[5] Following the passage of Proposition 13 in June 1978, anti-tax activist Howard Jarvis founded an organization called the California Tax Reduction Movement.
[7] The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is known for its strong support of Proposition 13,[8] which was approved by California voters in June 1978.
The case, known as Nordlinger v. Hahn, involved the issue of whether Proposition 13's reassessment scheme violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
On June 18, 1992, the court held that Proposition 13's acquisition-value assessment scheme does not violate the federal Equal Protection Clause.
Proposition 218 established constitutional limits on the ability of local governments to levy benefit assessments on real property and property-related fees and charges.
Jon Coupal, who had been Director of Legal Affairs for the association from 1991 to 1998, is its second and current president, having assumed the office at the beginning of 1999.