We use results from the December 2016 CalSpeaks Survey to assess citizen understanding about how the property tax functions and the distributional impact of the tax. Key issues include (1) do California citizens today understand the provisions of Proposition 13 and the implications for how the...

Our objective is an assessment of individual preferences for various revenue options for local government to address inadequate service spending or revenue shortfalls. California offers an especially interesting place to explore such attitudes given Proposition 13 and the resulting decrease in...

This research compares the actual magnitude of fuel taxes to the perceptions of these amounts. The issue is whether misperceptions about fuel taxes are contributing to voter perspectives about transportation finance and investment issues. A survey of likely Michigan voters shows that taxpayers...