07/16/2026
I always have to post wins when it comes to homeowners rights and taxation! I am excited to announce that the “parcel tax” that was trying to make the ballot in Long Beach FAILED to gather enough signatures and will not be on our ballot. If you weren’t aware, Long Beach was trying to add a “parcel tax” to properties in the city which is basically another property tax. It was based on the size of your home. If it had passed it would have increased property taxes for all homeowners under the “guise” of a parcel tax. As I have mentioned before, any increase like this would basically have been passed onto renters and would have also made purchasing a house even more unaffordable. Maybe people are finally starting to learn that higher taxes just makes everything more unaffordable. Maybe they should take the money they already have and think of ways to use it more wisely! It is called fiscal responsibility!
With city budget cuts appearing inevitable, a coalition including the firefighters' union and affordable housing advocates hoped to pass a ballot measure called "Block the Cuts and Build Long Beach."
