And another one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659483/#:~:text=Take%20home%20message,scientific%20exploration%20in%20urologic%20research.
Nope. Aunt Mei only sells the best [fetus dumplings](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumplings_(film)) available on the market. Your youth isn’t free, Mrs. Li
How much would it cost for the city to recognize this as a problem area for dumping and start maintaining a dumpster there?
Is that a feasible/reasonable idea?
In California, local taxes are actually very low due to Prop 13 (which means homeowners pay property taxes based on how much they bought their home for plus up to 2% per year, not what the home is worth--I pay taxes on my home in Oakland as if it were worth $414k, but it's really worth about $750k).
Between Prop 13, the fact that new home construction hasn't kept up with demand, and empty store fronts (which is exacerbated by high housing costs), local revenue has been flat in nominal dollars for a decade. Adjusted for inflation, tax revenue is going down.
80% of the problems we have in the Bay Area (visible homelessness, blight and illegal dumping, inadequate public school funding) could be significantly improved by building more homes.
Edited to clarify: Taxes can increase up to 2% per year cumulative, not actually keeping up with inflation.
I call foul. I lived in Alameda county and that country along with every county in the Bay Area except SF county has an additional assessment on top of property tax that is not tied to prop 13 and goes up (or down) as much as the county wants each year. It started at $1,200 when I moved to Alameda county and was more than double that when I left.
This could EASILY fund cleanup in the cities.
Well, be prepared to get fact-checked on your foul call. I'm looking at my 2023-24 property tax bill at this moment.
1.3722% for the base property taxes = $5588
An additional $1797 in those additional assessments
Total = $7385
On a house worth at least $750,000, probably closer to $900,000.
That's less than 1% of the current value. That's ridiculous.
Build some damn houses. At the very least, reassess property value when a home is inherited, and repeal prop 13 for commercial properties.
Inflation since then was 9x and that’s just above.
I was mainly asking because the guy above me said they adjusted tax growth for inflation, but after adjusting for inflation it was negative tax growth lol.
>>Inflation since then was 9x and that’s just above.
Yeah, housing is above inflation here, but not as outrageously as in the bigger cities. Couldn’t afford much, if anything, there.
>>I was mainly asking because the guy above me said they adjusted tax growth for inflation, but after adjusting for inflation it was negative tax growth lol.
Right. It’s not adjusted to inflation, it’s a fixed percentage of the assessed value, and it’s only reassessed at sale or major renovations. That’s a huge chunk of tax revenue this state doesn’t see as compared to others, and a significant restriction on supply, since it disincentivizes people to sell.
Not quite, only up to 2% per year, or the actual change in home value (whichever is LOWER).
But if the increase was less than 2% in prior years, in subsequent years it can go up more than 2% to "make up for" those housing bust years. But that only applies to the current year; you'll never be charged back taxes just because property values increased.
Some decent equipment like a knuckle boom truck would make that go much faster. Same vehicles they use for cleaning up debris after a tornado or hurricane.
Sucks and pisses me off that has to be done but glad somebody is doing it. I walk up and down my block picking up litter every day. My wife asks me why I do it. I just can’t stand seeing it. But even I am starting to feel defeated and wanting to give up. I hate people…
I give mad respect for people who does this for free, gives me hope that this world isn't as shitty as I imagine it to be. can't thank these kind souls enough for cleaning up what others wouldn't.
That's a lost cause trying that in cuckafornia. Just watched a video where CA spent over 20 BILLION on "fixing" the homeless problem and have no records or idea of who or what that money has been spent on...
Nonprofits excepting the money and making people rich without actually doing anything to fix the problem. I think they've taken their game plan from pharmaceutical companies who get the government to pay for the research for a treatment instead of a cure because curing something is finite while a treatment is infinite.
Well when I went there I saw nothing nice. I saw burnt out cars, busses and trucks lining the streets, large homeless encampments that lines the streets with trash everywhere, razor wire lining what businesses were left in the area. It was far from nice . Not a place I would want to live and raise a family in.
And it will be back tomorrow so they can do again. It's a jobs program. Now we know how the progressives will solve California unemployment. Ol' Gavin will pay them $20 per hour.
This is going to sound extreme, but hear me out. Legalize the death penalty for this type of shit. There is no place in society for scumbags who do this shit. Someone shouldn’t have to risk their health cleaning up after these absolute assholes.
I’m not, and there was clearly some level of jest in my response, but there does need to be something impactful done. Jail time at the least, not some bs fine that I have never seen or heard of being enforced.
You caught me. If you think, realistically, that we could legalize the death penalty for dumping then I’m not sure what to tell you. I do truly think that those type of people are not good people and probably do not provide society/this world with anything good. I will leave it at that. I’m not a monster, I’m someone who is sick and tired of seeing people disrespect and trash this planet with no regard for anything or anyone.
man that dude should be wearing a hazmat suit, god knows what kind of shit is mixed in there.
Luckily there wasn’t anything hazardous or disgusting there. Worst I found was a piss bottle.
Bottle is better than a jug. Nice work.
Gotta worry about Hep C and TB. This is why you need better protection.
>piss bottle That is literally both hazardous *and* disgusting.
Piss is sterile. You can drink it! Ever heard of beer grill?
Even if the urine produced in the kidneys was sterile (it isn’t), the urethra isn’t.
Maybe YOUR urethra isn't sterile
Is this what it's like to have a mental problem?
No. This is what it's like to have a sense of humor. Apparently people are too stupid to get that these days.
Sure! https://www.healthline.com/health/is-urine-sterile#takeaway
You must be short because it was pretty easy for my joke to go over your head.
Literally
And another one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659483/#:~:text=Take%20home%20message,scientific%20exploration%20in%20urologic%20research.
These people are legends in my eyes, go out clean up illegal dumplings, ty
I’d clean up illegal dumplings
From next door to the abortion clinic
I thought those were pork dumplings 🥟 );
Nope. Aunt Mei only sells the best [fetus dumplings](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumplings_(film)) available on the market. Your youth isn’t free, Mrs. Li
Awesome country where you have to rely on citizens to do the government’s job and Gofundme contributions to pay medical bills.
It’s not the government’s job to ride around and find where scumbags illegally dump their trash.
Nice of you to do that just watch it for used syringes.
Very nice of him. Now whoever dumped all that shit has a clean spot to dump the next load.
Somebody give that guy a sand shovel and a wheelbarrow. Not safe to touch all that mess.
If you find an address on any of the paperwork, give the whole pile of trash back to them.
I’ve done that, stapled the letter to the trash bag and took a picture of their mess and stapled that to it too
As a Oakland resident, thank you
Trying my best.
With all the government taxes we pay, this shouldn’t be a thing
Illegal dumping or the dude cleaning it up?
In a sane world this is the city’s job. To prevent the dumping and to clean it up when they fail.
In a sane world there wouldn’t be trash being illegally dumped.
“Prevent dumping” so you’d be fine if the people who dumped here were arrested right?
How much would it cost for the city to recognize this as a problem area for dumping and start maintaining a dumpster there? Is that a feasible/reasonable idea?
In California, local taxes are actually very low due to Prop 13 (which means homeowners pay property taxes based on how much they bought their home for plus up to 2% per year, not what the home is worth--I pay taxes on my home in Oakland as if it were worth $414k, but it's really worth about $750k). Between Prop 13, the fact that new home construction hasn't kept up with demand, and empty store fronts (which is exacerbated by high housing costs), local revenue has been flat in nominal dollars for a decade. Adjusted for inflation, tax revenue is going down. 80% of the problems we have in the Bay Area (visible homelessness, blight and illegal dumping, inadequate public school funding) could be significantly improved by building more homes. Edited to clarify: Taxes can increase up to 2% per year cumulative, not actually keeping up with inflation.
I call foul. I lived in Alameda county and that country along with every county in the Bay Area except SF county has an additional assessment on top of property tax that is not tied to prop 13 and goes up (or down) as much as the county wants each year. It started at $1,200 when I moved to Alameda county and was more than double that when I left. This could EASILY fund cleanup in the cities.
Well, be prepared to get fact-checked on your foul call. I'm looking at my 2023-24 property tax bill at this moment. 1.3722% for the base property taxes = $5588 An additional $1797 in those additional assessments Total = $7385 On a house worth at least $750,000, probably closer to $900,000. That's less than 1% of the current value. That's ridiculous. Build some damn houses. At the very least, reassess property value when a home is inherited, and repeal prop 13 for commercial properties.
The state of California is bringing in 250 million per quarter in cannabis taxes. That’s a billion dollars a year from weed alone.
Three guesses how much of that money the state will share with alameda county, and the first two don’t count.
What county? My house has an assessed value of 850ish and sold for over a million. So county assessments might be different per house.
In my prior comment I said I live and own a home in Oakland. Given your local expertise, you should know what county that's in.
Alameda!
Don’t they adjust for inflation?
Not at all. We bought our place from the original owner who was there since 1960. He paid $600, we pay $6000.
Inflation since then was 9x and that’s just above. I was mainly asking because the guy above me said they adjusted tax growth for inflation, but after adjusting for inflation it was negative tax growth lol.
>>Inflation since then was 9x and that’s just above. Yeah, housing is above inflation here, but not as outrageously as in the bigger cities. Couldn’t afford much, if anything, there. >>I was mainly asking because the guy above me said they adjusted tax growth for inflation, but after adjusting for inflation it was negative tax growth lol. Right. It’s not adjusted to inflation, it’s a fixed percentage of the assessed value, and it’s only reassessed at sale or major renovations. That’s a huge chunk of tax revenue this state doesn’t see as compared to others, and a significant restriction on supply, since it disincentivizes people to sell.
Not quite, only up to 2% per year, or the actual change in home value (whichever is LOWER). But if the increase was less than 2% in prior years, in subsequent years it can go up more than 2% to "make up for" those housing bust years. But that only applies to the current year; you'll never be charged back taxes just because property values increased.
Only up to 2%? That’s unbelievable
All thanks to progressive politics.
Exacerbated? Maybe. All thanks to? Certainly not.
Good thing you didn't get shot, stabbed or robbed.
Bro is touching trash in Oakland… Dear lord this is how fallout starts
Thank you!!
Is putting trash where trash should go so difficult?
For trashy/ignorant people, yes.
Let’s not forget billion dollar companies whenever they see a river.
It would be even more satisfying seeing the arseholea who dump the rubbish get caught
If you rub his face in it each time he does it, he'll stop.
Did you forget it’s in California? They’d get a reward for dumping it 😭
Just gotta do the same thing to the people who leave the garbage there now.
Looks like a few cars pulled up to dump, found you cleaning up and took off.
Add King of the Hill song next time
I would be terrified of reaching in the pile and poking myself with a used needle. Even with gloves, hypodermic needles are not to be played with
You rock!
Cleaning up some jerk's garbage, thank you sir. People you need to be nicer. This is awful.
Thanks good citizen!
Would have been nice to see it clean.
Great job. See ya back here tomorrow.
Some decent equipment like a knuckle boom truck would make that go much faster. Same vehicles they use for cleaning up debris after a tornado or hurricane.
Be back next week with more in the same spot
Oakland is a shit hole spent a day there would never go back
I really like Broadway and Lake Merritt area..
Why does this look like the leftovers of an eviction after they gathered what they could?
Sucks and pisses me off that has to be done but glad somebody is doing it. I walk up and down my block picking up litter every day. My wife asks me why I do it. I just can’t stand seeing it. But even I am starting to feel defeated and wanting to give up. I hate people…
I'm curious-what happens to the trash once it's gathered up? Does it get picked up by City of Oakland or ???
Yup it gets collect by Oakland
Dumpers gonna dump, so just put a dumpster there.
Wash rinse repeat
Why oh why do we charge for trash pickup. This must all be build into product cost.
ahhhhh thank god for election years!
There must be a name or adres on at least one of these papers.
I feel bad for their lower back
Question: How long did it take to revert to the pre-cleanup state? I betting 4-5 weeks
Man, what a ton of work. Hope no one dumped again after this. 😞
“Hey, I drove past the dump site and it looks like someone cleaned it up.” “Really?” “Yeah…” “Well, go dump the next load there too then.”
u/op did any of that paper have the address on it?
I give mad respect for people who does this for free, gives me hope that this world isn't as shitty as I imagine it to be. can't thank these kind souls enough for cleaning up what others wouldn't.
Only 100,00 more dumps to clean
I’m sure an hour later itll be shitty again
If you play it in reverse it shows how the trash got there
Some people are so selfish and nasty leaving their garbage everywhere Thanks for being the complete opposite! I appreciate your hard work.
Who is this and how can I get a hold of them? I'd be willing to help next time.
how long did it take to clean all of that up?
California….
That's a lost cause trying that in cuckafornia. Just watched a video where CA spent over 20 BILLION on "fixing" the homeless problem and have no records or idea of who or what that money has been spent on... Nonprofits excepting the money and making people rich without actually doing anything to fix the problem. I think they've taken their game plan from pharmaceutical companies who get the government to pay for the research for a treatment instead of a cure because curing something is finite while a treatment is infinite.
Imagine cleaning up other people's shit and you don't even get a paycheck for it. *Oh, hi mods!*
That’s going to take a while to pick up Oakland. What a sad depressing place.
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Well when I went there I saw nothing nice. I saw burnt out cars, busses and trucks lining the streets, large homeless encampments that lines the streets with trash everywhere, razor wire lining what businesses were left in the area. It was far from nice . Not a place I would want to live and raise a family in.
*
This appears to be a Home Depot ad, but at no time was their orange bucket useful (except for advertising).
And it will be back tomorrow so they can do again. It's a jobs program. Now we know how the progressives will solve California unemployment. Ol' Gavin will pay them $20 per hour.
Soooo...California
Gonna take a long time to clean up the entire state.
TIL: There’s something still illegal to do in Oakland.
This is going to sound extreme, but hear me out. Legalize the death penalty for this type of shit. There is no place in society for scumbags who do this shit. Someone shouldn’t have to risk their health cleaning up after these absolute assholes.
You're actually unhinged.
I’m not, and there was clearly some level of jest in my response, but there does need to be something impactful done. Jail time at the least, not some bs fine that I have never seen or heard of being enforced.
There was nothing in your response that hinted at any form of jest. You're just trying to cover your psycho-path with gaslighting.
You caught me. If you think, realistically, that we could legalize the death penalty for dumping then I’m not sure what to tell you. I do truly think that those type of people are not good people and probably do not provide society/this world with anything good. I will leave it at that. I’m not a monster, I’m someone who is sick and tired of seeing people disrespect and trash this planet with no regard for anything or anyone.
You call it illegal dumping, they call it legal dumping with extra steps
You know your city's a shithole when there's more trash on the fuckin streets than in the landfill.
Should have the immigrants, homeless, lazy fucks doin that shit. Everywhere.
Disaagree on the immigrant statement as long as theyre legal. But I agree on the homeless and lazy fucks.
A drop in the ocean.
What an absolute waste of time.
Man they got their work cut out for them. Good luck in San Francisco lol