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Re:Why is San Francisco trying to strangle its golden goose? by noobermin on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:42PM (#12572557)
One way to deal with this (what I'd say is the right way but hardest way) is to take the burdens usually placed on employers to provide and have the state take the tab...funded by an increase in taxes.
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Re:Why is San Francisco trying to strangle its golden goose? by plussed_reader on Saturday September 24, 2016 @06:20PM (#12572898)
If you're talking about property taxes, you might want to read up about Prop 13(1978) and how it fundamentally altered the tax base of California.

There are some good points that we are still fighting the after effects of this policy to this day. A good example would be how business owners encapsulate their properties to not trigger the re-assessment of the property to current values. It explains a number of the remaining low cost/slum-lord apartments still around.

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Re:Why is San Francisco trying to strangle its golden goose? by prostoalex on Sunday September 25, 2016 @12:16AM (#12573934)
After which 100% of state's private employer workforce is converted to contractor status.
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