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Back in 1978, Proposition 13 was a boon to property to owners but it was a slow but sure carcinogen to the body politic. Now the patient is in dire straits

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    Klarissa4 months ago

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    30 years ago they were raising property taxes $1,000 a year.

    When the city wanted to do something, they would drive through neighborhoods and look at the cars, look at the highest price a house got in the neighborhood for the last year, and raise the taxes on everyone who lived there.

    As people retired they had to sell because the taxes were rising so fast.

    The problem with 13 was the lack of taxes on commercial property when it was sold.

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    calitennflo4 months ago

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    I do not forget...there is more than thirty years to the making of this day...I remember too...man has never learned...not yet...how to govern himself...without having a government like we see today...and no I will not choose less...our children do not need less than the best.

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      hyperbola4 months ago

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      I was always kind of attracted to the way they do things in Switzerland. People vote on whether to accept and pay for specific projects. One of the reasons they have excellent schools, excellent public transport, ....

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        mmrhe4 months ago

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        It seems to me the Two Thirds Majority Clause is onerous AND counterproductive.
        And where are all the 'Cut taxes to raise revenue' people on this one?
        It's just not that simple!

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          CaptainLucid4 months ago

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          The real benifciaries or prop 13 are the big corporations. Can't raise taxes to the market value until a property is sold. We have plenty of real estate being taxed way below value because corps don't sell. We had an F ing oil company making record profits and they sued the city of Richmond for a tax refund because they wanted some archaic rule to be used and they were too damn greedy to realize they were already ripping off the state big time but they need to go for the jugular. Find me some prop 13 bitches and I will personally steal their crap because we are having trouble paying cops so who is going to stop me. And I need to look for Howard Jarvis's grave so I can crap on it and then bust out the sledge hammer on the tombstone.

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