Lawson-Remer’s call for $1B county tax hike: ‘defiant’ or ‘delusional’?

Lawson-Remer’s call for $1B county tax hike: ‘defiant’ or ‘delusional’?

At a time when polls show sky-high levels of disillusionment about quality of life in California, local and state elected officials have a choice. They can acknowledge that the governments they run have done a poor job of addressing the harsh cost of living, especially with housing. Or they can pretend they’re doing a great job while trying to deflect blame onto convenient scapegoats — housing developers who understandably struggle to add homes …

Terra Lawson-Remer’s Property Transfer Tax Hike Will Worsen the Housing Crisis

John Franklin is the mayor of the city of Vista and Chairman of California Families.San Diego County is already grappling with sky-high home prices, soaring rents, and a severe housing shortage. Instead of providing relief, County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer proposed hiking taxes by $1 billion in her “State of the County” address by increasing the “transfer tax,” a tax on the transfer of documents when a property is sold. The transfer tax is e…

What Was She Thinking? Lawson-Remer’s $1 Billion Tax Ballot Proposal Is DOA

In her State of the County speech last week, San Diego County Supervisor and acting chair Terra Lawson-Remer took on the Trump administration and all his cut-backs to local programs that benefit a lot of vulnerable residents. She declared: “Right now, the federal government is slashing programs we rely on for health care, housing, clean air and water, public safety and disease prevention. Every decision Washington makes impacts our ability to se…