California’s 1978 ballot measure ushered in the era of inadequate government and kicked off the state’s decline. Voters may finally be ready to repeal it.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wealthy Congressman Repeatedly Squeezes Small-Business Tenants
Texas Republican Michael McCaul’s real estate firms have pursued two dozen lawsuits for back rent in the San Antonio area, despite structural issues with the properties and other hardships.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
GOP Lawmaker Leads Fight to Get His Industry a Government Bailout
Rep. Van Taylor voted against aid for renters and student debtors—but the real estate mogul is now using his office to pressure the government to give his commercial real estate industry a government bailout.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Commercial Real Estate and the American Lifestyle Shift
Plus, our special report on universal family care. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for October 19, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
All the President’s Tax Scams
Trump took it to a typical extreme, but the scandal is what’s legal.
Posted inPolitics
Richard Neal’s Inner Circle of Corporate Lobbyists and Real Estate Developers
Friends, family, and staff of Rep. Richard Neal have all benefited from the revolving door linking Springfield and K Street, at great cost to Massachusetts residents.
Posted inPolitics
The $11 Billion Question: Will Californians Raise Commercial Property Taxes?
Proposition 15 leaps feet first onto California’s ‘third rail’ of state politics—the property tax system created in 1978 by Proposition 13.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Is a Housing Crash Coming to Florida?
There are signs that another foreclosure crisis may be looming in this swing state.
Posted inCoronavirus
Kushner Squeezes Tenants While Lining Up for Bailout Money
Despite eviction bans in New York, the real-estate firm owned by the president’s son-in-law is telling tenants to pay up.
Posted inHousing
Oakland Activists Beat Real Estate Mogul
Moms 4 Housing’s organizing victory highlighted the twin crises of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in many communities in America.
