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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by ohgodplsno on Saturday June 03, 2023 @09:27AM (#36176499)
No, because homeowners are not a representative sample of the population. If I slap you down in the middle of Beverly Hills, I could say that on average you're a millionaire, but that doesn't exactly tell the whole story.

It includes _some_ middle class people. Fewer and fewer as property taxes raise and the value of their home rises. Sure, they'll have a bunch of cash once they sell it, but not everyone wants to move away from where they were born just because there's a bunch of overpaid tech bros now living next to you.

Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by seanmcdirmid on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:27AM (#36177408)
California has proposition 13, so your property taxes aren’t rising much.