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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by mavelikara on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:44PM (#17474937)
Locking in the property tax rate is a reasonable policy for reasons you explain. But it should not have been extended to non-residential, non-owner-occupied properties, and also it should not have been transferrable.
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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by saltcured on Friday July 06, 2018 @07:57PM (#17476019)
But, being non-transferrable would exacerbate the low-turnover problem by preventing those retirees from downsizing for fear of a big property tax increase.
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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by mavelikara on Friday July 06, 2018 @09:09PM (#17476269)
I meant that the tax rate should not be transferrable to another person, say, a hier.
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