journalist ron sobel covered the tax revolt for the l.a. times. 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, proposition 13 easily passed, with 65% of the vote. and the tax revolt was in the national limelight. the victory for proposition 13 is the opening battle in a new american revolution. we have a new revolution against the arrogant politicians and insensitive bureaucrats whose philosophy of tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend, elect, elect, and elect is bankrupting we the american people, and the time has come to put a stop. how did proposition 13 affect local government services? los angeles city council president, pat russell. we cut our property tax by 2/3-- that was $200 million out of our budget-- ju