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Re:Peak Valley? by justinzollars on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:04PM (#17897651)
I'm not familiar with the YIMBY stance on Prop 13, but as an advocacy group that endorses local measures, you could join and promote propositions that would eliminate 13 - and have a real effect as our voter guide is sent to tens of thousands of bay area residents.
Re:Peak Valley? by zapita on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:12PM (#17897684)
I generally approve of Yimbi, but eliminating prop 13 is not something they have the influence or the scale to accomplish on their own, or even to lead in a credible way - not even close. California is very large, and prop13 is very popular with a majority of the state’s population. It would take a landslide political change at the state level to revert it, and an alliance of diverse political interests unlike anything that exists in California today (to my knowledge).
Re:Peak Valley? by justinzollars on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:18PM (#17897710)
True. But you could say exactly the same thing about any advocacy group.

Its a big country. Its a big state.

Re:Peak Valley? by zapita on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:38PM (#17897801)
You’re right of course. I just think reverting prop13 is important enough, and difficult enough, to warrant creating or joining an organization solely dedicated to that one issue. I feel like pro-housing Californians tend to tuck it into a tactical bullet point, instead of appreciating it for the root cause that it is.