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by bombcar 976 days ago
California is weird. Around here, the town/city decides what it wants to do, calculates the cost, and then allocates this cost to the residents based proportionally on land value.

Our land underwent a reassessment and the value was calculated as “more realistic” (50% more!) but our property taxes went down in absolute dollars because the budget was the same this year, but new houses have been built in the town.

California seems to collect money and then decide where it should go.