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Ancalagon • today at 9:52 PM • 6 replies • view on HN

Man discovers prop 13. News at 9.


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roughly • today at 10:28 PM

Whats wild is the commercial side didn’t get closed. I understand the argument for individuals or households (I don’t love it - I’m on the wrong side of it, but at least it’s somewhat defensible), but if you’re running a business and your income isn’t keeping up with inflation, that’s called failing.

yonran • today at 10:52 PM

If the SEIU healthcare workers union is going to amend the state constitution, they should chip away at Proposition 13 instead of amending the constitution to make a bad tax that encourages capital flight.

999900000999 • today at 10:07 PM

And it will never be repealed.

Old voters like the house they brought 20 years ago for 100k being worth 1.5 million today. They also like not paying taxes on that 1.4m in wealth accumulation.

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guyzero • today at 10:28 PM

But let's be clear: Prop 13 is bad and is holding down property taxes on both commercial and residential land.

everybodyknows • today at 9:58 PM

But neglects to consider why it won a majority of votes. Why did it? And how does Prop 13 relate to the more recent Prop 19, which substantially weakened it?

palmotea • today at 10:01 PM

> News at 9.

The idiom is "film at 11."