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LOL! More like many illegals and bambinos bailed out, like the primary school down kitty corner from us in Santa Cruz. Illegals are a major 'growth' and budgeting excuse for the Cali Teacher's Union. The school in Santa Cruz has dropped dramatically in kids, fewer cars, less traffic jamming. I haven't seen a crossing guard in a while. They hung hoodies on the entrance fence for a while designating all the lost students.

Traffic on our routes continues to diminish, especially the Sunol Grade-ometer. That one carries traffic from the Bay Area back out to the central valley.

Ceffer says

The school in Santa Cruz has dropped dramatically in kids, fewer cars, less traffic jamming.

CA 1978 Prop 13 put golden handcuffs to all property owners in the state. After kids are gone, some of the parents used to trade houses to young families with school age kids to utilize school neighborhood houses. Most neighborhoods stuck with old folks and force the schools shutdown with declining enrollment as the housing costs have pushed many young families out of these areas, leading to fewer students.

Housing Stagnation and "Lack of Kids"

There is a subtle but powerful link between Prop 13 and the "lack of kids":
The Lock-in Effect: Because property taxes only reassess when a home is sold, long-term homeowners have a massive financial incentive never to move.

Demographic Shift: This "lock-in" can prevent younger families with school-aged children from moving into established neighborhoods. Over decades, neighborhoods that once teemed with children become "older," leading to the declining enrollment that forces school closures today.

When you look at the current school closures in good neighborhoods through the lens of "Prop 13 Karma," you’re essentially seeing a 45-year-old policy "coming home to roost."

https://californiaglobe.com/fl/u-s-atty-bill-essayli-busts-open-california-homeless-fraud-scheme/

Officials seized a man’s $125,000 Range Rover and Los Angeles mansion, after he was arrested for allegedly stealing millions in taxpayer funds meant to house and feed the homeless in Los Angeles. Alexander Soofer has been charged with wire fraud.

Soofer stole approximately $23 million...

Soofer was contracted with the city and county of Los Angeles, to house and feed up to 600 homeless people. But instead, spent millions on a luxurious life.

As governor, Newsom spent $37 billion and increased the state’s homeless population by 24%, and raised violent crime to 31% over national average, Michael Shellenberger shared in May.

Blue says

CA 1978 Prop 13 put golden handcuffs to all property owners in the state. After kids are gone, some of the parents used to trade houses to young families with school age kids to utilize school neighborhood houses. Most neighborhoods stuck with old folks and force the schools shutdown with declining enrollment as the housing costs have pushed many young families out of these areas, leading to fewer students.

Blue says

Terrible font color. I had to zoom in that image and it was still difficult to read.

That's why a lot of memes use white text surrounded by a black line. Then you can read it clearly regardless of the background.

https://imgflip.com/memegenerator uses that kind of text.

Without prop 13 CA property taxes would kill everyone, I hear it was modified recently to prevent passing down lower rates as inheritance, but I don't know details, I'm not in CA anymore.

Having lived in CA I realized what government was doing to INCREASE rents. It was obvious. Section 8 housing was paying double what rents in the area were. They still do, you can go look at their website, rates are public info. That kind of thing was intentional, it increased rents, and it increased real estate values for investors. Simply put it's a scam, fraud. This happens in other states too. FHA does the same thing.

That's why people are feeling screwed, because government fraud intentionally takes their money, increases their cost of living, to prop up real estate valuations for few rich investors. Those people should be in jail for this. But they won't be, because both parties have been doing this for years. It's frustrating.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Without prop 13 CA property taxes would kill everyone, I hear it was modified recently to prevent passing down lower rates as inheritance, but I don't know details, I'm not in CA anymore.

That's why they should repeal prop 13 with the mandate that every penny saved will be used to reduce property taxes for all. The only fair solution. Keeping it distorts prices and benefits boomers and genX mostly, just repealing it benefits govt only.

mell says

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Without prop 13 CA property taxes would kill everyone, I hear it was modified recently to prevent passing down lower rates as inheritance, but I don't know details, I'm not in CA anymore.

That's why they should repeal prop 13 with the mandate that every penny saved will be used to reduce property taxes for all. The only fair solution. Keeping it distorts prices and benefits boomers and genX mostly, just repealing it benefits govt only.

You assume they’ll lower everyone’s rates to level. They won’t. Government represents investors not people. They want more out of you so they can take it for themselves. Love of money is root of massive evil there.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

mell says

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Without prop 13 CA property taxes would kill everyone, I hear it was modified recently to prevent passing down lower rates as inheritance, but I don't know details, I'm not in CA anymore.

That's why they should repeal prop 13 with the mandate that every penny saved will be used to reduce property taxes for all. The only fair solution. Keeping it distorts prices and benefits boomers and genX mostly, just repealing it benefits govt only.

You assume they’ll lower everyone’s rates to level. They won’t. Government represents investors not people. They want more out of you so they can take it for themselves. Love of money is root of massive evil there.

Exactly. Prop13 is a tax revolt agains money-grabbing CA government whores. It's not like them whores become less money-grabbing in the decades past, is it?

MolotovCocktail says

Terrible font color. I had to zoom in that image and it was still difficult to read.

Plus a spelling error.