Timeline for Has California considered replacing water subsidies with direct agricultural subsidies?
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 23:26 | comment | added | ohwilleke♦ | @Fizz I know nothing about the Trinity River and I don't have time at the moment to learn, so I can't comment. I suspect that there is a very good reason. | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 22:54 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | So how can the Federal government [legally] take/divert 80-90% of the flow of a river like Trinity, then? | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 22:33 | comment | added | ohwilleke♦ | @Fizz Whether it is a "property tax" or not it is a tax on property rights and the constitutional analysis is tricky in the same way. One can compare taxes on newspapers or firearms which at some level are deemed undue burdens on constitutional rights, even though some taxation is allowed. Here the constitutional right is the right not to have your property taken without just compensation. | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 22:09 | history | edited | ohwilleke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 22:06 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | Water rights are actually taxed as part of the property taxes. They are higher for "senior" than for "junior" rights in CA, for example, surface being the same. I'm talking about taxing actual usage, which is what would make a more impactful difference. (OTOH things like a University in CA pay zero water taxes no matter how much they sprinkle on the lawns--because no property tax for edu.) | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 22:04 | history | edited | ohwilleke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 22:01 | comment | added | ohwilleke♦ | @Fizz There isn't any clear legal guidance on that point (and I've considered the possibility in CO which has the same system at some length). There is no per se prohibition on taxing property including water rights. Indeed, property taxes are routine and ubiquitous. But at some point a tax amounts to confiscation of property and where you cross the line is not obvious. | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 21:58 | history | edited | ohwilleke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 21:57 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | Would water taxes be unconstitutional in CA? That could easily level the price. | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 21:53 | history | edited | ohwilleke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 21:47 | history | edited | ohwilleke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 21:41 | history | answered | ohwilleke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |