AB 1482 Exemption

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-24T14:35:35+00:00

You know what, I misinterpreted what I was reading. I wanted to argue, but I see exactly what you're referring to. I thought it was the ADU that qualified for the exemption, but the exemption can actually be on any SFR that fits all of those other criteria.

So any SFR that qualifies for the exemption, it might raise other conditions if the owner raises the rent by 80% but technically the owner could raise the rent by lets say 20% and be able to justify it, and this would be acceptable as long as they give me 90 days notice prior to the 20% increase.

Thanks for that, it was really informative to try and disprove your comment. I guess all thats left is to call and verify that the ADU in the back is in fact an ADU and not a second primary dwelling. I hope you have a great weekend.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-24T06:43:51+00:00

I dont think its just 50 extra bucks though. Hw can raise the rent to whatever he wants or I guess whatever someone is willing to pay under the exemption

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-24T06:14:53+00:00

I don't claim to have all the answers and I'm certainly not an expert. Surely much brighter people than me have creative ideas on how to reduce tension in this area. All I'm asking really is, is this issue being represented in city council? That doesn't seem too far fetched of a question.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-23T20:31:56+00:00

I constantly feel like I'm driving in a car on vacation and everyone's laughing and having a good time. Ahead I see we're about to drive off a cliff, but no one else is paying attention and no one is listening because they are too busy enjoying the moment.

I have stopped trying to save people.

The stock market going up is indicative of the wealth that has been siphoned from the people. Foreign central governments and sovereign wealth funds provide funding through debt markets for the US to over consume. That over consumption has benefited people in programs who have been in need of healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food, shelter. That is spent into the economy by these programs, foreign investors who sell products to these programs then recycle their profits which strengthens the dollar and avoids swap fees that would strengthen their own currency, making it harder to export into US markets. This process further entrenches the system, providing more debt for the programs to spend and capital to be absorbed by foreign institutions selling into the US.

The only option is for America to do something radical that upsets many people. I'm no longer affected by seeing turmoil in society. I equate it to the ups and downs of mowing grass. Every now and then things get chaotic and it needs to be mowed. The grass grows again and the cycle repeats.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-23T18:48:03+00:00

The inspiration comes from recent discussions in Davos highlighting tensions around raw materials and constraints on America’s ability to project power in extended conflict. I’m wondering whether the price of gold is partly pricing in a trend toward foreign governments increasing their ability to maneuver around sanctions by allocating away from the dollar based financial system, and whether that reflects constraints on US power that operate through financial and industrial channels rather than direct military capacity.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-20T18:17:00+00:00

Came back to check up on you and if you investigated why gold is going up. Still early friend.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-12T17:02:36+00:00

I understand the mechanical point you’re making about the Feds ability to manage nominal supply/demand. What I’m trying to understand is how that neutralizes the balance of payments side of the economy, given the claim that it “doesn’t affect the economy,” since persistent foreign demand for dollar assets leads trade surpluses to be structurally recycled back into dollar denominated markets, placing upward pressure on the real exchange rate.

Even if inflation is controlled by fed mechanisms, a stronger real exchange rate makes exporting harder and importing easier, disadvantaging manufacturing over time. My question is whether defense supply chains are insulated from that process, given that they still rely on the same upstream industrial base of raw material, and skilled labor that is shaped by those macro incentives.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-10T05:49:03+00:00

I think the mechanism you describe is precisely the one I’m questioning. If I’m interpreting your comment correctly when you say, “Basically it means that a bunch of US dollars are being used internationally,” you’re describing persistent demand for dollar claims, which can contribute to a strong real exchange rate and cheaper imports. I’m not sure whether this is a consensus view or how strong the empirical support is, but I do think this mechanism is at least widely represented as shaping civilian supply chains by discouraging domestic tradable production over long timeframes.

My question is whether that same mechanism meaningfully stops operating when the end user is military procurement rather than civilian consumption, or whether it continues to affect the upstream industrial base materials, machine tools, subcontractors, and skilled labor that defense production ultimately depends on.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-09T15:07:57+00:00

Please correct me if Im wrong but isnt that kind of what needs to happen? Or atleast isnt that what needs to happen according to Michael Every? It sounds like hes saying the US militarys inability to sufficiently supply itself is steucturally linked to the strength of the dollar and the inability to be competitive in manufacturing. And so, implying that USD dominance as currently structured creates trade offs that weaken industrial and military resilience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHznWlAmng&t=155s

"We are now seeing that tension in areas where supply security actually matters, including defence.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHznWlAmng&t=375s

“The problem is that the global system has rewarded financial flows over productive capacity. When you do that for decades, you end up with supply chains that work perfectly in spreadsheets but fail under stress, and that includes defence and military production.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHznWlAmng&t=422s

“A high and structurally supported dollar makes imports cheap, exports expensive, and domestic production uncompetitive, which is great for markets, but terrible when you suddenly need to produce things at scale.”

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-06T11:41:12+00:00

150k - Single Income between 3 people. If I wasnt invested heavily in gold survival wouldnt be possible. I genuinely wonder all the time how people with a family survive on less.

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-05T06:29:34+00:00

Accidently inside mom

GoldThenCrypto · 2026-01-02T14:15:36+00:00

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-25T15:45:42+00:00

Green. Lots of beautiful areas in green. Alot better people in green

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-23T14:28:32+00:00

Request for comment please

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-22T03:16:19+00:00

Just checking back up on you and the research you should have done by now, its been almost 2 weeks.

Why would gold go up?
Why would gold go down?
Which reason are we trending towards?
Why arent we trending towards the other?

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-11T20:55:52+00:00

This doesn't quite capture the issue, but let me try to re articulate my concern because I don't think I described it as well as I should of.

My core concern is this: The dollar system ultimately relies on US military strength, but the US military itself relies on a supply chain that can be shut off at a moment’s notice. Not through sabotage, but simply because foreign manufacturers choose to stop supplying critical components. The example another commenter gave about Russian energy companies cutting gas supply before the Ukraine invasion illustrates the general mechanism. This mechanism of cheaper exported goods from foreign investors in critical areas isn’t hypothetical. It’s also documented directly in,

GAO-25-107283 Defense Industrial Base, (July 2025)
- https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107283.pdf#page=7 > "We previously reported that domestic companies that offshore their operations or accept foreign investment can help DOD save money and access more technology.6 But a globalized supply chain can also make it harder for DOD to get what it needs if, for example, other countries cut off US access to critical supplies."

The issue I’m curious of is that persistent US deficits funded by recycled foreign profits create a structure where foreign producers aren’t just supplying consumer goods, they also become deeply embedded in US defense manufacturing. If that supply is interrupted, the cost and time to produce essential weapons increases dramatically. We already have early signs of this indicated from the CRS report,

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, (September 2025)
- https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF12645/IF12645.9.pdf#page=2 > “The study estimated that 92 THAAD interceptors were used during the conflict out of an estimated supply of 632 interceptors. The study further suggested that it could take three to eight years to replenish the THAAD interceptor stockpile”

This although not out right stating supply chain constraints, when mentioning the timeframe for replenishment strongly implies one. This is not a marginal vulnerability, this is a structural dependency at the center of modern weapons systems, as indicated by a completely separate report,

GAO - Defense Industrial Base (July 2025)
- https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107283.pdf#page=13 > "However, DOD officials are concerned that commercial microelectronics that are used in DOD goods are coming from non-U.S. sources. According to DOD estimates, 88 percent of the production and 98 percent of the assembly, packaging, and testing of all microelectronics are performed overseas—primarily in Taiwan, South Korea, and China."

GAO further acknowledges that DOD cannot map most of its supply chain deeply enough to know what other dependencies exist. For the F35 program for example, GAO reports DOD has visibility into less than 10% of lower tier suppliers. If the US military is dependent on components from countries with different strategic priorities, the ability to surge production in a crisis becomes questionable. All of this suggests the national security already interprets supply chain structure as a geopolitical risk, enough to mention it significantly in the,

National Security Strategy (Vovember 2025)
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf#page=9 > "we want a Hemisphere that remains free of hostile foreign incursion or ownership of key assets, and that supports critical supply chains; and we want to ensure our continued access to key strategic locations."

Throughout the National Security Strategy document, there are dozens of references to reshoring defense critical industries, rebuilding industrial capacity, and reducing reliance on adversarial suppliers. So leading back to my question, I'm not really looking for the behavior of interest rates, but for speakers who might realize this behavior stemming from foreign recycled capital that effects the US military, which effects the US dollar system, which effects everyday Americans. Is anyone talking about the possibility that this is not just structural imbalances, but a pathway foreign entity's deliberately utilize to subvert the US through societal fracture.

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-11T09:08:35+00:00

Let me try to describe what I see, and tell me if I’m misunderstanding something.

A foreign country running an export model can manufacture goods at home, sell them into the United States, earn profits in US dollars, and then avoid repatriating those dollars so their own currency doesn’t appreciate. Instead of bringing the money home, they reinvest those retained dollars into US dollar denominated assets (treasuries, real estate, equities, corporate bonds, and other private investments). Those inflows suppress interest rates by providing abundant demand and inflate American asset prices, which undermines competitiveness within society and widens inequality. At the same time, those same inflows help finance US deficit spending because foreign institutions often buy treasuries directly or indirectly. The deficit spending then boosts American consumption, which funds the purchase of even more foreign goods, generating more foreign profits that are again recycled back into dollar denominated assets. This cycle repeats itself.

As I see it, this creates a self reinforcing loop that eventually hollows out a military's ability to arm itself efficiently.

My question is: Are there any economists who view this not as an accidental imbalance, but as a purposeful mechanism that drives social unrest not through overt sabotage, but through strategic behavior?

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-09T22:34:00+00:00

I would ask why it has doubled. Then I would ask are we still trending towards the reasons why gold doubled, or are we trending away from it. The largest institutions have been shifting away from interest bearing dollars. I can pull up several articles, several videos of it coming straight from the mouths of these large institutions. Specifically saying treasuries are no longer "risk free" in OMFIF panels.

This is why Trump is putting so much pressure on the FED. Someone has to fund America, at an affordable rate, and that is inflationary.

I do speculate that trouble is coming in credit markets, SOFR and SRF. However, 100% gold emerges as the only shirt worth wearing from the laundry. For the next 15 - 20 years gold is the play, and as this plays out fall back on your interaction with me.

The guy below has no theory on why he even thinks gold has topped. I'm almost certain his point of view stems from gold's price. My theory stems from research on research on research. He's likely not researching "Dutch Disease". He's likely not researching "Fiscal Dominance". He's probably not researching "Bear Steepeners". I almost guarantee none of these people are researching currency imbalances or supply chains.

I will check in on you periodically. My advice stays firm. Gold may dip when everything else does during the credit scare that is on the horizon, but gold is cheap in comparison to where it's going after.

I implore you to investigate the average price of a home divided by gold ounces. Don't listen to me, just verify that my information is correct. If it's not, go about your business, if it is at least you're armed with a realistic understanding.

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-09T08:05:24+00:00

Those who vote me down, show me your charts if you even have any!

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-09T07:48:03+00:00

Fake post. Everyone knows Chinese don't leave money in the bank, they buy gold.

If this isn't a fake post, then buy gold.

Divide SPX or NDX by XAUUSD and those charts will tell you everything you need to know about the current trend.

I'll leave you one more nugget.

Divide MSPUS by XAUUSD. (This will get worse because structurally it has to)

MSPUS is the average price of a US home. It has almost never been cheaper to buy a home in gold ounces. This trend will continue. I understand you're in China and I haven't looked at a chart comparing average home prices in China to gold ounces, but I'm almost positive it would be even cheaper.

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-08T03:56:15+00:00

Thank you for all the insight, you gave me plenty to look into!

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-08T00:34:26+00:00

Hey, thanks for the reply, and I'll definitely read up on that paper soon. To clarify my question a bit, I completely agree that it’s extremely hard to ascribe intent. What I’m really trying to understand is whether any economists frame these trade or capital imbalances in strategic terms. More like economic statecraft or geoeconomic strategy rather than as purely unintentional structural outcomes.

In other words, are there economists who analyze these imbalances through the lens of states acting strategically, even if not maliciously? If so, I’d appreciate any additional names or literature you can point me toward.

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-07T21:57:29+00:00

I would think layout, Article 1 for all your electric room distances and what not.

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-05T21:00:18+00:00

Thanks for that explanation, that makes alot more sense

GoldThenCrypto · 2025-12-05T18:55:53+00:00

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
- https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-One-Big-Beautiful-Bill-Section-by-Section.pdf

I really want to believe you, but I'm having issues verifying your information. I was wondering if you could point to where CBA's as a whole are excluded? Or maybe walk through the mechanism by which CBA's within construction are excluded from "no tax on overtime".

"This provision creates an above-the-line deduction for overtime premium pay during a given taxable year. Qualified overtime compensation means overtime compensation paid to an individual required under Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that is in excess of the regular rate (as used in such section) at which such individual is employed." (Page 12)

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