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Re:Bills before the California Legislature would crack down ... by kurthr on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:31AM (#14308923)
This sounds like the sort of disincentive (after the units are sold and the horse has left the barn) that a good lawyer can easily prevent. Just like movies & funds can make/lose money that can't be clawed back, you just build an investment that pays out on sale to be nonexistent/bankrupt when fined.

Are there regulatory ways around this? Of course, but they are complex, restrict the market in other ways, and lead to different distortions.

Re:Bills before the California Legislature would crack down ... by ABCLAW on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:43AM (#14309048)
The method for dealing with this is to require that the developer post a bond.

Bonds, however, create their own host of incentive problems.