According to the latest Mountain View city newsletter, as of June 2017, there are 5437 units of housing in the pipeline, to be completed in the next three years. Among them only 696 units are for sale. Rest, or 87%, are rental units.

55% of Mountain View residents rent rather than own. This tax will disproportionately add burden to property owners, especially in the light of the infamous rent control ordinance.

Furthermore the pending tax cut in Congress will do away with local tax deductions, including property tax deductions.

The district should explore other venues of taxation that is fair with both renters and owners.

When comparing school districts keep in mind that Palo Alto Unified is a unified district so it serves K-12. Its not surprising that it has higher rates than smaller K-8 or 9-12 districts.

This is insane. With all the development going on can we please have a school impact fee rather than affordable housing requirements that exacerbate the issue? I'm sure there are requirements for art or some beautification in design as well.

That said, if the high school needs it then okay, I'll help out. Not like I have rent controlled units as my source of income.

The homeowners exemption which currently is worth $70.00 to residential homeowners should be raised to a meaningful amount, say $7,000.00 before any more bonds are added to our tax bills. It has not been raised in 40 years.

Hopefully some of these hundreds of millions of dollars will go toward adding a third campus nearer to all of the new development north of El Camino Real.

Robyn, you already pay far less than your fair share thanks to Prop 13. Now you want even more exemptions? Why not just eliminate property taxes entirely, at this rate?

Obviously you were not around when prop 13 came to be, otherwise you wouldn't be making such comments.

Home owners pay there fair share, period. It's not the fault of homeowners that prices for homes have gone through the roof.

Thank God for prop 13 otherwise we would be in the same predicament as the liberals of Detroit, who just left their properties without even selling their homes since property taxes were so high, no one could afford them, let alone the houses price.

The problem is gloated government and miss use of tax money. Number one is the unions gambling away the retirement money and pension money of state employees and now the taxpayers are stuck with the bill.

LOL, look at the big picture, instead of just looking at one aspect as the culprit.

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It's totally your fault along with Prop 13. Property taxes served as a pain point for letting property values get too high. That encouraged trying to keep property values stable, such as building more homes to spread out demand. Prop 13 completely disconnected property owners from issues with housing costs, so not only do they not feel the pinch if costs start to skyrocket, but there's financial incentive to limiting the supply of housing in order to keep their property values increasing.

Now with increased housing costs, the barrier to home ownership has become that much harder to overcome.

Plus it completely decimated California's educational system, caused tuition rates to rise and completely derailed plans for free higher education to any successful California student.

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