CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 13, 1995
They've grown accustomed to their tax. Three years ago, Torrance homeowners were up in arms over a $25-a-year tax increase to maintain school property. This week, without so much as a peep from residents, the Torrance Unified School District voted unanimously to extend the maintenance assessment district for one more year.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 19, 2010 | Steve Lopez
Good morning. May I have your attention? Go ahead, enjoy your caramel macchiato while we chat, or is it an iced cinnamon dolce latte? I'm not going to kid you, folks. As my colleagues on the editorial board pointed out last week, there are lots of good reasons to vote against Measure E on the June ballot, the temporary $100 annual parcel tax that would raise $92.5 million a year during each of the four years it would be in effect for Los Angeles Unified schools. For starters, times are tough, and people don't want to dig into their pockets right now, especially since there's no citizen oversight written into the measure.
OPINION
December 1, 2003
Voters will soon be approached by petition gatherers promising better schools or "free" preschools or better teachers, or all of the above. As in the cases of most petition slogans, the problems are in what they don't tell you. The California Teachers Assn. and its partner, director/activist Rob Reiner, have written a flawed ballot initiative called the Improving Classroom Education Act that -- despite nobly stated goals -- would raise business property taxes by $4.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 3, 1988 | DAVID SMOLLAR, Times Staff Writer
San Diego voters will be asked in June to approve higher property taxes for school construction and renovation in the San Diego Unified School District, and the ballot measure will list each school targeted for assistance so that residents within district boundaries will know where their extra taxes will go. The school board approved the ballot plan Tuesday that could raise as much as $25 million annually through the year 2003.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 1, 1987 | MARK GLADSTONE, Times Staff Writer
In the latest chapter of a continuing dispute, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Monday unanimously approved a compromise to establish a way for five Santa Clarita Valley school districts to collect a tax on new homes. The tax was approved by voters in June to raise money for school construction. Despite the approval, however, no legal mechanism existed to collect the money. The bill to provide that mechanism, by Sen. Ed Davis (R-Valencia), now goes to the Assembly floor.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 16, 1990
Re the Capistrano Unified School District and Measure A ("Bonus Pay for Principals to Get Tax Hike Alleged," Aug. 25): Teachers worked hard on their own time to write letters supporting Proposition 98, which attempted to secure funds for all levels of education in California, and did not expect, nor were they offered, bonuses from their school board. How many citizens will feel good about sending their children to a school where administrators receive illegal bonuses, while top-paid teachers make $20,000 less?