PROPOSITION 13′S CONTESTED LEGACY: That was then
Second in an occasional series
When Doug deHaan got his property assessment in the mail, he knew that a heart-to-heart talk with his wife was coming. The couple was going to have to sell their home.
Just 18 months earlier, DeHaan and his family had moved into a new place in the Gold Coast. And in that [...]
PROPOSITION 13′S CONTESTED LEGACY: Prologue
Like any good politician, San Francisco Assessor Phil Ting has set the state’s fiscal meltdown – and its solution – into the simplest of sound bites.
“We’re in a financial catastrophe,” Ting told me a few weeks ago. His solution? Amend California’s property tax-slashing Proposition 13.
And like any good advocate of a once-righteous cause, Kris Vosburgh [...]
Comment: Happy birthday, Prop 13!
While we’re all tearing each other to shreds over why we should or shouldn’t pay ten bucks a month to support our local schools, I choose to celebrate. Proposition 13, the state constitutional amendment that limits Californians’ property taxes, is 30 years old today!
Okay, so I’m kidding about the celebrating part. Because if there were [...]
