[quote=CA renter]But do we believe in private property rights, or do we not?
IMHO, once a property is bought and owned (no mortgage) by a person, that is his/her land. Nobody should have the right to take that land away from someone (and that includes their decendants).[/quote]
Of course I believe in private property rights, CAR. I’m not advocating land-taking. I’m saying that if the benefits of Prop 58 (“progeny” of Prop 13) were not available to these heirs, many more of them would CHOOSE to sell out and move to a cheaper area, instead of take title and occupy.
The market-rate taxpayers are in essence supporting the services used by these often young, able-bodied “heirs.”
The Legislature’s original intent upon introducing Prop 13 to the voters was to keep seniors who were on a fixed income in their original homes as long as possible.
Prop 58, which rode Prop 13’s coattails a few years later, expanded on that “original intent.” It had the effect of causing these “senior benefits” to last beyond their deaths and into perpetuity.
