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LA Measure ULA Mansion Tax

A transfer tax on high-value sales to fund housing - and a chill on building.

Housing Finance / TaxesBallot MeasureLiberty check

D · 10/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Tax big property transfers to fund affordable housing.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics warned it would freeze high-end transactions.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

Raised ~60% of promised revenue; UCLA Lewis estimated ~1,910 fewer units/yr; high-end sales fell 30-50%.

4 · Liberty check

Constrains large sellers to fund a collective housing goal.

5 · The real tradeoff

Revenue real but supply cost real.

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