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[[File:Kim-Mai Cutler on Twitter EMP.jpg|thumb|right|400px|it's cookin' on Twittah]]
[[File:Kim-Mai Cutler on Twitter EMP.jpg|thumb|right|400px|it's cookin' on Twittah]]In the Bay Area and California, like other high-growth regions around the world, there have been dramatic rises in property values in recent decades. In California, the [[Proposition 13]] tax-limitation measure of 1978 means that the longer someone has owned property, the lower their tax rate. 


 
'''Equity Mapping Project ''' (provisional name, discussing ideas for it now) is a project to map and visualize

'''Equity Mapping Project ''' (provisional name) is a project to map and visualize


#housing property equity gains
#housing property equity gains
#disparities between taxable (assessed) and actual (estimated market) value
#disparities between taxable (assessed) and actual (estimated market) value


particularly in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and California, which are notable for dramatic equity gains to homeowners and dramatic disparities between tax-assessed value, since [[Proposition_13|Proposition 13]] tax limitation measure passed 1978. 
particularly in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and California.