Proposition 50 (2025) Mania

... or A Little Night Music ("Send in the Clowns"). The chickens have come home to roost. It wasn't pretty. Pathetic campaigns. Lots of flapping jaws. A few inconsequential lawsuits, and more (inconsequential lawsuits) to come. While this blog is primarily about Prop 50, the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County got on board with their own shenanigans. Check out What Happens When Santa Clara County Takes Sides in an Election With Public Moneys? We think it's a much more interesting story that has much more relevance to all the people who will be hit with billions of dollars in local taxes next year. The Lawsuits Since we wrote the previous article where we discussed lawsuits, two other pre-election lawsuits have been filed. One federal lawsuit, filed September 4, 2025, was a stunt by a gubernatorial candidate who is desperately trying to show off his political chops. The other was by one of the 'victims,' Darrell Issa, who alon...

Yes, it passed. What do you expect when the opposition is clueless, rudderless, and incompentent? While this blog is primarily about Prop 50, the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County got on board with their own shenanigans. We've been following, and making suggestions to the various opponents, since before the beginning of this saga. Very little can likely be done about Prop 50 at this point. That's not true of the Measure A sales tax. It just depends how frigtened the more than a million people in Santa Clara County are. We'll discuss this below. # # # Copyright 2025, Richard Michael. All rights reserved.