Education Code Section 15282 (a)(3) provides that the CBOC shall have at least seven members and at least one of the  seven members  “… shall be active in a bona fide taxpayers’ organization.”

What does “bona fide taxpayers’ organization” mean?

Bona fide means genuine, real, done honestly.  In law it means sincerely, without intention to deceive.  It is Latin for “in good faith.”

In the context of CBOC membership it mean that the CBOC taxpayers’ organization member shall be an active member of a real and genuine taxpayers’ organization.

In CABOC opinion, the attached list of California Taxpayers’ Organizations would qualify as “bona fide” taxpayers’ organizations.

Taxpayers’ organizations are not limited to a local taxpayers’ organization.  It can be regional, statewide, or national organization.

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Alameda County Taxpayers Association     mcprose@att.net    Alameda

Calaveras County Taxpayers Association     alsegalla1@gmail.com     Calaveras

Taxpayers Association of El Dorado County    toddwhite2006@hotmail.com    El DoradoValley

Taxpayer’s Coalition    Mathys@OroFinancial.net    Fresno

Kern County Taxpayers Association    kerntax@kerntaxpayer.org    Kern

Long Beach Taxpayers Association    zerotaxeslb@gmail.com    Los Angeles

Marin – Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers    coalitiontaxpayers@gmail.com    Marin

Marin United Taxpayers Association    info@marintaxpayers.org    Marin

San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association    info@sjrtaxpayers.org    Nevada

Orange County Taxpayers Association    Info@OCTax.org    Orange

Central Valley Taxpayers Association    brice@dacom.us    Placer

Inland Empire Taxpayers Association    info@ietaxpayers.com    Riverside

Sacramento County Taxpayers Association    info@sacramentotaxpayers.com    Sacramento    

San Diego County Taxpayers Association    info@sdcta.org    San Diego

The Coalition of Labor, Agriculture & Business – San Luis Obispo    colabslo@gmail.com    San Luis Obispo

Central Coast Taxpayers Association    president@ccta.news    San Luis Obispo

The Coalition of Labor, Agriculture & Business – Santa Barbara    andy@colabsbc.org

Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara County Taxpayers Association    https://www.sbctaxpayers.org    Santa Barbara

Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association    info@svtaxpayers.org    Santa Clara

Central Solano Citizen/Taxpayer Group    no.more.taxes.2016@gmail.com    Solano

Solano County Taxpayers Association    solanotaxpayers@sbcglobal.net    Solano

Sonoma County Taxpayers’ Association    taxpayer@sonic.net    Sonoma

Sutter County Taxpayers’ Association    information@suttertaxpayers.com    Sutter

Gold Country Taxpayers Association    https://goldcountrytax.org/contact    Tehama

Ventura County Taxpayers Association    vcta@att.net    Ventura

Yolo County Taxpayers Association    yolocountytaxpayers@gmail.com    Yolo

California Taxpayers Association    caltax@caltax.org    z – ALL

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association    info@hjta.org    z _ ALL