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Prop 13 disincentivizes building housing.

Stop calling people evil just because your grandmother isn't the center of their policy concerns.



> Prop 13 disincentivizes building housing.

I didn't think we reached the point where people are arguing that things that make housing more valuable disincentivize building more homes - but here we are.

It is zoning restrictions, EIR, etc., that disincentivize housing.


Prop 13 absolutely disincentivizes building housing. Other policies can also be bad. But grandma's house isn't being bulldozed to make way for a quadplex because she's insulated from the market.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11700683/too-few-homes-is-proposit...

But if you own a home in California, you are incentivized to maintain prop 13.

It's funny how hard it is for people to understand something when it cuts against their personal interests.




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