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In California with Prop 13, the current tax payers' property tax rates are well below those of newcomers regardless. So they have no incentive to change things, since their taxes stay at the same low rate either way, whereas in a normal state, I have an incentive to get as much new development in my town as possible to add to the tax base, especially if that new development is stuff that doesn't require lots of expensive infrastructure or tax subsidies.