proposition 13 would limit property taxes to 1%-- a 60% roback which would wipe out $7 billion of localernment 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 limelight. the victory for proposition 13 is the ong bate in a new american revolution. we have a new revoluon against the arrogant politicians and insensitive buaucrats whose philosophy ofax, tax, tax spend, spend, spend, elect, elect, and elect isankrupting we the american people and the me hasome to put ato how did proposition 13 affect local gornmentervices? los angeles cityouil esident, pat russell. we cut our property tax by 2/3-- that