Santa Paula: Council Balances 2017/2018 Budget using 30% of Measure T Funds
By Sheryl Hamlin Balanced General Fund At $16.1 million, the expenditures in the interim FY 17/18 Santa Paula General Fund Budget are projected to exceed the budgeted FY 16/17 expenditures by $1.5 million, but the projected revenues for FY 17/18 are almost identical to the FY 16/17 budgeted revenues of $14.5 million, as shown in […]
What taxpayers should know about the California budget
. By Jon Coupal California voters are pretty good at figuring out what is going in the state capital when it hits them directly. For example, recent polling shows that citizen awareness of the $5.2 billion annual gas and car tax is very high and, incidentally, very negative. But the same can’t be said when it […]
Governor, legislators spend more and ignore obstacles to reform
By Steven Greenhut Legislators announced a budget deal last week that spends a record $125 billion in the general fund. But most interesting isn’t what’s in the deal, but what isn’t. There’s plenty of new spending, of course, but not so much that it outpaces the rate of inflation. There are controversial “trailer” […]
Oxnard City Council- 6-13-17 Budget study session
By George Miller The 6-13-17 regular Oxnard City Council meeting covered important topics, including most of the rest of the budget review and a crackdown on code violation nuisance abatement A proposed “budget augmentation” and the supplementary sales tax Measure O fund had some issues. An earlier budget study session meeting is covered in […]
Budget Approval Raises Measure O Questions at June 12 Ventura City Council Meeting
By Kevin Harris The Ventura City Council unanimously approved its latest city budget during its meeting on June 12, 2017. The 2017-18 operating budget stands at $278 million, but with another $9 million or so set to be made available from Measure O – approved by voters last November, within weeks. Measure O adds […]
Oxnard to consider 2017/18 budget, many contracts
By George Miller On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 5 PM, the Oxnard City Council will consider approval of many contracts for landscape maintenance and other neighborhood level services, as well as Landscaping Maintenance Districts assessments and special tax levies for Community Facilities Districts and more. They will also consider: nuisance abatement fees, Recovery of Civil Citation […]
New Guest House Regs and the New City Budget Dominated Tuesday’s TO Council Meeting
By Kevin Harris The Thousand Oaks City Council tried to balance complying with new state laws for Accessory Dwelling Units, and local homeowners not fond of change, Tuesday night, 5-30-17 in the midst of an important statewide housing issue. Later in the meeting, they received detailed information on the new, two-year operating budget for the city, […]
Cal Legislature Set to Pass $400 Billion Healthcare Takeover
by CHRISS W. STREET The Democrat-controlled Legislature’s efforts to establish ‘Healthy California Act’ as a $400 billion a year takeover of the state’s $400 billion in healthcare is about to pass. With Obamacare either being rescinded by Congressional Republicans or bankrupting due to spiraling costs, the Democrat-controlled California Legislature is set to vote by June […]
Lawmakers Make Power Play Against Trump Admin On Omnibus
By ROBERT DONACHIE Finance and Health Care Reporter . Congress expanded funding given to federal agencies President Donald Trump promised to gut by billions of dollars in the newly drafted bi-partisan legislation intended to keep the government from shutting down. The House Appropriations Committee released the 2017 fiscal Omnibus Appropriations bill Monday, a piece of […]
Brownley’s Statement on House Republican Proposal to Impose New Fees on Servicemembers
Congresswoman Julia Brownley, a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to a draft House Republican bill that would impose new GI Bill enrollment fees on servicemembers: “I am absolutely opposed to imposing new fees on servicemembers or veterans who want to access their GI Bill benefits. We should […]
