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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by kwdc on Saturday March 06, 2021 @08:53PM (#26372406)
This the one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_13

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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by jmgao on Saturday March 06, 2021 @09:03PM (#26372475)
No, this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13

Basically, home value for property taxes gets assessed once, when you buy the property, and it can only go up by inflation after that.

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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by imtringued on Sunday March 07, 2021 @08:41AM (#26375745)
Just replace them with land value taxes that are assessed for each block or maybe the entire neighborhood. Then split the tax bill based on the area of land owned so that you get a fixed rate per square foot.
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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by shagie on Sunday March 07, 2021 @09:43AM (#26376183)
The "just replace them" requires rewriting/amending the state constitution again.

As long as property values are going up across the state, as a whole (of which SF is only a part of), voters tend to have a disincentive to do so.

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