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dickthegrouch

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2. EMPTY second homes would have been taxed

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 02:55 PM

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If I understood the news reports this was supposed to reduce empty house hoarding.
Characterizing the measure incorrectly is probably one of the things that helped sink it.
However the extra money from the tax would just have gone into the general fund and not a special fund to help the homeless, that was my principal objection to it.

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San Diego voters rejecting measure that would heavily tax second homes [View all] Zorro Wednesday OP

lol, yeah see some problems with that measure bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1

EMPTY second homes would have been taxed dickthegrouch Wednesday #2

I live next to San Diego but if I could have voted I would have voted against it LogDog75 Thursday #3

This was a poor idea. Just use property taxes at one rate for every property owner. Jacson6 Thursday #4