Property taxes: NZ vs Califronia

[kingdragonfly]

City Council taxes: NZ vs. California

I did a comparison of City Council rates versus California's property taxes.

I live near Johnsonville Wellington in joint ownership, "Unit Title", not freehold.

I pay 1.9%.

California is usually around 1.1%.

Legally in California, it can be no more than 2%, thanks to a citizen proposition the people passed (not the politicians)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_%281978%29

There is some critiques of proposition 13, but perhaps we could draft something even better.

[paulw]

We need some citizen propositions here in NZ to stop the local body politicians from spending up large on unnecessary expenditure. Like how many times do you need to reseal a road with crappy chip or repaint the road markings with cheap paint or put sped humps on every road that could be considered a short cut etc etc... A lot of the work I see bing done around Auckland seems just an excuse to keep the local contractors in jobs.

[gary67]

We need some citizen propositions here in NZ to stop the local body politicians from spending up large on unnecessary expenditure. Like how many times do you need to reseal a road with crappy chip or repaint the road markings with cheap paint or put sped humps on every road that could be considered a short cut etc etc... A lot of the work I see bing done around Auckland seems just an excuse to keep the local contractors in jobs.

Send em all down here they are desperately needed to fix the roads