Loan Payday
A request: if a) have anything to do with city or county government, and b) have any interest in, or authority over, property taxes, finance, or energy efficiency, please drop whatever you're doing for 2 minutes, and skim this article.
Oh, all right, I bet you didn't actually hit the link. So to make your job easier, I'll pull a quote or two.
California [just] enacted a law that allows cities and counties to make low-interest loans to homeowners and businesses to install solar panels, high-efficiency air conditioners and other energy-saving improvements.
Participants can pay back the loans over decades through property taxes. And if a property owner sells his home or business, the loan balance is transferred to the next owner, along with the improvements. [Emphasis added.]
I don't think that I emphasize this enough, so I'll use capital letters: THIS IS TRULY GROUNDBREAKING. In fact, it may well be among the top three climate policies ever adopted by the state. I hope that other states follow suit soon -- even if it means fixing the state constitution. (Cough*Washington*cough).
