Why did property owners and retirees with fixed incomes suddenly face growing tax bills in California in the late 1970s?
-The state government sharply increased tax rates.
-Inflation pushed real estate values upward.
-The state dropped state income taxes to raise revenue only from property taxes.
-Unscrupulous lenders failed to disclose the tax burdens to new property owners.
Inflation pushed real estate values upward.
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