[BelegStrongbow]

Hearing her labeled 'Huller' is a new one on me. Is this to suggest she's a peanut-farmer between the ears?

Of all the things I would interpret her to be, dim is probably last on the list.

[jiggyboy]

These end-runs around Prop 13 will only increase in the coming years.

The only question is whether the finale will be an explicit suspension (possibly due to a "fiscal emergency") or a de facto suspension due to "parcel taxes", this Mello-Roos end-run, et al, slowly and quietly bringing property tax values back to pre-Prop-13 levels without boiling the frog.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the combination of businesses and high-income would-be taxpayers leaving the state and low-income illegals moving in makes the state increasingly dependent on homeowners as a captive taxable entity.

[wizr]

It's wonderful. All those involved in real estate create feeding frenzies to raise the price of housing to unaffordable, then cry over those without.

[goldstategop]

I inherited my home and I'll sell it. I'll have more than enough money at my age to retire elsewhere in the country in some comfort for the rest of my life. Most people in California aren't that lucky. And the government makes it harder for those who dream of owning a home to move into one. How many people can afford a $550,000 single family home in this state? The Democrats should be doing everything they can to make housing less expensive. Instead, they're doing just the opposite. That's insanity, California-style.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[RexBeach]

Look, if you can't afford a house, you should save until you are able to afford one - or move to another political jurisdiction where housing is more affordable(if owning your own home is a major life goal).

Devising more government schemes to help "make housing more affordable" never works. The market works.

[Mr. Jeeves]

In the next six years, the environuts — running as Democrats — took over the reins of California government. Through a series of changes in laws, regulations, and tax assessments, they significantly reduced California’s supply of houses and apartments.

True, but they didn't do this in isolation. Californians for the most part wanted to pull up the drawbridge and keep all of those "other people" out. But these tactics didn't even slow the newcomers down - they just jacked the prices of low-to-moderate quality real estate up to ridiculous levels.