Protecting Prop 13 is vital

As your Assemblymember, I work hard in Sacramento to fight taxes, fees and overreaching regulations. During my 14 years on the Escondido City Council, I never supported a tax increase and continue to support hardworking families and businesses.

Fortunately, Proposition 13, which limits yearly property tax increases to 2 percent for every property owner, remains one of the main protections for California taxpayers. In 1978, Prop 13 was approved by an overwhelming margin to end the system of rapidly increasing annual property taxes based on re-assessed property value.

Unfortunately, efforts to u...