Category: Press release

For immediate releaseMay 16, 2025 For More Information:Aidan [email protected] LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council’s 12–3 vote to raise the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 per hour by 2028 is a reckless move that threatens to destabilize the city’s already fragile economy. The Los Angeles County Taxpayers Association (LATax)… Continue reading LATax: $30 Minimum Wage Vote Is a Blow to LA’sEconomic Future

For immediate releaseApril 30, 2025 For More Information:Aidan [email protected] LOS ANGELES — S&P Global Ratings has downgraded the City of Los Angeles’ bond ratings, citing a “weakening financial position” and “emerging structural imbalance” as city leaders attempt to close a nearly $1 billion deficit. The general obligation bonds were lowered from AA to AA-, and… Continue reading LACTA: Bond Downgrade Confirms What Taxpayers Have Known for Years — L.A. Is Fiscally Broken

For immediate releaseMarch 8, 2025 For More Information:Aidan [email protected] Los Angeles, CA – A new audit confirms what taxpayers have long suspected—billions of dollars meant to fight homelessness have been mismanaged. The report found that LAHSA and the City of Los Angeles routinely approved invoices without verifying services were actually provided, leaving taxpayer funds vulnerable… Continue reading Los Angeles County Taxpayers Association Statement on LAHSA Audit

Last week, the Los Angeles County Taxpayers Association joined a broad coalition of stakeholders in a press conference to officially kick off the campaign to pass the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act! LA ax is proud to support a critical measure that restores provisions of Proposition 13 and empowers Californians with the right to… Continue reading LA County Taxpayers Association launches statewide effort to pass the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act

Protecting the affordability of living in California should remain a top priority for our state government, and these bills move us in the wrong direction.

We are proud to build this coalition with our minority-owned business partners, partners in the commercial real estate and infrastructure spaces, and local chambers of commerce all over the Los Angeles Region.

The Los Angeles County Taxpayers Association has joined Americans for Tax Reform and a broad coalition of fiscal and taxpayers’ organizations in opposing the Credit Card Competition Act, a costly congressional plan that would greatly expand the role of the Federal government and jeopardize $60 billion in credit card rewards benefits for consumers nationally. The… Continue reading Credit Card Competition Act would worsen California’s cost of living crisis