Oakland Vacancy Tax
A vacant-parcel tax that worked mainly as a revenue tool.
D · 11/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Tax vacant parcels to push them into use.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics flag takings risk and weak occupancy effect.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Measure W (2018) cut vacant parcels ~3% year one; mainly a registry/revenue tool.
4 · Liberty check
Pits owners' right to hold land against a use mandate.
5 · The real tradeoff
Revenue, not occupancy - the recurring vacancy-tax lesson.
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