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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
by 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 agoNah it was sold as keeping granny in her home, but the intent was to destroy government.
- tomcam 7y agoMind backing that up?
- inferiorhuman 7y agoHoward Jarvis, the author of Prop 13, was a well known anti-government lunatic.
- threezero 7y agoProp 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 agoProp 13 opponents always sound unhinged.
- threezero 7y agoCurious 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...