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Pay the Ransom or Your RDA Dies: Morgan Hill Goes Down Swinging

Imagine being the public information officer that pitched this video idea to the city manager and council! To their credit, they went for it. “Morgan Hill [and other cities with redevelopment agencies - like Sonora] is required to make payments to the state in order to keep the Redevelopment Agency alive.”  

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Tough Choices: RCRC Lines Out Brown’s Budget Impacts to Counties

I have to admit that if this is the budget Jerry Brown truly wants, I’m impressed with his demonstrated dedication to cutting costs, if not with all of the cuts he’s proposed. I’m not impressed with the tax extensions factored into the budget. The budget as proposed requires both deep cuts and continuing some existing tax rates with increased rates. [...]

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As Promised, Brown Dropped Shock & Awe Budget Bombshell

Our “new” Governor Jerry Brown started the year off with a big bang by releasing his much-heralded bad news California state budget this morning.  Cities and counties are awaiting in depth analyses of what the entire budget will  mean to local government, but for sure it’s not good. Count on one thing: this thing’s a long way [...]

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What He said…

Couldn’t have said it any better myself. This is from Public CEO, “a local government news site dedicated to providing a statewide perspective on California’s cities, counties and special districts”. Note To The Legislature: We Are All Ashamed Written by James Spencer September 22, 2010 I’m going to make this over-simplified and to the point. [...]

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