[Davisgig] City of Davis Staff Report on Broadband Released & Article about El Macero

[Steve McMahon]

The LAO has a nice write up on the various restrictions on local tax
measures:
http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/local-taxes/voter-approval-032014.aspx

The "taxes must be decided at a regularly scheduled local election"
provisions appear to apply to two kinds of measures: 1) school bonds
approvable at a 55% level and 2) general taxes approvable by simple
majority.

So, if we go the bond route, this will be a 2/3 vote at any regularly
scheduled election.

A parcel tax looks to fall under the "general" taxes category and would
need to be voted at a regularly scheduled local election.

That's my reading. Your mileage may vary.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Douglas A. Walter <dawalter at dcn.org> wrote:

> Apologies: this is overly dramatic. However, you can tell where I'm coming
> from, I trust, and understand some of the urgency I feel to change the
> recommendation for the task force to take things slowly and avoid
> precipitous actions.
>
> On Dec 1, 2015, at 10:12 AM, Douglas A. Walter wrote:
>
> ...since the slow task force is a slow death...
>
>
> =-=-=
> Doug Walter, home edition
> dawalter at dcn.org
> Wag more (bark less)
>
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