Prelims
Proposition 13 – America’s Second Great Tax Revolt: A Forty Year Struggle for Library Survival
ISBN: 978-1-78769-018-9, eISBN: 978-1-78769-017-2
Publication date: 6 December 2018
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Guarria, C.I. (2018), "Prelims", Proposition 13 – America’s Second Great Tax Revolt: A Forty Year Struggle for Library Survival, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-vii. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-017-220181007
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Proposition 13 – America’s Second Great Tax Revolt
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Proposition 13 – America’s Second Great Tax Revolt: A Forty Year Struggle for Library Survival
By
Charles I. Guarria
Long Island University, Brooklyn, USA
United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China
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Dedication
To Donna Regan who lovingly sat by my side through many hours in both libraries and bookstores, and who patiently read innumerable snippets. Love you!!!
Contents
| Chapter 1 1978–1979: In the Beginning | 1 | |
| Reaction and Rally Cry for and Against Proposition 13 | ||
| The Results Are In | ||
| Immediate Effect of Proposition 13 | ||
| Actions Taken | ||
| What Happens Next? | ||
| Chapter 2 1980–1989: Transition and Uncertainty | 39 | |
| Allies Against the Tax Revolution | ||
| School Library Insufficiencies | ||
| Tipping Toward Libraries | ||
| Chapter 3 1990–1999: In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb | 59 | |
| And the Super Majority Should Rule | ||
| Greater Success | ||
| Less than Success | ||
| School Libraries’ Continued Struggle | ||
| Proposition L and Good Fortune | ||
| A Super-charged Democracy or a Threat to Democratic Viability? | ||
| A Different Proposition L: He Said, She Said | ||
| Chapter 4 2000–2010: Good Times Bad Times in California and Countrywide | 81 | |
| Bonds Library Bonds | ||
| Some Libraries Included | ||
| The Tax Revolt Countrywide | ||
| Proposition 13 at 30 | ||
| Chapter 5 2011–2016: Where Are We Now? | 95 | |
| Same Old Story Same Old Song and Dance | ||
| Bibliography | 105 | |
| Index | 115 | |