MORE ON: property tax

Daily Report: General Assignment

Churches find revenue leasing steeples to cell companies

November 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Inside the bell tower of the Church of St. Leo the Great, constructed in 1926 on a corner of Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, isn't the obvious spot for a cell antenna, but that's where AT&T installed one. Across the state, wireless companies are installing an increasing number of... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Legislators pass bills that would revive redevelopment

August 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
California redevelopment funding may not be dead after all. Four bills that would expand cities’ and counties’ ability to divert property taxes for local development projects have made it to the final sprint of the state legislative session, which ends today at midnight, ... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

School officials challenged by post-redevelopment process

May 16, 2012, 12:05 AM
With billions of dollars at stake, school district representatives charged with overseeing the shutdown of about 400 redevelopment agencies may be underprepared. Seven-member local oversight boards consisting of representatives from K-14 districts, the county, the city and special districts... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Fresno officials seek answers on rail plan's local business effects

March 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
Three Fresno City Council members say they want immediate answers to more than two dozen questions about the potential effects of California’s proposed high-speed trains on businesses and tax revenues in the city. In a letter sent yesterday to the California High-Speed Rail Authority,... + read more
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