journalist ron sobel covered the tax revolt for the l.a. times.nflation of the 197os translated into the unescapable fact tthat 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 openg bate in a new american revolution. we have a new relution against the arrogant politicians and insensitive buaucratsion. whose philosophy of tax, tax, tax, agaispend, spend, spend,iticians and insensitive buaucratsion. elecisankruptingd elect we the american people, and the me hasometo put ato how did proposition 13 affect local governmentervices? los angeles cityouncil esident, pat russe. we cut our property tax by 2/3-- that was $200 million out of our budget-- jus