CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days

Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by squokko on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:42PM (#34598537)

No, you don't own the property. Under what coherent system of thought could you possibly own something that was there before humans existed and will be there after humans are gone, and which you did nothing to create or maintain? Property ownership is a societal construct that we agree to use to improve our lives together. If it's not serving our needs we can change it.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by RealityVoid on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:46PM (#34598611)

Sure, the name of the social construct is ownership. Therefore, you own it. Because of the social construct.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by jonhohle on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:55PM (#34598787)

That is no different from ownership of anything else, including one’s own body. The government has an interest in property and may tax it, but how is that different from auto registration, income tax, or any other tax liability? Someone can be imprisoned for daily to pay income tax, but the government doesn’t own their job or work.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by c22 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:49PM (#34598665)

I don't know how it works where you live but I spend an insane amount of my time maintaining my property.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by squokko on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:58PM (#34598846)

You maintain the property to make it suitable for your needs. But if you didn't "maintain" it, nothing would actually happen to it. It would still be completely usable in 1 million years.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by c22 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:25PM (#34599393)

Sure, I don't expect to still own it in one million years.

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