Vacancy Tax Information
Do property owners have the right to decide how to use their property?
The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that “No person shall be … deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
Intimidation of Voters
Every person who makes use of or threatens to make use of any force, violence, or tactic of coercion or intimidation, to induce or compel any other person to vote or refrain from voting at any election or to vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at any election, or because any person voted or refrained from voting at any election or voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or measure at any election is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years. (§ 18540(a).)
Every person who hires or arranges for any other person to make use of or threaten to make use of any force, violence, or tactic of coercion or intimidation, to induce or compel any other person to vote or refrain from voting at any election or to vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at any election, or because any person voted or refrained from voting at any election or voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or measure at any election is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years (§ 18540(b).)
Uncle Sam says, “The proposed South Lake Thoe Vacancy Tax is downright Un-American
South Lake Tahoe, City Council Meeting Tuesday, May 7, 2024 video
Link to video of the meeting. Scroll down INDEX at bottom left to select Item 18. If the index does not work, just advance the video to time: 3:9:43
South Lake Tahoe Taxpayers Association argument that the Vacancy Tax measure is improperly presented as a ballot initiative “beyond the power of the voters”. What they have done, is to create a “special tax district” consisting of only “vacant homes”. Special districts are only created by a vote of only the property owners.
Official Results for VT Signature Count
FULL TEXT OF BALLOT MESURES SLT, BERK, SF, OAK, SC
South Lake Tahoe Vacancy Tax Full Text
Berkely Vacancy Tax Measure M Full Text
San Francisco Vacancy Tax Measure Full Text
Oakland Vacancy Tas Measure W Full Test
Nov. 8, 2022: Measure N, the Santa Cruz Empty Home Tax Measure (Defeated)
