“I asked all the questions that I asked and based on the answers we got, the mailer was done and it was approved by legal and if legal got it wrong, shame on them. That portion should be repealed.”
— Jim Brulte, former California Republican Party chair, on regrets for endorsing Proposition 19, which narrowly passed in 2020. It allowed property tax reassessment on inherited home values over $1 million, causing those whose late parents left them homes in high-priced markets like the Bay Area to face massive tax increases.
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