[quote=CA renter][quote=spdrun]CAr – outside of CA, commercial property is often taxed at a higher rate than residential as regards value.
As far as schools, I have a really bad feeling about punishing kids for the crimes of their parents by denying them an education. If anything that would increase crime.[/quote]
Yes, that may be the case in other states, but it’s not the case in California.
Agree about not punishing the kids, which is why the kids would be entitled to a public education, but the cost would be borne by their parents’ employers. It would be illegal to employ someone without paying the full cost of luring people here from other countries. The punishment for the crime would involve steep fines and the potential to lose their business assets.[/quote]
Agree with this fix wholeheartedly.
Thousands of “Mexican” kids (yes, crossing the US border every single weekday) attend US public schools and community college in SD and Imperial counties. They are often dropped off at school or the trolley station/bus stop by their parents or other relatives on their way to work to their job in the US. They use fake addresses in the US and pay (monthly or a lump sum per school year) friends and relatives on this side of the border to sign an affidavit for the school district stating that they are the “guardian” of said student(s). (The school districts do not require these “guardians” to be court-appointed.) The guardian then submits their lease agreement/deed showing that they have the right to occupy said address and at least one utility bill with the guardian’s name on it and presto, another SD County K-12 student is created out of thin air!
This happens done every single April thru August in every single school district and nearly every K-12 school in the county is affected by this phenomenon … some MUCH moreso than others.
Ask yourself why your kid’s public school has no more room for new students whose families just (legitimately) moved into the attendance area. This phenomenon plays a HUGE part in why many schools are so crowded and no district superintendent is ever going to fix it of their own volition. The reason is because each district gets paid by the state for each student’s warm body that fills a seat every single day. It’s all a numbers game to them and with a wink and a nod by the super, it’s been going on as long as I can remember …. and I have a l-o-o-o-ng memory :-0
