On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 3:02:37 PM UTC-4, Danny D. wrote:
CRNG wrote, on Mon, 04 Aug 2014 05:59:06 -0500:



I thought Prop-13 passed in the mid 1970s limited property taxes to 1%

of the owner's purchase price with a *very small* increase allowed

every year? Did that change or did the politicos find a way around

it?



What California does, is raise the price of the property up to 2% every

year (invariably), & they constantly add additional "assessments",

which all seem to past the ballot procedure out here (Californians

don't seem to feel that they're taxed enough yet).



They have Measure A, Measure B, Measure C.... Measure F, etc. all of

which are assessments such as the most recent $17/100,000 of assessment

just for the open space that you don't even live on.



All of which pass.



In addition to that, they add cleverly crafted "fees" (which aren't

taxes but in all ways, are exactly like taxes, down to the fact they

can take away your house if you don't pay them), which only need a

50% majority (instead of a super majority) to pass.



What irks me is how much they lie to the people, and the Californians

don't even realize it. If California had folks from the east, they'd

never put up with the shenanigans they pull out here. / rant

Out of curiosity, what are the typical taxes on say a nice 3 bedroom
2 1/2 bath home, 3000 sq ft, on about an acre lot?