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Prop 19 goes into effect April 1st, here's what it means and last updated 2021-03-31 20:53:41-04 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A proposition aimed at easing the housing crisis in California takes effect April 1st. Proposition 19 spells big savings for Californians who want to downsize at a later stage of life. "It allows any California home owner who is 55 years or older to be able to transfer their property tax base from their current property to any property in the state," Presidents of the California Association of Realtors Dave Walsh said. Walsh said that also applies to those with severe disabilities and wildfire or other natural disaster victims. "So the same rules apply, the old rules didn't allow for both of those categories to always have that benefit so now they also now have that benefit throughout the state." He said.
Proposed Bill Would Delay Controversial Property Tax Law A local state senator is working to delay a recently passed proposition that could cause the taxable value of inherited homes to rise. Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) has introduced a bill that would delay the implementation of a portion of Prop. 19 until February 2023. “While Prop. 19 is now law, the measure is silent on some issues regarding implementation,” Bates said in a statement. “A two-year delay will give the state time to clarify how it will implement the ‘Property Tax Fairness for Family Homes’ provision. It will also give families additional time to seek professional advice on how a transfer of property to children will affect potential tax liabilities.”
well trained as it toss recognize people that should not be on the roads. similar to someone that has taken too much ambien. we have experts already that can recognize someone that should be taken off the road and that will continue to be illegal. prop 19 will allow local cities and counties or in fact the legislature to enact, control taxation and regulation down to where the facilities can exist, hours of operation, permitting and zoning. in fact, the legislature already acted. there is a special already on the plate should prop 19 pass to take the necessary steps. >> kimberly, respond to this. >> i know all that she is talking about personally having been in san francisco and worked at the d.a.'s office. >> do they smoke pot? >> i know the answer to that, too, but i won't answer it. i think this is not as well conceived as they are laying out. frought with fruit with problems.
medical marijuana students actually come in to learn how to grow pot. but i wanted to bring you in here to show you an example of how much pot you would be able to grow legally under proposition 19 if it were passed. this is a 5 by 5-foot plot that is 25 square feet of marijuana and you would be able to grow that for personal consumption. now, you can't sell it. it is illegal to sell. but that is a personal consumption and you would be able to walk around i suppose with about an ounce of pot on you. but in terms of selling it, that is a whole different scene. you are saying that under this would be similar to prohibition if it is legalize the, correct? >> indeed. and we recognize that prohibition has failed since through prop 19 we can take cannabis out of the hands of criminal and take control and put it into a regulated market. >> so the laws will change
transportation and growing and cullty expectations. the sales, each county has to come up with their own plan. this is not regulated like alcohol where you have a statewide system. >> geraldo: judge, you know, they don't as far as i know, call for, you know, urine testing for drivers who are driving swerving down the road, do they, judge? >> well, i'm not sure where that came from, geraldo. but i have been a trial court judge for 25 years here in orange county. >> geraldo: where it came from is you can test someone for alcohol but you can't test them for pot, say the critics. is that true? >> that is an inherent problem. although, fortunately science is developing a new test. you can take a swab on the inside of your mouth and determine if you smoked marijuana in the last four hours and that is a good thing. one way or another that is really irrelevant to prop 19. that is the case whether prop 19 passes or not.
california now has the largest cash crop is marijuana. it is easier for young people to get marijuana today than it is the alcohol. and we have and i have seen this in juvenile court all the time where we have young people selling marijuana to each other on their high school campuses. i assure are you they are not selling jim beam bourbon so that is the problem and we need to solve that. >> geraldo: do you say -- >> hang on a second because they are not selling wine either because that is regulated and controlled. we can get the drug cartels out of this and we could also get young people out of it as well. >> geraldo: in booze is far worse than marijuana. >> i agree. >> going back to craig and sky. how are we going to collect the taxes if there is no provision in prop 19 to tax the crop and what about dui and other things of righteous community concern? >> well, first i will approach the driving while under the influence. in fact our officers are very
state. >> geraldo: and oakland has said they want to be the national hub of this burr goning business. let me broaden the debate and bring in jim grey, former california superior court judge. he is in l.a. tonight and from sacramento the state capital, roger salazar, spokesman for no on prop 19. roger, from i may call you that, you must be freaked out looking inside oaksterdam. the government of christmas future, isn't it? >> for the folks that are no on proposition 19. we are not against legalization in general. we are against this particular initiative because it doesn't do all the things that people say it does. it doesn't control. it doesn't regulate and tax marijuana in the way that proponents claim. i think bahar we will have is a free for all -- i think what we will have is a free for all. really the only things legal is
the hearts are in the right place trying to do the right thing but this is not going to work out. >> you have a situation here where prop 19 is leading now 52-41. that is judge grey, roger what are you going to do if it passes? try and stop it with lawsuits? >> well, no, i think what we are going to do is try to make sure that people understand this is not the thing that they to be voting for. this is a ballot initiative so needs to get 50%. if we can get people to understand as we have been doing up and down the the state that the initiative is so full of loopholes and errors it will create chaos, i think people will understand this is not the right way to go for it. again, we are not against, you know, the legalization if general. we are against this specific initiative with all the loopholes it has in it. >> geraldo: judge, wouldn't you have preferred a more thought out bill that included a tax provision and included the ability of local authorities at traffic stops to test for pot?
the possession and use and transportation and growing and cullty expectations. the sales, each county has to come up with their own plan. this is not regulated like alcohol where you have a statewide system. >> geraldo: judge, you know, they don't as far as i know, call for, you know, urine testing for drivers who are driving swerving down the road, do they, judge? >> well, i'm not sure where that came from, geraldo. but i have been a trial court judge for 25 years here in orange county. >> geraldo: where it came from is you can test someone for alcohol but you can't test them for pot, say the critics. is that true? >> that is an inherent problem. although, fortunately science is developing a new test. you can take a swab on the inside of your mouth and determine if you smoked marijuana in the last four hours and that is a good thing. one way or another that is really irrelevant to prop 19. that is the case whether prop 19 passes or not.