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Re:Urban activists set out to sue San Francisco’s suburbs by khuey on Sunday October 11, 2015 @11:30PM (#10372377)
Given how the property tax structure in California massively privileges incumbent property owners over newcomers, I'm not very sympathetic to this line of argument.

Most Bay Area cities also have rather large development fees.

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Re:Urban activists set out to sue San Francisco’s suburbs by mahyarm on Monday October 12, 2015 @12:45AM (#10372612)
You are right in this. New people will pay more property tax when purchasing their property, and thus pay a bigger share for the new infrastructure. The people who lived there before hand will be still paying around the rate that they moved in at.
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