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How about if Prop 13 just doesn't apply to homes except one's primary residence?

jnordwick 7y ago
This is the simplest solution while still keeping the benefits of prop 13. People seem to forget that it was intended to prevent forcing people to move because the had capital appreciation but no income growth, and this disproportionately affected low and fixed income families.
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  Nah it was sold as keeping granny in her home, but the intent was to destroy government.
  - tomcam 7y ago
    Mind backing that up?
    - inferiorhuman 7y ago
      Howard Jarvis, the author of Prop 13, was a well known anti-government lunatic.
- threezero 7y ago
  Prop 13 was actually intended to make Howard Jarvis and his friends at the Apartment Owners Association even wealthier. He did a great job of selling a tax scam to the public. A property tax law designed to benefit low income families would only have lowered property taxes for primary residences, not for places like the Los Angeles Country Club that pays $200k a year in property taxes on 313 acres of prime land.
  - jnordwick 7y ago
    Prop 13 opponents always sound unhinged.
    - threezero 7y ago
      Curious what you find unhinged about my comment. “Jarvis was a lobbyist for the Los Angeles Apartment Owners Association—a group that stood to benefit hugely from decreased property taxes.” https://la.curbed.com/2016/10/17/13304912/history-proposition-13-property-taxes https://la.curbed.com/2016/10/17/13304912/history-propositio...
gnopgnip 7y ago
There is a version of this that will be on the ballot next year, but with exemptions for all residential property, all agricultural, and for commercial property valued under 2 million.
- bradlys 7y ago
  > There is a version of this that will be on the ballot next year Oh? > but with exemptions for all residential property Oh... So, nothing that applies to residential property (which is what the parent comment was talking about). Taxing some businesses is going to increase tax revenue but it won't fix the housing issue that's crushing most of us renters. For those who want to see the initiative: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Tax_on_Commercial_and_Industrial_Properties_for_Education_and_Local_Government_Funding_Initiative_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Tax_on_Commercial_and_Ind...

This is the simplest solution while still keeping the benefits of prop 13. People seem to forget that it was intended to prevent forcing people to move because the had capital appreciation but no income growth, and this disproportionately affected low and fixed income families.

inferiorhuman 7y ago
Nah it was sold as keeping granny in her home, but the intent was to destroy government.
- tomcam 7y ago
  Mind backing that up?
  - inferiorhuman 7y ago
    Howard Jarvis, the author of Prop 13, was a well known anti-government lunatic.
threezero 7y ago
Prop 13 was actually intended to make Howard Jarvis and his friends at the Apartment Owners Association even wealthier. He did a great job of selling a tax scam to the public. A property tax law designed to benefit low income families would only have lowered property taxes for primary residences, not for places like the Los Angeles Country Club that pays $200k a year in property taxes on 313 acres of prime land.
- jnordwick 7y ago
  Prop 13 opponents always sound unhinged.
  - threezero 7y ago
    Curious what you find unhinged about my comment. “Jarvis was a lobbyist for the Los Angeles Apartment Owners Association—a group that stood to benefit hugely from decreased property taxes.” https://la.curbed.com/2016/10/17/13304912/history-proposition-13-property-taxes https://la.curbed.com/2016/10/17/13304912/history-propositio...

gnopgnip 7y ago

There is a version of this that will be on the ballot next year, but with exemptions for all residential property, all agricultural, and for commercial property valued under 2 million.

bradlys 7y ago
> There is a version of this that will be on the ballot next year Oh? > but with exemptions for all residential property Oh... So, nothing that applies to residential property (which is what the parent comment was talking about). Taxing some businesses is going to increase tax revenue but it won't fix the housing issue that's crushing most of us renters. For those who want to see the initiative: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Tax_on_Commercial_and_Industrial_Properties_for_Education_and_Local_Government_Funding_Initiative_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Tax_on_Commercial_and_Ind...