But governments that try to get between families will end up on the loosing end. What inevitably happens is that the rich get loopholes and the middle class pays. At least in California everyone gets the same deal.
Honestly don't know what you're on about. Grandfathered-in property taxes definitely entrench wealth more than "everyone pays current rate" or "everyone pays past rate".
I'm not trying to explain housing prices here. I'm talking about the innate behaviour of Prop 13.
But governments that try to get between families will end up on the loosing end. What inevitably happens is that the rich get loopholes and the middle class pays. At least in California everyone gets the same deal.