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I’d be a little hard-pressed to “pick” a neighbors house, flu. So many of them are protected by “Prop 13” and I would surmise their avg tax bills are $350-$800 annually :=[
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You’re missing the point I’m trying to make here. Prop 13 has nothing to do with the comparison I’m trying to make.

I’m comparing how much taxes people pay as a percentage of assessed value. I don’t care what the assessed value is. Because it wouldn’t be correct comparison. Anyone who buys a new home now wouldn’t have the 350-800/annual tax payment. That’s impossible.

Some folks have made the argument that people who buy a home in an MR place now will be bending over in taxes, versus buying a home in a non MR place.

That is not necessarily true. Someone buying a home in a non MR place can be just as bending over because of special assessments that aren’t even fixed assessments versus homes that have MR with no special bond assessments. So the generalization that a home “costs more” if it has MR and hence “not as desirable” as a home in an older neighborhood that doesn’t have MR isn’t a valid point…Because there are lots of places in North County that have MR, no special assessments who’s tax bill will end up being comparable to a lot of non-MR places with special bond assessments, and in some cases even come out slightly less.

And since it is now well known that Mello Ruse is tax deductible, there is no disadvantage from a tax deductibility standpoint too.