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If I could wave a magic wand and repeal a single law, it would be Prop 13. That shit is un-fucking-believable. Such blatant, corrupt, crony-capitalist legislatu

• fossuser 6y ago
  I wish we could pass something that basically said “allow upzoning and build X amount of new housing - if you refuse fine, but then you must pay market rate property tax on your property”.
  • DrScump 6y ago
    There's nothing stopping you - just pursue your own Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
• rcpt 6y ago
  It was not legislature it was angry voters who wanted a "revolt". Lawmakers and business opposed it at the time and even put forth 1978 Prop 8 which would have given homeowners a break. But Jarvis won because of direct democracy and angry emotional selfish voters. https://teachingmalinche.com/2018/08/26/the-summer-that-elvis-died-and-proposition-13-was-born/ https://teachingmalinche.com/2018/08/26/the-summer-that-elvi...