Local voters in South Lake Tahoe rejected the city's attempt to force home owners to pay a tax if their property remained vacant for a certain time period. Sufficient owners who could vote recognized this liberal attempt to correct a lack of building and a lack of housing inside the Tahoe Basin. It would have gone to court immediately had it passed.
What were they thinking? Hmmmm. Not thinking? or maybe they thought timing is right? Tahoe has been the site of many second homes owned by seasonal visitors who enjoy the Sierra environment: some winter, some summer. The story of the annual migration of local indigenous tribes to the Lake is well known. Even today, tribal members return to the West Shore where they operate the Meeks Bay Resort.
The media gave this off the wall ballot measure significant coverage. In the Blue state of California, it was thought that this would pass. Wrong. It's bad enough that the State taxes everybody and everything at exorbitant rates, especially with the sales tax which everybody pays, rich and poor alike. Never mind it's burden is felt most acutely by the poor whether it is liquor, cigarettes, hot pizza, hot meals, or McMuffins, we all pay.
So, the city of South LAke Tahoe will have to rethink their next move to create housing. Why not a high rise apartment building with views for locals. Buy a Harveys Hotel and make it apartments. Good location. No need for a casino here: there are plenty of competitors sprinkled around the state and more on the way. Investors know about gambling and careless that it's just another scam to squeeze money from those who can least afford its cost. But, that's another benefit of the one-party government that has a strangle hold on the economy and its people.
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