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California should tax empty homes and dead storefronts

San Diego’s vacancy tax points to a much bigger California problem

Jason Weisberger
May 29, 2026
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A lot of California’s problems are made worse when homes and storefronts become investments rather than places where people live, work, shop, and gather. San Diego’s Measure A is a vacancy tax aimed at one very expensive form of killing communities for personal gain.

San Diego residents will vote on Measure A next week, a con…

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