# California Proposition 13

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposition-13/924120>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposition-13/924120 "2020-10-28T14:31:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposition-13/924120/21 "2020-10-29T21:28:13Z")

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There is new documentary out called [The First Angry Man](https://www.pbs.org/show/first-angry-man/) that explores the campaign, passage and impact of Proposition 13 (mostly from the negative side of things). It’s interesting in that most folks in power opposed to it, even only a handful of Republicans (including Reagan) backed it. Most politicians, most big business and the CA Chamber of Commerce opposed it. But it passed overwhelmingly as a populist anti-tax revolt.

While it may have saved grandma from having to sell her home in Laurel Canyon in the 1980’s, almost two generations later it is having a corrosive effect on the haves and have-nots. Witness this little [unintended consequence](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-property-taxes-elites-201808-htmlstory.html) of massively profitable rentals.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposition-13/924120/22 "2020-11-05T17:21:56Z")

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> [@Noelq](#):
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> I’m in CA. My house isn’t under Proposition 13. In 2015, my property tax was $2,024. My latest in 2020 is now $4,953. Its killing me.

Yes it is killing you. In effect you are subsidizing people who bought houses much earlier than you did.

Let me throw out another possibility. Allow long time residents to defer their tax liabilities until they sell (or die). Something like an interest bearing lien. If property values have risen that much, they will still profit when they sell.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposition-13/924120/23 "2020-11-05T17:33:31Z")

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What do the city and state rely on for tax revenue in the meantime, if you’re allowing people to defer their property tax liability?

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