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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-03 17:44, Marian wrote:   
   > Paul wrote:   
   >>> ...I have huge doubts about Arlen stating the whole truth about anything.   
   >>   
   >> That makes sense for agricultural land. 40 is a quarter of a 160 property.   
   >> And hobby farms here are 40. The zoning likely prevents chopping a title   
   >> into smaller chunks. You can't turn Ag land into subdivisions, without   
   >> the right zoning. And a higher level of government draws lines around   
   >> productive farmland and prevents that sort of thing. If they didn't do   
   >> that, all the farms would be sad looking subdivisions.   
   >>   
   >> For hobby farming, you have to be careful to not lose your tax status.   
   >> The easiest way to "meet the farming requirement", is to rent out 30 acres   
   >> for hay production, a neighbour comes in and harvests hay several times   
   >> per year. And that income is then taxed (somehow) at a farm rate. If   
   >> you just sit on the land, some tax becomes hella expensive. That's   
   >> what I've overheard from people doing this. There is an incentive to   
   >> "make it look like it's a farm". That's how the scheme works here.   
   >>   
   >> A few people, will run their property like an actual farm.   
   >>   
   >> Even inheritance of the property is a huge liability.   
   >>   
   >>     Paul   
   >   
   >   
   > Hi Paul,   
   >   
   > 802.11 reality:   
   >   
   > Nobody reads anything Alan Baker ever says because his IQ is actually at   
   > the retard level (roughly no better than about 40 IQ).   
   >   
   > He denies everything he can't comprehend - which - is everything.   
   >   
   > One look at the Hillside (HS) zoning in unincorporated Santa Clara County   
   > would show the idiot that 40-acre zoning is the norm for Hillsides.   
   >      
   >   HS (Hillside District) = 40-acre minimum parcel size   
   >   AR (Agricultural Ranchlands District) -> 40-acre minimum parcel size   
      
   Did you catch the subtle shift there?   
      
   From, "Where I live we have 40-acre zoning, so EVERY property has to be   
   a minimum of 40 acres"   
      
   To, "40-acre zoning is the norm for Hillsides"   
      
   "the norm" implies that there are exceptions, where "every property"   
   explicitly means there aren't.   
      
    From looking at the "Zoning Atlas" linked at the "Zoning Ordinance"   
   page Arlen linked above, we can see that he omits that "HS" and "AR" are   
   just two (2) zoning districts...   
      
   ...out of a total 33 different districts.   
      
   And if you look at that map...   
      
      
      
   ...you'll see that the vast majority of the area of Santa Clara County   
   is not zoned HS, or AR.   
      
   So, just as I suspect, Arlen wasn't telling the whole story.   
      
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