Proposition 13 has been an unmitigated disaster for California. A serious dialogue about amending this out-of-date roadblock to restoring the state's fiscal health is long overdue. In a single generation, we've witnessed the crippling deterioration of public institutions and services due to widespread anti-tax sentiment and misguided support for Prop 13. Policies that might have once sounded reasonable have turned tragic for the vast majority of us.
Those who defend Prop 13 need only look at the current state of our fire and police departments, roads, libraries, health care system, and
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