In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s GeTtin’ SALTy podcast, host Nikki Dobay is joined by Peter Blocker, vice president of policy at the California Taxpayers Association, and Alan Pasetsky, owner and founder of Tax Policy LLC, for an in-depth discussion of California Assembly Bill 1790 — a measure that, if passed, would repeal California’s Water’s
On Feb. 25, 2026, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood introduced the Balanced Update to Incentivize Local Development (BUILD) Act, a legislative package designed to reduce transfer tax rates on large real estate transactions to revitalize stalled housing projects and stimulate economic development. By proposing a significant rollback of
A California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District, Division Six) has issued a published decision affirming the city of Santa Barbara’s application of its Telecommunications and Video Users’ Tax to internet video streaming services (Disney Platform Distribution, Inc. et al. v. City of Santa Barbara, Case No. B342211).
The court’s opinion is notable