you can make income tax more progressive to fund lots of social services, low-income tax credits, EITC. But this has to fundamentally do
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with how the state taxes and regulates land -- all land underlying new development, existing real estate, etc.
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entities, investors, speculators park capital into *existing* real estate in CA *because* the tax protections are so strong.
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Or, more likely, because demand by rich gentrifiers ensures escalating values
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no, I can't live where I grew up because the homeowners there keep approving office space but no housing.
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Most people don't think deep economics in those decisions- think impacts on their neighborhoods daily lives!
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city budget spending on retirement costs up 66,733% over the last decade. Who's paying for that? Because you're not https://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/san-franciscos-incredible-expanding-budget …
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the new people are paying for that. The new people are *subsidizing* you and your property values. That's why Bay Area cities keep
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trying to attract tech cos. Because they need something, literally anything, to compensate for the lack of tax revenue from elsewhere.
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why do you think San Jose is trying to get 20K Google jobs? http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/20/google-san-jose-negotiate-transit-village-downtown/ … Because its budget is in shits. http://www.spur.org/sites/default/files/publications_pdfs/SPUR_Back_in_the_Black.pdf …
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guess what the revenue drain on its budget is....pic.twitter.com/TD723zLogw
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