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Editorial: It is time to adjust Prop 13

Original post made on Mar 28, 2010

Research by a Menlo Park woman with a school-aged child described in last week's Almanac shows in dramatic detail how the state's fabled and untouchable Proposition 13 that restricts property tax increases to 2 percent a year has over time become a huge windfall for commercial property owners.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 12:00 AM

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Posted by Jon Coupal
a resident of another community
on Mar 28, 2010 at 9:37 pm

It is a shame the editorial writers failed to do their homework on Prop 13. There is a great deal of data disproving virtually every assertion in this piece. For starters, visit Web Link to learn how Prop 13 has saved Califoria.

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Posted by Homework Maven
a resident of Oak Knoll School
on Apr 4, 2010 at 2:28 pm

Just read the weblink. Did my "homework." Seems like the same old assertions, but no data. Actually, proves thesis that commercial property owners are hiding behind homeowners, if this is the best they can come up with.

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