Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite skipping taxes

Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by dvdhnt on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:00PM (#15811275)

It would be super easy to jump on them because they're rich and live in a mansion, but if this happened to homeowners who weren't rich, I'd want them to have the opportunity to buy it back, too.

They need to pay their tax bill (which actually isn't that much) and call it a day.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by tanderson92 on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:10PM (#15811364)

I find the interesting question to be: if the homeowner were not rich would they have a sitting U.S. Senator write a letter on their behalf and have a special hearing to decide the issue? By the way, there were 549 other tax sales dispensed with in an identical manner.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by dvdhnt on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:27PM (#15811494)

> if the homeowner were not rich would they have a sitting U.S. Senator write a letter on their behalf and have a special hearing to decide the issue?

Almost certainly not and I do believe that the Senator's interference is unethical.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by cylinder714 on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @06:48PM (#15812014)

I'm pretty sure Feinstein used to live on Presidio Terrace. Her longtime friend, the late Merla Zellerbach, lived there as well, so she has a personal interest in the situation.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by cafard on Thursday November 30, 2017 @10:06AM (#15816249)

All I can say is, write to your senator and find out. All officials elected to offices at or above the (big) city council level will have constituent-service staff.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by HN15718653 on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:18PM (#15811428)

How many were the sale of a private street that served 20+ residences?

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