Campaign Overview

Reforming Proposition 13 will take much more than a short-term political campaign.

Restoring justice to California’s property tax system requires the kind of sustained communications and organizational effort that will last past the next election cycle and change minds over the long haul.

That’s why San Francisco’s elected Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting and a number of other leading advocates for tax justice have formed Close the Loophole, an organizing campaign designed to identify, educate and activate 100,000 Californians to be the backbone of a sustained drive for reform.

Close the Loophole will lead the process of changing the public consciousness and building a broad-based, enduring coalition around reforming Proposition 13. An estimated 7.5 billion dollars are lost every year because of business tax loopholes in Prop 13 – yet there is not an active organization with the singular purpose of reforming the initiative.

That’s why we formed Close the Loophole – to create a central organizing structure that can help sustain this important effort, educate Californians and support other organizations that begin to work in this arena.

Close the Loophole’s proposal is to create a Split Roll

A Split Roll is a system that will leave current Proposition 13 protections intact for homeowners but allow commercial assessments for corporate landowners to rise so they reflect actual valuation. We have a strong story to tell.

Within a week of publishing Close the Loophole’s first opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, thousands of Californians signed up to join the campaign on Facebook and on our website. Since our launch, we’ve published over a dozen pieces in prominent newspapers and blogs throughout the state. We’ve held events and leadership meetings throughout the state. We’ve already organized 10,000 Californians around closing corporate property tax loophole in Prop 13.

Will you join us?

Connect with us and thousands of other Californians at:
www.Facebook.com/ClosetheLoophole
www.Twitter.com/Close_Loophole