Property Tax Exemption

A fair and equal tax cut, by way of an increase of the primary residence homeowner’s property-tax exemption, would be a benefit to all families, and even more so for lower-income homeowners. Who would argue that it would not be a fair deal?

Home property-tax exemption in the state of Hawaii is $40,000 since 1991, amended to keep up with rising real property values. In California it is still a miserly $7,000 that has not caught up with the reality of rising property values here. Homeowners, contact your legislators if you feel an amended principal home exemption is due.

PETRUS WESTEROP

Oxnard