Press Releases

Schools and Communities First Initiative Qualifies for November 2020 Ballot

Broad Coalition makes history in qualifying first split roll Initiative for the Ballot   (October 15, 2018) – (Statewide, CA) – Today, Schools and Communities First, a powerful statewide coalition of nearly 300 endorsing community organizations, labor unions, business leaders, philanthropic foundations and elected officials, announced the official qualification of the California Schools and Local…

LAUSD Votes Unanimously To Endorse Schools and Communities First

State’s Largest School Board Endorses 2020 Initiative to Reform Commercial Property Tax (September 11, 2018) – (Los Angeles, CA) – By a vote of 6-0, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education unanimously voted to endorse the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act, also referred to as “Schools and Communities First”, which…

Broad Coalition Submits 860,000 Signatures for Historic Prop 13 Reform

Initiative for November 2020 Ballot First commercial property tax reform initiative to qualify in 40 years since Prop 13 passed in 1978 (August 14, 2018) – (Statewide, CA) – Today, Schools and Communities First, a powerful statewide coalition of nearly 300 endorsing community organizations, labor unions, business leaders, philanthropic foundations and elected officials, announced the…