I bought this book the other day, haven&#x27;t  had a chance to start reading it yet: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ucpress.edu&#x2F;book.php?isbn=9780520266568" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ucpress.edu&#x2F;book.php?isbn=9780520266568</a><p>I did get a chance to read one excerpt which proposed that Prop 13, by shifting power from local to state government, reduced participation in local government, making it more beholden to special interests and less goal oriented when it comes to exercising the power it still has.