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>These "vacant" homes are already taxed at whatever millage rate is set in Los Angeles...I'm presuming it's more than zero.

Prop 13 essentially broke the concept of property tax in California.

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That is an absurd statement. For example, it resets every time the house is sold.

right. but its still limited to 1% of purchase price and only 2% raise each year. Whereas the other 49 states, reassess and raise taxes.

Prop 13 incentivizes not moving, and it only gets better the longer you dont move

I do think Prop 13 should only apply to a primary residence. FL has a homestead exemption, for example, that lowers the assessment and there's a cap on yearly increases.

Prop 13 is the only reason my grandma can live in the home that she purchased. Otherwise she’d be squeezed out due to property taxes.

Reverse mortgage?

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