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And that's the underlying reason they want to do it.
I'm quite sure this law won't stand (I'm a journalist). For one, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in public. That is how a news channel is allowed to film a city street full of people and not have to get permission from every person. There are also first amendment concerns. You can't select a certain group of people, especially those suspected of criminal activity, from being filmed.
But the whole thing is unbelievable. The wife of the fucking AG wrote a bill trying to chill investigation into fraud against the state. These people have utterly lost their minds, even just noting the insanely bad public optics from a decision like this. I'm glad I live in the hills in NorCal, but this place is getting to be too much. The daily foolishness from these idiots is getting to be too much to take. And it cost me $127 to fill my Tacoma the other day.
So, just to put up a brief scoreboard, here's what the state of California has done/is doing under our current politicians:
-Lost 100B+ of our tax dollars. No idea where it went. (BS, by the way; somebody knows where it went. I have guesses, myself.) Still wants to tax us more because apparently they don't make enough off the backs of the citizens. To wit:
-Wants to add a mileage tax to our car registrations, which will require a state-approved GPS monitor.
-Wants to add a tax to the sales value of a home. (Not the profit; the sale price.)
-Wants to add an exit tax, should you decide to leave the state.
-Already taxes people who have left if they cannot prove they do not still live in CA. That's right, you're guilty until proven innocent. If you have so much as a gym membership here that you forgot to cancel, then you must live here, by their reasoning.
-Wants to add a wealth tax to monies IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. Not a sales tax, not a capital gains tax, just: "You have too much $. Give us some."
-Overran the budget by more than double on a useless high-speed rail project that doesn't have any working rail yet. If and when it is finished, the end-to-end points will be diminished by hundreds of miles. It will not run from San Francisco to Los Angeles anymore; more like Modesto to Bakersfield. They are still trying to increase the budget for this project.
-Wants to criminalize reporters who call out fraud and waste in their agencies.
This state is being run like organized crime. FUCK. GAVIN. NEWSOM. (And every last one of his cronies.)
"FUCK. GAVIN. NEWSOM.".
Careful bro, a large part of the folks who post here are Newsom fans and agree with kooks like him AND Mamdami. Lots of socialist in here, they just wont come outta the closet and rife with TDS.
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Let's not forget the newest money grab. If you have a business, and do not offer a retirement plan (maybe if you do also) you have to register with the state every employee so they can opt in to the NEW CA retirement plan. AKA a new source of money for CA to waste away until it's time to pay out and it's gone.
TM
The Spencer Pratt campaign commercial is awesome.
And Hilton's mopping the floor with his opponents in every debate.
I just hope the voter's are paying attention.
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Nails it every damn time. And look at the haters: they can’t help themselves. You put up 2 names of outright piece of shit political hacks….and the haters STILL have to smash their button of hate.
Oh, damn, this place is PRICELESS. 😎
It's hilarious.
Grating deep under their skin is half the fun.
They’d lose their shit if they knew how much I get for my Coachella tix that I get, free, every damn year…and sell…every damn year…to some hippy-wannabes that drive out to the dez to get high in the mud and dust 🤣.
Was jus’ thinkin’ about this as I note their “smashes” in this and the other thread (Stagecoach).
I love this place.
I dont have a dog in the fight, but seeing Pratt on Joe Rogan's show - he comes off as a smart dude, who just wants to get some shit fixed. I'm afraid with that mindset, he and his campaign will be completely swept under the rug by election day.
"-Wants to add a tax to the sales value of a home. (Not the profit; the sale price.)"
I know there's already a "mansion tax", but that's for over $5,000,000 value sale. And I thought that was only in LA. Are you saying CA wants to do this on all home sales through out the states of any value?
TM
the JRE episode with Pratt was great.
unbelievable what the state government has done to that state. it's actually insane to try to justify anything they've done
Yes, that's correct. Several counties/municipalities other than LA are starting to look at the idea (San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Barbara,) and the state legislature is considering making it statewide. I understand it will still be for large-value homes, but when has the government ever not slowly rolled the minimum downward?
From https://www.hjta.org/california-commentary/courts-widen-the-door-to-even-more-local-taxes-in-california/
But the appellate court ruling upholding the ULA tax may have opened the door for all cities and counties to impose any kind of transfer taxes as long as the tax is proposed by a “citizens’ initiative.” Moreover, it is more than likely that the ruling will incentivize tax raisers to impose parcel taxes which are not limited to Prop. 13’s one percent rate cap. Parcel taxes have exploded throughout California, even when subject to the two-thirds vote requirement. With that threshold now rendered irrelevant by Upland, property owners should brace themselves for a flood of new property levies. For business property owners, parcel taxes can be structured in a way that hits them even harder. Imposing differing rates of taxes based on the use of the property would create a de facto split roll tax.
There is good news, however: a ballot initiative may be able to cap municipal transfer taxes and the like:
https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/04/proposition-realty-mansion-tax-jarvis/
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