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As you probably know, the City of Palos Verdes Estates is facing a 21.5% structural deficit in the budget for fiscal year 2017/2018. The shortfall is due to the failure to pass Measure D during the recent municipal elections, which resulted in a loss of 27% of the budget. Part of that shortfall has been made up through one time budget decisions, but the remaining 21.5% shortfall will result in reduced services and consumption of some of the city’s rainy day fund.
For full disclosure, your LBHOA Board of Directors unanimously voted to support Measure D prior to the election, and have issued a position paper more recently in response to continued confusing information being published. To see that position paper, please click here. |
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3 comments:
Parcel Tax should not be optional! It is essential to maintain the safety and beauty of our unique community.
I feel the low voter turnout was due to voter overload after the November election. Also there was confusion – was this a new tax? The city should not have to hire a marketing company to educate the residents regarding basic fees!
I would like the City of PVE to study other communities with similar services – how do those communities assess residents (especially look at the City of Rolling Hills).
Stacy, I can answer some of your questions.
– The parcel tax has not been optional and Measure D maintained that.
– Voter turnout for the tax was about 38% which on high side (Some initial news on low voting was erroneous).
– Measure D was a continuation of the existing Fire tax, not a new tax.
– The City is contemplating hiring a consultant to advise how to best configure a new tax and to structure the election – not to market and educate voters.(It is illegal for the City to use our money to advocate – only to inform/educate.)
– The cities of San Marino and Marin (both residential like PVE) have a similar Fire parcel tax.
I hope this info is helpful. Your questions are likely similar to those of neighbors – best we all get informed.
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