howard jarvis led a taxpayer's revolt inalifornia.lation and housing shortages led to a rapid increase in land values. this resulted in a steadily increasing property tax. many homeowners felt the burden of local taxes was too much. the revolt began by collecting over a million signatures-- enough to place proposition 13 on the statewide ballot. proposition 13 would limit property taxes to 1%-- a 60% roback which would wipe out $7 billion of local government funds. journalist ron sobel covered the tax revolt for the l.a. times. the inflation of the 197os translated into the unescapable fact that many california homeowners were paying more in property taxes or faced paying more in property taxes than the actual mortgages on their homes. many of these people were older individuals on fixed incomes who, had this not carried, certainly would have lost their homes. they couldn't meet their tax payments. at the polls propositio13 easily passed with 65%f the te. and the tax revolt was in the national limeght. the victory for proposition 13 i

jarvis. >> sophia vergara, star of abc's "modern family" speaking out on the howard stern show about her exa problem with me. >> breaking her silence about the battle over their frozen embryos. loeb has gone public saying he wants to bring them to term. she does not. >> you guys break up and you say look, i don't want to have a baby with you. i'm not involved with you anymore. >> can you blame me? >> i can't blame you. by the way, a child needs a mother. >> and a loving -- more than a mother, it needs a loving relationship of parents, you know, that get along. >> she says this is all spelled out in their contract with the fertility clinic. legal papers vergara says her ex not only signed once but twice. >> two times and suddenly now you want to change your mind? >> vergara is moving right along, stopping by the ellen show to celebrate her engagement to heartthrob joe manganiello. >> i mean i'm so lucky. i couldn't believe it. >> now as much as she would like to move on, there is a legal battle ahead. nick loeb is suing her in california court. but the legal experts we spoke to say these con