With criticism mounting about cities’ fiscal protectionism, San Jose officials dramatically scaled back a plan to fast track tens of millions of redevelopment dollars to keep them away from core services.
This past weekend’s multi-billion dollar spending by redevelopment agencies is drawing mounting denunciation, with one story terming it “the redevelopment equivalent of chugging Hurricanes on Bourbon St.”
Acting with unprecedented haste in response to an apparently specious rumor, local politicians up and down the state are on track to ram through more than $1 billion in special pet projects at the expense of public safety, schools and core services. Local governments throughout California jammed through a blizzard of special projects, creating massive new taxpayer debt with almost no accountability.
CPF at Rose Parade. CPF Pipes and Drums make first appearance at New Year's parade
Fred Couples Helps Firefighters: Pro golfer gives to CA Firefighters Endowment
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CPF at Rose Parade. CPF Pipes and Drums make first appearance at New Year's parade; Fred Couples Helps Firefighters: Pro golfer gives to CA Firefighters Endowment.