Note: California has Proposition 13, so some of the lowest property taxes in the country. Lower taxes make land speculation pay, and 80% of housing cost inflation is land. That's right, lower taxes raise prices.
"It is increasingly clear that the real threat lies not with the person crossing a border, working a warehouse shift, or marching in the street—but with the structure that enriches itself by sowing division and suppressing dissent." - Peter Bloom
"You Yanks don't consult the wisdom of democracy; you enable mobs." - Australian planner
(Principally from Ian Welsh's "Weekend Wrap") A reminder that "The law, in its magnificent equality, forbids rich and poo...
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