honors Carolyn Cavecche with Royalty Award and Welcomes Sara Catalán as Executive Director
OCTax
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Orange County Taxpayers Association Launches Search for New CEO
April 15, 2022 The Orange County Taxpayers Association (OCTax) has launched a search for the organization’s new CEO and President. The...
OCTax
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Carolyn Cavecche to Retire as OCTax CEO & President
The Orange County Taxpayers Association (OCTax) today announced the retirement of CEO & President Carolyn Cavecche
Carolyn Cavecche
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
OCTax supports Gypsum Canyon Site for OC Veteran's Cemetery
The tale of why a Veterans Cemetery most probably will not be built on the former El Toro Marine Base mirrors the sordid past of Irvine’s...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Pending Drought Pushes Need for Water Solutions
It looks like once again, parts of California are headed into another drought. With the Sierra snowpack at less than 60% and water...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
The Housing Elephant in the Room
Housing has moved front and center and become the elephant in the room for most policy makers in Orange County. Whether it’s the homeless...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Transparency Needed for COVID-19 Relief Spending
We are just about a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and around $2.5 trillion in taxpayer monies spent in the federal response. Payments...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Saving California: Gavin Newsom’s Elitism is Crushing Ordinary Californians
My mom, newly divorced in the early 1960’s, moved us out west from the east coast when she was told California was where she could make a...
Carolyn Cavecche
- May 4, 2020
- 3 min
Now is not the time for the crushing tax hikes a split roll would bring
For decades there have been calls for California to reform our tax system and there is no time like the present to get it done.
Carolyn Cavecche
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
Anaheim-Angels stadium deal a win for taxpayers
For years I have been able to watch the debate in Anaheim on what to do with the stadium with clear eye
Carolyn Cavecche
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
The false premises and promises of the push for split roll
I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.
Carolyn Cavecche
- Aug 17, 2019
- 3 min
Orange County has lost one of the good ones
In an era when people run for public office for all the wrong reasons Eric stood out.
Carolyn Cavecche
- Jun 1, 2019
- 3 min
Santa Ana and Stanton out of compliance with Measure M2
City budgets can make the eyes of even the most interested taxpayer roll back a bit in their head.
Carolyn Cavecche
- Mar 24, 2019
- 3 min
Unpacking the effort to allow AQMD to raise SoCal taxes
There are rules when it comes to taxes. How high they can go, what they can be used for… and there are rules about which public agencies...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Mar 9, 2019
- 4 min
Millennials shouldn't fall for anti-Prop.13 hype
Prop.13 protects them, too. California is currently in the middle of a housing crisis. A crisis so severe, that Gov. Gavin Newsom is...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Feb 28, 2019
- 3 min
Incumbents have enough advantages, they shouldn't be campaigning with taxpayer dollars
AS APPEARED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Incumbents have an advantage when it comes to elections. Their ballot designation, or job...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Feb 24, 2019
- 3 min
Oppose Sacramento's latest 'gas tax'
You have to give politicians in Sacramento credit. They don't waste time celebrating their victories before starting their next plan of...
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