Protect California Homeowners From Unfair Capital Gains Penalties


Protect California Homeowners From Unfair Capital Gains Penalties
Recent signers:
austin ward and 19 others have signed recently.
The Issue
THEY TOLD US TO BUY A HOME.
To build equity.
To stay rooted.
To play by the rules. And we did. We sacrificed.
We paid every mortgage, every tax bill, every repair.
We stayed through recessions, through rising costs, through everything. But now?
They’re taxing us for doing exactly what they told us to do.
💥 This isn’t investment property. This is HOME.
The place where our babies took their first steps.
Where the front porch light stayed on waiting for our teenagers.
Where we buried memories in the backyard and held on when everything else was falling apart. Now the government says if your home’s value went up, they want a cut.
Even if it’s your one and only home.
Even if you’ve lived there 20 years.
Even if the equity is your retirement, your safety net, your only plan. We’re being taxed like corporations.
Like investors.
Like we flipped the American Dream for a quick buck.
🚨 We didn’t flip anything. We fought for it.
🛑 Stop taxing homeowners for building equity.
✊ Support the Home Equity Fairness Act.
This is for the family who stayed.
For the single mom who rebuilt.
For the couple who paid off their home just to retire in peace.
For the homeowners who followed the rules—and now deserve protection, not punishment. Please Sign. Please Share.
Because silence is how they win.

Nicole StockPetition StarterNicole Stock, M.S., is an advocate for equity in housing and tax reform. Started this petition to speak up for everyday people—families, seniors, and long-time property owners—who are being unfairly taxed for doing exactly what they were told to do.
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Recent signers:
austin ward and 19 others have signed recently.
The Issue
THEY TOLD US TO BUY A HOME.
To build equity.
To stay rooted.
To play by the rules. And we did. We sacrificed.
We paid every mortgage, every tax bill, every repair.
We stayed through recessions, through rising costs, through everything. But now?
They’re taxing us for doing exactly what they told us to do.
💥 This isn’t investment property. This is HOME.
The place where our babies took their first steps.
Where the front porch light stayed on waiting for our teenagers.
Where we buried memories in the backyard and held on when everything else was falling apart. Now the government says if your home’s value went up, they want a cut.
Even if it’s your one and only home.
Even if you’ve lived there 20 years.
Even if the equity is your retirement, your safety net, your only plan. We’re being taxed like corporations.
Like investors.
Like we flipped the American Dream for a quick buck.
🚨 We didn’t flip anything. We fought for it.
🛑 Stop taxing homeowners for building equity.
✊ Support the Home Equity Fairness Act.
This is for the family who stayed.
For the single mom who rebuilt.
For the couple who paid off their home just to retire in peace.
For the homeowners who followed the rules—and now deserve protection, not punishment. Please Sign. Please Share.
Because silence is how they win.

Nicole StockPetition StarterNicole Stock, M.S., is an advocate for equity in housing and tax reform. Started this petition to speak up for everyday people—families, seniors, and long-time property owners—who are being unfairly taxed for doing exactly what they were told to do.
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Petition created on August 1, 2025