Fund Housing Trust by Taxing Upzoned Parcel Gains
This is the way. Get out of taxing new housing construction by ending unfunded inclusionary. Give the housing trust fund a larger increment of property tax revenue, unlocked by repricing on upzoned parcels.
Los Angeles Seniors Face $185K Exit Tax vs $10K Upkeep
“In the Los Angeles area, for example, the average exit tax for homeowners 65 and older is $185,000, while the annual cost of insurance, maintenance and property taxes on a zombie home is only about $10,000, the data showed..” https://t.co/IQziF3MH1R...
Homeowners' NIMBYism Forces Kids and Immigrants' Housing Tradeoffs
A Californian looks at this and imagines — a world where property and homeowners actually have to feel the tradeoffs and pain of blocking housing forever for their kids and immigrants.
Rent Control Makes Nonprofit Housing Maintenance Financially Unsustainable
Gee, who could’ve guess that rent controlled buildings would’ve been impossible for *checks notes* affordable housing non-profits to maintain. Maybe property maintenance is actually really expensive, annoying and time-consuming and you need margins to cover it. https://t.co/niCkg0SxQo
Billionaire Steyer Pushes to Reopen Prop 13 Split‑Roll Debate
Ironically, there is a billionaire going after Prop. 13. Steyer wants to re-open the split roll debate.
Tax Loophole Law Pushes Wealthy Out, Drains California
Yes, so take out your anger on them by passing a law that is easy for them to avoid by moving to another state which: A) erodes a recurring revenue base for California public services and B) helps their power and wealth grow...
Billionaire Tax Miscounts Super‑voting Shares, Over‑taxing Founders
None of the billionaire tax coverage about Sergey Brin in Bloomberg or the NYTimes reports the most important structural detail of why he opposes it so much more than Jensen. It taxes voting shares as ownership. It taxes Page and...
California Moves to Scrap 0.4% Tax Cap on Retirement Savings
The California Constitution has had a 0.4% limit on taxing intangible property like your retirement savings for almost a century since the Great Depression. This would remove that.
Only Candidate with Decade-Long Housing Record Enables New Towers
There’s only one candidate in the SF Congressional race with the receipts to show they’ve been working on housing for 10+ years. There are finally towers being proposed near me in the last month. Would have been impossible without him.
School Boards Stall Deficit Fixes, Dismiss Superintendents
They’re kicking the can down the road in shocking ways. Look at Oakland Unified. More than 40 principals wrote a letter this week telling the union-controlled board to close schools to fix a $100M budget deficit after the board pushed...
China's Housing Glut Threatens Island Retirement Investments
China builds so much housing you can lose money on a tropical island retirement community.
Media's Repetitive Altman House Photos Undermine Terrorism Warnings
The @nytimes and @wsj keep publishing photos of Sam Altman’s house over and over again. You can’t keep posting op-eds about the risk of stochastic terrorism and not be institutionally aware of what you might be enabling.
China Favors Grassroots, Market-Driven Trials; US Stays Centralized
Interesting look at how China may have a more grassroots and market-oriented approach to early, experimental trials vs. the American, centralized politburo approach:
Grok Lacks Personal Feed Integration with X API
It is annoying how Grok does not integrate with the X API in such a way that I can ask it to search for links in my own feed (not the entire network), summarize my lists for the day or...
Candidate Threatens Housing Pipeline and Insurance for Profit‑driven Developers
Update from 2026: She nuked San Francisco’s housing pipeline by bagel-ing on a tax on new housing production. https://t.co/Q3gTSU59oI Next, she’ll nuke your ability to get home insurance if she gets into the Top 2 for California insurance commissioner with a Republican...