(If you’re in LA, check out this event! – promoted by Brian Leubitz)
Our grassroots campaign to close California’s corporate property tax loopholes and reform Prop. 13 is going strong and building incredible momentum.
We now have over 3,000 supporters from all over the state on our Facebook page, thousands of Californians have already signed our petition at www.ClosetheLoophole.com (please sign the petition if you haven’t already) and we (finally) launched our Close the Loophole Twitter page. Organizations and individuals from all over the state are lining up to join our effort.
Edit by Brian: More information on an LA event over the flip…
The calls to reform Prop. 13 are growing louder by the day. Our efforts have been featured in news outlets throughout the state, including KQED, CBS5 News, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the San Jose Mercury News, the Merced Sun-Star and the Sacramento Bee, to just name a few. Articles calling for a fresh look into Prop. 13 and its destructive effect on California’s current condition (a situation that Calitics has been covering brilliantly) have been published in prominent news outlets throughout the state and the country, from the L.A. Times and the San Francisco Chronicle to Time Magazine and the Washington Post. You can find a full archive of articles on our website.
Earlier this month, we convened our first Organizing and Leadership meeting in San Francisco with huge success. Over 120 community leaders and activists attended the meeting and added their ideas and expertise to the process. Check out the photos and ABC7’s news coverage of the event here.
This Friday, we are hosting an organizing meeting in Los Angeles for our Southern California friends. For all those who couldn’t make our San Francisco meeting, we hope you will join us:
What: Please join ACORN and San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting for an organizing meeting to reform Prop. 13 and close California’s corporate property tax loopholes
Who: Concerned Citizens and Community Organizers
When: Friday, July 31, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Where: Los Angeles ACORN Office 3655 South Grand Ave., Suite 250
RSVP: On Facebook or email [email protected]
We are building a powerful campaign operation and incredible momentum. If this year’s budget crisis taught us anything, it’s that stopgap measures and political rhetoric no longer suffice. It’s time to make fundamental changes to the way California is governed.
We hope you will join our campaign on Facebook and Twitter and sign the petition at www.ClosetheLoophole.com. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
We hope to see you Friday in L.A.!