These maps show why some California Republicans are nervous about changes to the tax codeCalifornia taxpayers would be hit disproportionately hard under the Republican tax plan because of changes to two popular tax breaks. That's one reason GOP lawmakers in the state's House delegation were under so much scrutiny when most of them voted to pass the House version in November. The current Senate proposal eliminates the SALT deduction entirely, but keeps the mortgage interest deduction at $1 million. We took a look at the 14 California congressional districts represented by Republicans and calculated the share of residents who take the SALT deduction and the percentage of new mortgages over $500,000 in 2017. Democrats intend to use the tax vote against Republicans who represent districts that will be battlegrounds in the midterm elections next fall.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 01, 2017 00:33 UTC