{"id":365761,"date":"2026-06-18T14:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/365761\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:31:31","slug":"san-jose-cms-casey-doan-hold-out-against-the-city-councils-coordinated-attack-on-prop-13-opportunity-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/365761\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose CM\u2019s Casey, Doan hold out against the city council\u2019s coordinated attack on Prop 13 \u2014 OPPORTUNITY NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy to get swept up in a chorus of tax and spend councilmembers, singing from the same hymnal. But during Tuesday\u2019s 9-2 vote in favor of an anti-Prop 13 memo, Councilmembers George Casey<\/a> and Bien Doan<\/a> stayed consistent with their past defenses of fiscal restraint and concerns about government and tax overreach.<\/p>\n

Ask not what your taxpayers can do for you<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first responsibility is not to protect government’s access to revenue. Our first responsibility is to protect the people who earn that revenue in the first place,\u201d Casey said. <\/p>\n

Regarding the fear-mongering about retiring the unconstitutional Measure E, he said: <\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that government has grown dependent on a revenue source is not an argument against taxpayer protections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Casey\u2019s comments here<\/a>, starting at 1:19:52 <\/p>\n

Priced out<\/p>\n

\u201cI have consistently opposed increasing the tax burden on San Jose families,\u201d said CM Bien Doan. He cast a \u2018no\u2019 vote because of \u201caffordability challenges facing our community, most notably our immigrant communities. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe acknowledge that too many residents are being priced out, and that the cost of living in San Jose has reached an unsustainable level for our working families, seniors, and\u00a0young people,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Watch Doan\u2019s comments here<\/a>, starting at 1:22:24<\/p>\n

Follow Opportunity Now on Twitter @svopportunity<\/a><\/p>\n