California Chapter of Common Ground USA. Shifting the burden of tax from labor to land. All people have equal and common rights in the earth and its resources.
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Thread talking transit value capture, a great way to ensure that the public reaps the benefit of land value uplift caused by public investments. CA needs to allow transit agencies to develop land they own and use the rents to fund transit!
You can read our 2020 whitepaper on Transit Value Capture to find more fresh ideas on how to fund transit by sharing land values: cacommonground.org/pdf/2020-…
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We're hiring a Project Policy Analyst to support the California Social Housing Study, a multi-year project to analyze opportunities, obstacles, and recommendations for the creation of social housing at scale in the state of California. Apply here: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/ca…
Come join us this Saturday from 1-5 at Ambitious Ales in Long Beach! Meet other Georgists and play the Landlord's Game, the Georgist precursor to Monopoly! eventbrite.com/e/beer-housin…
Prop 13 is a reverse Robin Hood, robbing the poor to subsidize the rich. Tax the land!
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Great to see Center for American Progress endorse cost rentals!!!
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.@AOC, welcome to Common Ground! For the last 3 years, we've proudly supported CA's Social Housing Act to create a public developer to finance construction of mixed-income housing on public lands, sharing land rents for the common good. Now it's taking off at the federal level!
“It’s becoming nearly impossible for working-class people to buy and keep a roof over their heads,” @AOC and @SenTinaSmith write. “Congress must respond with a plan that matches the scale of this crisis.”
Read: nyti.ms/4gsFP9q
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California tried this. The result? CA went from 5th to 47th in per-pupil school funding, and now has the nation's highest poverty rate and most expensive cities. Other states must learn from our mistakes.
When states cut property taxes, they penalize productivity and shifts the burden of funding public services from unearned wealth to hard-earned income, from richer landowners to poorer workers. Property tax cuts do not promote fairness, equality, or economic growth.
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Join our Bay Area members this Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd to Celebrate the 185th Birthday of Henry George with Drinks at Clio’s in Oakland at 4pm! maps.app.goo.gl/enDnVyTuNDqz…
Join our Bay Area members this Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd to Celebrate the 185th Birthday of Henry George with Drinks at Clio’s in Oakland at 4pm! maps.app.goo.gl/enDnVyTuNDqz…
Nick Waranoff’s arguments against RM 4 and Prop 5 are flawed, contradictory, and fail to offer constructive alternatives. His perspective resists necessary solutions to the housing crisis. Let's break down why his points don't hold up. ⬇️
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He argues California is already a high-tax state and opposes making it easier to raise taxes. But this ignores that our reliance on sales and income taxes stems from Prop 13's limitations. RM 4 and Prop 5 can shift the tax burden to more progressive property taxes.
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