Initial Thoughts BAE Urban Economics' Analysis of Measure ULA
The analysis has serious flaws, and advocates are drawing sweeping conclusions from narrow findings.
tax policy
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Why You Should Vote “Yes” on Proposition 15: Responses to Common Concerns
The costs of Prop 15 will be borne by commercial and industrial property owners, not businesses. It won’t discourage residential development and doesn’t apply to residential properties, including multifamily projects. And it makes future reform more likely, not less.
Building a More Equitable California with Transfer Tax Reform
The biggest beneficiaries of Proposition 13 would pay higher transfer taxes when they sold their homes.
2016 Ballot Initiative Voter Guide Cheat-Sheet
A cheat-sheet voting guide for 17 California ballot initiatives, and several more in Los Angeles County, the City of LA, and Santa Monica.
Hard Work Is Taxed, Passive Accumulation of Housing Wealth Is Not
When you get a raise, a lot of that new income is taxed away. When your home doubles in value, you can pretty much keep it all.
A Tale of Two Subsidies
In this country we waste upwards of $200 billion a year on subsidies for wealthy people to buy bigger houses and for drivers to destroy our cities and pollute our environment. Are these really the incentives we want to be providing?
Let's get rid of the mortgage interest tax deduction--for everyone
The mortgage interest tax deduction is a giveaway to wealthy households to help them buy bigger housing, and provides almost no benefit to lower and middle income households. We should stop worrying about tinkering around the edges and abolish it altogether.
