Published on Feb 17, 2025

Broad coalition supports revising the outdated property tax cap

Contact: Candice Bock, Emma Shepard

AWC is prioritizing our efforts to revise the arbitrary 1% property tax cap in the 2025 legislative session.

City sign-on letter to legislators: Act now to revise the arbitrary 1% property tax cap

City leaders can now sign on to AWC’s letter urging the Legislature to take action to revise the arbitrary property tax cap from 1% to an optional increase of up to 3%. Read the letter and then fill out our form indicating your wish to sign in support.

Coalition and resources

We are joined by a large coalition of other local government associations, a variety of labor organizations, and individual cities and counties.

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