The good news and the bad news

Feb 9, 2019 | Uncategorized

First, the good news. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed its Reply Brief in the Third District Court of Appeal yesterday. The briefing is now complete and the case will be scheduled for oral argument. As regular recipients of these emails know, the annual fire...

HJTA Files Opening Brief and 14-Volume Appendix

Jul 12, 2018 | Updates

We’re pleased to provide this update of our ongoing efforts to obtain refunds for property owners who paid the state’s now-suspended “fire prevention fee.” On Wednesday, July 11, 2018, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed its opening brief and a fourteen-volume...

Call now to repeal and refund the fire tax!

Apr 15, 2018 | Updates

YOUR PHONE CALLS ARE NEEDED NOW: On Wednesday, April 18, the Senate Governance and Finance Committee will hear Senate Bill 1044. HJTA SUPPORTS THIS BILL, which would permanently repeal the State Responsibility Fire Prevention Fee, otherwise known as the fire tax, and...

HJTA to appeal court ruling dismissing fire-tax lawsuit

Dec 12, 2017 | Updates

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association plans to appeal today’s decision by the Sacramento Superior Court dismissing their legal challenge against the state’s past collection of a “fire prevention fee” from rural homeowners. “Dismissal of...