Voters in South Lake Tahoe will soon decide on whether to make vacation home owners pay a whopping $3-thousand dollar vacancy tax on residences that sit empty for more than 6 months. 

However, the decision whether these vacant homes should be taxed is dividing voters in the city against many Bay Area residents who have second homes in the Tahoe region. 

For more, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising was joined by Margaret Dematteo, Housing Policy Attorney for Legal Aide of Sonoma County. 

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