Fiscal constraints and the loss of home rule : the long-term impacts of California's post-proposition 13 fiscal regime
By: SAXTON, Gregory D
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Contributor(s): HOENE, Christopher W | ERIE, Steven.
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ArticlePublisher: 2002The American Review of Public Admnistration 32, 4, p. 423-454Abstract: The passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 was a watershed event that ushered in both a new era and a new fiscal regime for California's local governements. The authors argue that in the wake of follow-on initiatives, a protracted recessionary period, and the state's use of newly authorized revenue-transfer powers, this still-evolving regime entered a new phase in the 1990s. This article analyzes the primary impacts of and responses to the changes in California's post- proposition 13 fiscal regime in the 1990s in five local jurisdictions. The results reveal that the most significant long-term impact of this regime have been an altered fiscal structure and an unintented decrease in local home rule. These impacts, in turn, have led to cuts in nonessential services, the expansion of sales tax-generating redevelopment efforts, implementation of new taxes and user service fees, and increased realiance on one-time fiscal measures
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The passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 was a watershed event that ushered in both a new era and a new fiscal regime for California's local governements. The authors argue that in the wake of follow-on initiatives, a protracted recessionary period, and the state's use of newly authorized revenue-transfer powers, this still-evolving regime entered a new phase in the 1990s. This article analyzes the primary impacts of and responses to the changes in California's post- proposition 13 fiscal regime in the 1990s in five local jurisdictions. The results reveal that the most significant long-term impact of this regime have been an altered fiscal structure and an unintented decrease in local home rule. These impacts, in turn, have led to cuts in nonessential services, the expansion of sales tax-generating redevelopment efforts, implementation of new taxes and user service fees, and increased realiance on one-time fiscal measures
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