The way to really shake up the status quo is to stop subsidizing gentrification, which would also make Measure 97 unnecessary. Measure 50 froze many East/North home values at their assessed value in 1995, rock bottom for many, with only a 3% rise in value per year.

The basic premise was sound, predictable rises in taxation. But what measure 5 failed to do was to adjust the assessed value when the home was sold.

That has resulted in a $200-$600 per month property tax subsidy for homeowners in many East/North neighborhoods.

Shake up the status quo? Rewrite Measure 5 to readjust the assessed value based on sale price. Really shake it, readjust retroactively stepping in over 3 years.

And with Portland becoming SF, now is a good time to do it.

A charmless, 1 thousand square foot, 1 bath 1960's ranch house, with a lousy layout (identical to mine), but with no garage 2 doors down from me is currently on the market for north of $400K after getting a new coat of paint and a new roof.

It's disgusting. Measure 5 was stupid then, it's stupid now.