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How Proposition 13 Started the Tax Revolt That Reshaped the GOPA 1978 California ballot measure capped property taxes and turned a local grievance into a national movement; here is how it worked and what it did.Governor Reagan, Sacramento and the Welfare Fight Nobody RemembersReagan's eight years as California governor taught him to bargain, sign tax bills he disliked and win welfare reform from a Democratic legislature.Proposition 13 and the Tax Revolt That Rattled Every StatehouseIn June 1978 California voters capped property taxes and every statehouse took notice. The story, what the measure did, who copied it, and the criticisms.