A group that filed a federal case seeking to abolish the Measure ULA property transfer tax in Los Angeles has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review and overturn a federal judge's decision to dismiss the case.
Newcastle Courtyards, which has waged a legal battle against Measure ULA at the state and federal level, in a legal brief branded the ULA Initiative that was on the ballot in November 2022 "a paradigmatic case of class warfare."
According to Newcastle, the proponents of Measure ULA, misled voters into believing it was a "mansion tax" instead of an across-the-board tax on large real estate transactions. The brief said Measure ULA disregards the financial circumstances of the property seller, who may lack enough equity to pay the new transfer tax.
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