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Property Tax
Fifty-State Study Shows Property Tax Inequities from Assessment Limits Continue to Grow
Junho 2020, inglês
In Los Angeles, someone who has owned a median-priced home for 14 years—the average length of ownership in the city—paid about $4,400 in property taxes last year, or about $3,600 less than a new owner of an identical home, who paid nearly $8,000. This gap between the tax bills for new and established homeowners […]
Junho 2020, inglês
In Los Angeles, someone who has owned a median-priced home for 14 years—the average length of ownership in the city—paid about $4,400 in property taxes last year, or about $3,600 less than a new owner of an identical home, who paid nearly $8,000. This gap between the tax bills for new and established homeowners […]
Junho 2020, inglês
Junho 2020, inglês
Mayor’s Desk
Identifying Opportunity in Oakland
Junho 2020, inglês
Mayor Libby Schaaf was born and raised in Oakland. During her six-year tenure, the city has undergone an economic revitalization and building boom and has cut gun violence nearly in half. Schaaf has worked to stabilize rents, decrease evictions, and resolve homelessness, and was appointed to California’s first Council of Regional Homeless Advisors in […]
Junho 2020, inglês
Mayor Libby Schaaf was born and raised in Oakland. During her six-year tenure, the city has undergone an economic revitalization and building boom and has cut gun violence nearly in half. Schaaf has worked to stabilize rents, decrease evictions, and resolve homelessness, and was appointed to California’s first Council of Regional Homeless Advisors in […]
In Support of Racial Justice
Junho 2020, inglês
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Partners, American cities are supposed to be places of opportunity. Yet too often, and especially in the last century, they have served as sites of oppression. From the redlining of Black neighborhoods in response to the Great Depression to enduring racial inequities in wealth, housing, education, health, and public safety today, it’s […]
Junho 2020, inglês
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Partners, American cities are supposed to be places of opportunity. Yet too often, and especially in the last century, they have served as sites of oppression. From the redlining of Black neighborhoods in response to the Great Depression to enduring racial inequities in wealth, housing, education, health, and public safety today, it’s […]
Land Matters Podcast
Episode 12: Libby Schaaf, Seeking “Silver Lining” in Pandemic Crisis
Junho 2020, inglês
For Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, the coronavirus crisis began in earnest when California Governor Gavin Newsom requested use of the city’s port to allow sick passengers to disembark from the Crown Princess cruise ship. And life as mayor of this Bay Area city of 435,000 has not been the same since. Among other things, […]
Junho 2020, inglês
For Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, the coronavirus crisis began in earnest when California Governor Gavin Newsom requested use of the city’s port to allow sick passengers to disembark from the Crown Princess cruise ship. And life as mayor of this Bay Area city of 435,000 has not been the same since. Among other things, […]
Maio 2020, espanhol
Cartas a la editorial
Reflexiones de nuestros lectores
Maio 2020, espanhol
Aceptamos cartas a la editorial. Es posible que estas se modifiquen por motivos de espacio o claridad. Envíe sus ideas, consultas y sugerencias a publications@lincolninst.edu. El artículo acerca del financiamiento de infraestructura verde [“Las riquezas de la resiliencia”, enero de 2020] me pareció valorable. Sin embargo, es notable la total omisión de […]
Maio 2020, espanhol
Aceptamos cartas a la editorial. Es posible que estas se modifiquen por motivos de espacio o claridad. Envíe sus ideas, consultas y sugerencias a publications@lincolninst.edu. El artículo acerca del financiamiento de infraestructura verde [“Las riquezas de la resiliencia”, enero de 2020] me pareció valorable. Sin embargo, es notable la total omisión de […]
