Dear California, I’m Dumping You

[Mark Holmes]

Not my words, but I certainly have my days where I feel this way, and I’m a second generation Southern Californian (my father and I were even both born in Glendale Memorial Hospital) but yep, Cali is quickly losing its luster…

Quote:

Dear California,

I’ve been thinking about this for a very long time, and I’ve come to the conclusion that we should go our separate ways. I thought I loved you and it would last forever, but I was so very wrong.

For more:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-reed16-2009aug16,0,5811934.story?ref=patrick.net

[jpinpb]

Yes, we’ve all been there. Frustrated w/how the cities and State is being run into the ground, dirty beaches, potholed streets, sewer problems, housing affordability, etc.

But I still say Prop 13 wasn’t/isn’t the problem. Magicians in office is the problem. Since the inception of Prop 13, houses have been bought and sold plentiful and that means the tax is on the new value and increased accordingly.

I still say there’s a low percent of people still living in a Prop 13 home. And if they do any home improvements w/permits, doesn’t the value get reassessed? Not sure on that.

Anyway, since Prop 13, we have also the insurgences of back-door ways and roundabout ways around Prop 13, like Mello Roos has replaced it and Maintenance Assessment Districts. There’s plenty of money going into the machine, but the magicians are performing a disappearing act w/it.

[jpinpb]

Yes, we’ve all been there. Frustrated w/how the cities and State is being run into the ground, dirty beaches, potholed streets, sewer problems, housing affordability, etc.

But I still say Prop 13 wasn’t/isn’t the problem. Magicians in office is the problem. Since the inception of Prop 13, houses have been bought and sold plentiful and that means the tax is on the new value and increased accordingly.

I still say there’s a low percent of people still living in a Prop 13 home. And if they do any home improvements w/permits, doesn’t the value get reassessed? Not sure on that.

Anyway, since Prop 13, we have also the insurgences of back-door ways and roundabout ways around Prop 13, like Mello Roos has replaced it and Maintenance Assessment Districts. There’s plenty of money going into the machine, but the magicians are performing a disappearing act w/it.

[jpinpb]

Yes, we’ve all been there. Frustrated w/how the cities and State is being run into the ground, dirty beaches, potholed streets, sewer problems, housing affordability, etc.

But I still say Prop 13 wasn’t/isn’t the problem. Magicians in office is the problem. Since the inception of Prop 13, houses have been bought and sold plentiful and that means the tax is on the new value and increased accordingly.

I still say there’s a low percent of people still living in a Prop 13 home. And if they do any home improvements w/permits, doesn’t the value get reassessed? Not sure on that.

Anyway, since Prop 13, we have also the insurgences of back-door ways and roundabout ways around Prop 13, like Mello Roos has replaced it and Maintenance Assessment Districts. There’s plenty of money going into the machine, but the magicians are performing a disappearing act w/it.

[jpinpb]

Yes, we’ve all been there. Frustrated w/how the cities and State is being run into the ground, dirty beaches, potholed streets, sewer problems, housing affordability, etc.

But I still say Prop 13 wasn’t/isn’t the problem. Magicians in office is the problem. Since the inception of Prop 13, houses have been bought and sold plentiful and that means the tax is on the new value and increased accordingly.

I still say there’s a low percent of people still living in a Prop 13 home. And if they do any home improvements w/permits, doesn’t the value get reassessed? Not sure on that.

Anyway, since Prop 13, we have also the insurgences of back-door ways and roundabout ways around Prop 13, like Mello Roos has replaced it and Maintenance Assessment Districts. There’s plenty of money going into the machine, but the magicians are performing a disappearing act w/it.

[jpinpb]

Yes, we’ve all been there. Frustrated w/how the cities and State is being run into the ground, dirty beaches, potholed streets, sewer problems, housing affordability, etc.

But I still say Prop 13 wasn’t/isn’t the problem. Magicians in office is the problem. Since the inception of Prop 13, houses have been bought and sold plentiful and that means the tax is on the new value and increased accordingly.

I still say there’s a low percent of people still living in a Prop 13 home. And if they do any home improvements w/permits, doesn’t the value get reassessed? Not sure on that.

Anyway, since Prop 13, we have also the insurgences of back-door ways and roundabout ways around Prop 13, like Mello Roos has replaced it and Maintenance Assessment Districts. There’s plenty of money going into the machine, but the magicians are performing a disappearing act w/it.

[SD Realtor]

I agree with you jp. We pay the second highest state income tax in the country. Anyone who thinks that the issue is lack of revenue has a severe misunderstanding of how to balance a checkbook. This is a spending problem and until our legislature figures out how to run the state on a budget then the state will indeed continue to suffer.

Raising taxes whether you repeal prop 13 or raise the income tax level yet again is not the answer.

[SD Realtor]

I agree with you jp. We pay the second highest state income tax in the country. Anyone who thinks that the issue is lack of revenue has a severe misunderstanding of how to balance a checkbook. This is a spending problem and until our legislature figures out how to run the state on a budget then the state will indeed continue to suffer.

Raising taxes whether you repeal prop 13 or raise the income tax level yet again is not the answer.

[SD Realtor]

I agree with you jp. We pay the second highest state income tax in the country. Anyone who thinks that the issue is lack of revenue has a severe misunderstanding of how to balance a checkbook. This is a spending problem and until our legislature figures out how to run the state on a budget then the state will indeed continue to suffer.

Raising taxes whether you repeal prop 13 or raise the income tax level yet again is not the answer.

[SD Realtor]

I agree with you jp. We pay the second highest state income tax in the country. Anyone who thinks that the issue is lack of revenue has a severe misunderstanding of how to balance a checkbook. This is a spending problem and until our legislature figures out how to run the state on a budget then the state will indeed continue to suffer.

Raising taxes whether you repeal prop 13 or raise the income tax level yet again is not the answer.

[SD Realtor]

I agree with you jp. We pay the second highest state income tax in the country. Anyone who thinks that the issue is lack of revenue has a severe misunderstanding of how to balance a checkbook. This is a spending problem and until our legislature figures out how to run the state on a budget then the state will indeed continue to suffer.

Raising taxes whether you repeal prop 13 or raise the income tax level yet again is not the answer.

[mike92104]

I don’t think the legislature will learn anything ever. They must ALL be replaced, made into a part time legislature,and given term limits.

[mike92104]

I don’t think the legislature will learn anything ever. They must ALL be replaced, made into a part time legislature,and given term limits.

[mike92104]

I don’t think the legislature will learn anything ever. They must ALL be replaced, made into a part time legislature,and given term limits.

[mike92104]

I don’t think the legislature will learn anything ever. They must ALL be replaced, made into a part time legislature,and given term limits.

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